Koya University

Mr. Daban Q. Jaff, a faculty member of the Faculty of Education, Department of English Language is awarded a DAAD Doctoral grant for his project which is about an investigation of Trauma(PTSD) and Language. 

On 6 February 2023, under the auspices and in the presence of Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHE), seven KRG Kurdistan universities, Koya University, Soran University, University of Garmian, University of Zakho, University of Halabja, University of  Raparin and  Charmo University, signed  a memorandum of understanding at a special ceremony that was held at Koya University. Also the attendance were the MHE Deputy Minister and the presidents of all the seven universities.

As it has been planned in the first day of the International Conference (Heritage in Danger), Monday, February 20, Koya University organized a tour to Koya city for the foreign guests of the conference.

This two-day conference is jointly organized by the European Architectural History Network (EAHN) and Koya University to be one of the EAHN thematic conferences for the year 2023.

On Monday, January 23, 2023, the geography department held a seminar for Dr. Muhammad Nasir Mustafa, at Dr. Nazem’s hall of Engineering Faculty which titled: “Adult education – Aims and university’s procedures”.

On Thursday, 26, January 2023, at the  Faculty of Physical Education Seminar Hall, a seminar titled: "Unifying Sports Terminology" was held.

The seminar was held by the Kurdistan Sports Journalists Committee in cooperation with the  Faculty of Physical Education at Koya University and sponsored by the Karimi Alaka Foundation.

President of Koya University:

Unifying the dialects in all fields and finding a suitable term in The Kurdish language is a difficult and sacred duty.

On Thursday, January 26, 2023, President of Koya University, Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Haseeb Siddiq, welcomed each of the delegation member which consists of; Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Bahaddin Ali and Asst. Prof. Dr. Hawkar Salar Ahmad, a lecturer at the University of Sulaimani, and a delegation of the Kurdistan Sports Journalists' Committee.

KUJHSS published 15 Researches on English Language and Literature in a New Issue

Koya university’s journal of humanities and social sciences published a new issue that contains 15 researches on the English language and literature. The new edition of KUJHSS is specified for English research that contains 20 researches of 38 local and international researchers, in aspects of Administration and Economy, Accounting, English language, English literature, translation, and English learning for foreigners. This Issue of KUJHSS consists of 188 pages.

(Heritage in Danger 2023) is a two-day conference which is hosted by Koya University and organized by the Heritage Conservation Research Program (HCRP) one of the Faculty of Egineering Research Center associated with the Architectural Engineering Department programs, in colaboration with the European Architectural History Network (EAHN) and Co-Sponsored by Columbia University project Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments with support from Carnegie Foundation and Koya University.

The Department of Religious Education in Faculty of Education, Koya University, held a workshop about " The Relationship Between Anxiety and Achievement Motivation Among University Students From Religious and Psychological Perspectives " in M. Tahir Bakr Hall.

On Jan.28, 2023, the Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics) has announced it January Edition of the year 2023. More than 32,000 worldwide universities were ranked, where 30 universities from the Kurdistan Region-Iraq were listed in the ranking.