The College of Engineering at the University of Basra organized a scientific symposium on the reasons for students’ failure in exams. The symposium included a lecture presented by Assistant Professor Dr. Amal Abdul Razzaq Al-Mansoori, Dean of the College of Education for Girls at the University of Basrah, during which she addressed the reasons for students’ failure and ways to address them. The issue of managing psychological stress and ways to avoid and confront those pressures. Some problems and ways to address them were also raised. The symposium was for the College of Engineering for all departments and all stages.