A capacity youth training course held at Koya University

On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, a collaborative course aimed at building youth capacity was held at Koya University. Koya University’s Career Development Center and the Kurdistan Youth Freedom Organization managed an intensive training course for students and young people. The event began in the presence of Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Haseeb Sedeeq, along with Deputy Secretary Ms. Shkar Star.

 During the event, the president of Koya University delivered a speech emphasizing the importance of collaboration working as a vital step toward societal development. The partnership helps students and young people improve their education, skills development, and their potential. These collaboration efforts are a part of the strategic plan “Student Success and Employability” and Koya University works to achieve.

Koya University in 2023 announced a 5 year strategic plan that will focus on linking the university programs with the knowledge and skills required in today’s changing local and global labor market. The core pillar of the strategic plan “ Student Success and Employability” aims to bring out the academic programs to enhance students' knowledge, skills, and competencies. 

The five-day course took place from April 13 to April 17, 2025, the Kurdistan Youth Freedom Organization and Koya University’s Career Development Center in cooperation training course opened for students and young people and taught by experienced trainers aimed to provide modern lessons and new techniques related to the labor market, the course was designed based on the current needs of the labor market.

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Koya University (KOU) is located in the city of Koya (Koy Sanjaq) which is 1.0 hr drive to the East of the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil (Arbil, Hewlér) in Kurdistan Region of F.R. Iraq. It is on the foothills of a beautiful high mountain. Its campus has been carefully laid out to embrace the beautiful mountainous nature.

There are 4 Faculties and 2 Schools in KOU; Faculty of Engineering (FENG), Faculty of Science and Health (FSCH), Faculty of Education (FEDU), Faculty of Humanities and Social Silences (FHSS), Shcool of Physical Education (SPHE) and School of Medicine (SMED).

Also, there are two research centers; Genome Center and Malai Gawra Center. Moreover, at KOU there is an English Language Center (BELC) at KOU has been opened with the sponsorship of IREX and American embassy in Baghdad as well as with the support of Spring International Language Center of The University of Arkansas. KOU has two Scientific Journals; ARO-The Scientific Journal of Koya University, which is indexed by Clarivate Analytics (ESCI), and Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (KUJHSS). KOU is a proactive member of Erasmus/ Marhaba Project and Erasmus+.

KOU signed many Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with many International Universities, e.g., The University of Arkansas (June 2015). The Lulea University in Sweden (April 2014), The University of Nottingham in the UK, The University of Buckingham in the UK (Oct 2008), Belkin University in Turkey (Sep 2009) The University of Greenwich in the UK, Cihan University-Erbil (2021) and Tishk International University (2021).

Koya University is a memebr of The Association of Arab Universities and the International Association of Universities.

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