It is one of the formations of the Northern Technical University, and one of the first technical institutes that was established in the Technical Education Authority in 1979 under the name of the Agricultural Technical Institute of Hawija, which belongs to the Technical Institutes Foundation. The institute was founded in 1980 under the name of the Agricultural Institute of Hawija, with four agricultural departments until the year (1985), when the Office Management Department was transferred to it. From the Kirkuk Technical Institute, it aims to graduate intermediate technical personnel qualified to work in state institutions and the private sector in engineering, administrative, and agricultural specializations. In 1988, the technological departments were opened, and after 2002, the name of the institute was changed to the Hawija Technical Institute, which belongs to the Technical Education Authority. The institute is located in the southwest. For the city of Kirkuk in the Hawija District. In 2014, after the division of the Technical Education Authority into four technical universities, the institute became subordinate to the Northern Technical University. During the siege phase, the Institute had a pioneering role, as the Technical Institutes Foundation sought to find ways to enhance the capabilities of its members by implementing projects for institutions and departments, and implemented several projects, including: the towers project for the General Telecommunications Company, the project for implementing cooling boilers for the Northern Electricity Company, and contracts for the benefit of Military Industrialization. The institute continues to play an active and bright role in pioneering advanced scientific institutions in Kirkuk Governorate and Hawija District.