Koya University is progressing to become a green university

Koya University announced its strategic plan for the next five years in a grand ceremony in September this year. “Green University” is one of the main pillars of the university's strategic plan, A green university means an environmentally friendly university with a significant area of greenery and trees.

Engineer Pshtiwan Mohammed Taha, Director of the Gardens Directorate, who is also an agricultural engineer, said that they have long-term goals and are trying to increase the green area on the university campus and organize parks and gardens and produce its own flowers and reuse these products for further beautification and greening of the university grounds.

In accordance with the appropriate learning environment in the classrooms, university students should be provided with a peaceful environment outside the classrooms, especially in parks and gardens.

However, despite all the continuous works of the gardens directorate on campus such as renovating the presidential park, organizing and cleaning the main student park fountain, building a garden in the Faculty of Medicine with an area of 500 square meters, Gardens of the Faculty of Science and Health, renovation of the garden of the Faculty of Engineering, organization and renovation of green areas between the main streets of the university So that the university is green not only inside the campus but also outside the main campus.

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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 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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