On Monday (March 28, 2022), the Iraqi Center for Documentation of Extremist Crimes in cooperation with the Malay Gewre Research Center at Koya University, held the first specialized forum entitled (Documenting Extremist Crimes in Iraq: Its Methods, Mechanisms, and Challenges) with the participation of many religious figures and academy. Prof. Dr. Hoshyar Zaki Hassan, the Director of Malay Gewre Research Center, gave the speech to the preparatory committee for the forum, after which the research sessions were opened. 

Promoting the bilateral academic relations between Iraqi and German universities coming as the foremost priority to Koya University organs. Recognizing the importance of creating such a bridge, the Director of Career Services (DCS) at Koya University (Dr.-Ing. Rastee D. Ali) has proposed the first of its kind meeting for the Iraqis who have been studying in Germany and supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Erbil.

The Faculty of Engineering (FENG) at Koya University organized its 1st National Symposium in Engineering Research. This national symposium was held at the building of the Faculty of Engineering, where the opening ceremony started at 10:00 AM on 28th March 2022. Nine researchers from the Faculty of Engineering were presented their latest published paper that have the top WoS-IF among the FENG academic staffs' publications in the year 2021. The symposium had two presentation sessions with a coffee-break in between.

Professor Dr. Salah I. Yahya, working in the Department of Software Engineering at Koya University, published two research papers in the Electronics journal and the Neural Computing and Applications journal. The two research papers' works were achived in collaboration with other researchers from (1) Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran, (2) Kermanshah University of Technology, Kermanshah, Iran and (3) Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran, and (4) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The first journal is published by MDPI and indexed by Calrivate Analytics (Wos: IF = 2.397, Q2), whereas the second journal is published by Springer and indexed by Calrivate Analytics (Wos: IF = 5.606, Q1),

The Department of Architectural Engineering at Koya University and the Department of Architectural Engineering at Cihan University-Sulaimani held a joint workshop entitled "Issues in Contemporary Architectural Education." The workshop was held during the period of 2nd-3rd March 2022. This workshop was a scientific gathering that brought experts from the two universities to discuss wide range of architectural education issues. In addition to discussing the difficulties associated with architectural learning, it aimed to answer questions about innovative pedagogy and new techniques used in architectural education that are beneficial to both teachers and students.

The Faculty of Engineering (FENG) at Koya University is orgnizing the 1st National Symposium in Engineering Research. This national symposium will be beld at the building of the Faculty of Engineering, where the opening ceremony will be at 10:00 AM on 28th March 2022. Nine researchers from the Faculty of Engineering will present their latest published papers that have the top WoS-IF among the FENG academic staffs' publications in the year 2021. The symposium will be in two presentation sessions with a coffee-break inbetween.

The European Architectural History Network (EAHN), the Heritage Conservation Research Program (HCRP) and Research Center of the Faculty of Engineering at Koya University inviting all academics and researchers to submit their original papers and participate in the International EAHN Thematic Conference ‘Heritage in Danger’
While the world mourned the destruction of the widely known Iraqi archaeological and heritage sites of Nimrud, Hatra, Sinjar and the old town of Mosul caused by the ISIS invasion in 2014-2017, other Iraqi archaeological and heritage sites in much safer zones were and still are underestimated and exposed to silent death via ongoing neglect and unchecked deterioration with a very limited capacity to safeguard them like in the case of Koya’s old town which reached its zenith during the Ottoman reign.

In today’s world, cancer has a major impact on so many people and families around us which made it almost impossible to find someone who hasn’t had any contact with someone else that was affected by cancer. So, whether we witness the fight of our loved ones directly or we see the worry of their family and friends. Therefore, it’s never too late to educate ourselves by acknowledging the causing factors that could be avoided. For that to be fulfilled, both Biology and Medical Microbiology departments at the Faculty of Science and Health, in collaboration with Ashty health organization held a workshop entitled “The main risk factors of cancer with the most recent statistics.”

The Departments of Medical Microbiology and Biology in collaboration with the Science and Health Research Center at Koya University held a training course entitled “Laboratory techniques for Scientific Research”. This training course shed the light on the existed useful devices and instruments in the center and their way of operation. So that the academic staff can get benefit from these instruments for their research. To achieve this, the tests were done in the center on a lab animal (Rat) from general anesthesia to cesarean section to start the rest of the tests.

On-Site Lectures for three days were presented in Nov. 3-5. 2021 by the Columbia University international team of the “Amedi Bahdinan Gate, Parthian Reliefs and the Ancient Staircase Restoration Project” directed by Prof. Zainab Bahrani for three of the Heritage Conservation Research Program (HCRP) team and the senior students of the Department of architectural Engineering  (DARE) on Restoration and Stone Cleaning in Amedi.