Mr. Brwa Hasan Hussein is an academic staff at Department of Civil Engineering / faculty of Engineering (FENG) who has been awarded Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program of 2018. Indeed, the Fulbright program is designed to equip the scholars with knowledge and tools necessary to build the capacities of the universities in Iraq and to advance the education of future generation of Iraqis. The program lays the foundation for Iraqi scholars and their U.S hosts to develop long term institutional relationship and areas of cooperation that can be sustained over time.

The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program provides grants to approximately 850 foreign scholars from over 100 countries to conduct post-doctoral research at U.S. institutions from an academic semester to a full academic year. 

Scientists at Koya University are encouraged to maintain continuous fruitful collaboration with the centers of excellence through their researches and innovations, enabling Koya University to have better global presence. Koya University is increasing its presence in the global academic arena. In the latest Webometics ranking of 2018 Koya University has been ranked as 5th best university in Iraq and 4577 globally. This is a remarkable achievement by a young and dynamic university such as Koya University (KOU) in the Middle East.