Koya University held a number of sports contests as part of the Announcing Green University Initiative
In the framework of announcing The Green University Initiative at Koya University, there was a friendly futsal match and the student final chess competition.
On Thursday, May 16, 2024, Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Hasib Siddiq, Koya University President, and members of the university council welcomed Mr. Qubad Talabani, the deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, the minister of higher education and scientific research, upon their arrival to announce the Green University initiative at Koya University.
The student chess league championship game and a friendly futsal match between Koya University's futsal team and the sports club "Roj" were two of the events of the day.
Karwan Yousef Ismail took third place, followed by Idris Warya Akram in first position and Sarmad Farhad Kanabi in second. The Koya University Futsal Team and Roj Sports Club played a friendly match that resulted in a tie.
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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