Our strategic objectives reflect our university’s core values and outline the outcomes that our university aims to achieve within the next five years and beyond. The strategic objectives will serve as a roadmap to help Koya University to meet the needs and aspirations of its students, staff, and local communities as well as establishing a strong national and international standing as a reputable academic institution. The objectives also delineate the university’s strategic focus in linking the university programs with the knowledge and skills required in today’s changing local and global labor market. The following are our strategic objectives:

1. Introduce and implement an innovative education strategy that can successfully address the challenges and opportunities that university students and staff encounter in the 21st Century.
2. Develop and reform undergraduate and postgraduate curricula and programs to meet global standards to be accredited by intentional accreditation organizations and agencies.
3. Enhance graduates’ employability and self-employment prospects.
4. Promote the entrepreneurial university practices to fulfill its “Third Mission (TM)” as an academic institution which is contributing to local, regional, and national economic development.
5. Make Koya University a leading research-intensive academic institution in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq by developing our existing research skills, capabilities, and infrastructure and providing our academic staff and postgraduate students with enhanced research support with opportunities to increase the proportions and quality of research and publications including collaborative research and co-authored publications with international researchers.
6. Improve the relationship between the university and our stakeholders and engage them in the process of decision-making and implementation of the university policies.
7. Maximize and diversify financial resources and revenues to balance the university budget to meet our educational priorities and goals.
8. Increase our global engagement efforts to build more international relationships with universities, organizations, and businesses, attract foreign students and staff to our university, and create more opportunities for our students and staff to study or teach abroad.
9. Digitize all university processes and services to coordinate across all the departments and campus units while delivering a seamless experience to everyone who uses our university e-platforms.
10. Introduce the “Lean University” concept and integrate it with the “Green University” practices to make Koya University a more sustainable university.