Koya University Delegation Participated in Pedagogy Program Development Meeting

A delegation from Koya University, led by Prof. Dr. Hshyar Zaki, Vice President for Scientific and Postgraduate Affairs, and including Asst.Lect. Soran Omar Rashid, Director of the Pedagogy and Academic Development Center at KOU,along with Asst. Lect.Bnar Jalal Mohammed and Lect.Bakhan Bakhtiar Mohammed Amin, participated in a meeting on the development of the pedagogy program held in Erbil.

On Tuesday, May 13, 2025,with the attendance of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, a ceremony was held in the capital city of Erbil to launch the pedagogical program.

The meeting was held with the aim of discussing issues related to the pedagogical program and the methods of its delivery in the universities of Kurdistan. At the same time, Koya University, as a vibrant institution within the academic community of Kurdistan, continues to actively support its strategic plan to enhance its impact in this field.

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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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