Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences has been accepted for inclusion in the Arabic Citation Index (ARIC). The Arabic Citation Index is created in partnership with the Egyptian government, with the goal of covering content from the Arab-speaking world.

Incites WoS launched its latest report for the universities' number of published indexed documents and number of citations. Koya University, according to the rport,has 381 published documents that indexed by WoS and 1,434 citations by indexed sources.

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The Directorate of Quality Assurance and Curriculum Development at Koya University held 4 workshops with the academic teaching staff to explain the QA guidelines and regulation, and the new e-platforms that launched to mange the academic staff profiles, PF&CAD activities, module management system, course management dashboard, and other e-platforms. The 4 workshops were chaired by Prof. Dr. Salah I. Yahya, the Director of the Directorate of Quality Assurance and Curriculum Deveopment.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the International Conference, “Religion and Social Peace: Challenges and Prospects ICRSP 2022", which will be held on 16-17 Feb. 2022, Erbil-Iraq, and organized by Catholic University in Erbil, jointly with Koya University. This conference aims to join together researchers, academics and professionals interested in matters relating to religion and social peace.

On 12th September 2021, the Directorate of the Quality Assurance and Curriculum Development (DQA&CD) at Koya University (KOU) had a meeting with the Faculties QA officers. This is the first meeting that was held in the new academic year 2021-2022 with QA officers. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Salah I. Yahya, the Director of the DQA&CD.
The meeting discussed the follwing important matters:

Koya University library is being selected by the Japan Science Society and Nippon Foundation to receive up to 200 books through “Books for Understanding Japan” donation program, the READ JAPAN PROJECT. This program is opened to overseas libraries and the selected institutions receive a donation of up to 200 English books on Japan from the Nippon Foundation (JPY355,971). The books have been carefully chosen by a committee of 21 experts with extensive knowledge of Japan and cover five mail categories: Politics & International Relations, Economics & Business, Society & Culture, Literature & Arts, and History. The major objectives of the books are to develop a greater understanding of Japan, support study and research in Iraq, and enhance understanding between the two countries.

Three students, one from the Department of Software Engineering and two from the Department of Architectural Engineering, at Koya University got full M.Sc. scholarships from the Nankai University, China and Southwest University of Jiaotong, China. These two scholarships from the both universities were granted to the three students at Koya University based on the memorandum of understantanding with Koya University and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research - KRI.

Application of Operation Research in Real Life was an intensive 3 days’ workshop from 8th to 10th of August 2021 which was held by Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdulqader Otheman Hamad Ameen from Mathematics Department at Koya University. This workshop provided the academic staff of Koya University with an experience that is valuable for their academia by mainly focusing on management applications, modelling, and the main phases of Operation Research which includes: ,,,, Read more

Once again, one of the academic staff of the Department of Chemistry, Asst. Prof. Dr. Salam Ghafour Taher on 4th of August inaugurated one-day workshop on Chemical ingredient of food and the best way to read the labels on it, which was organised by the  FSCH at Koya University. In this workshop, the focus was on how to decide which food is of a better quality by reading the label of food and knowing the ingredients that define and measure it’s quality. Additives which play a crucial part in our daily food are substances added to food to prevent spoilage, appearance, preserve flavour or enhance taste, or other sensory qualities. Emulsifiers (which used to prevent water and fat from separating), thickeners, vitamins and minerals, sweeteners, and salt are all common examples of additives.

As a joint project, on August 04th 2021, 20 female trainees who successfully participated in 20 days of the Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) and detergent-making trainings at Koya University have to show up to receive their certificates of accomplishments. In an environment of positive reflections, the trainees awarded their certificates. for more details, click here