Four students from the Petroleum Engineering Department at Koya University's Faculty of Engineering — "Sarwa Salam Ali," "Fria Rebwar Asaad," "Ahmed Sardar Khurshid," and "Jihan Mahmood Rostam" — participated as representatives of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq in a scientific development program in the field of oil and gas, held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

These four students were part of a group of 48 students from 12 universities who took part in the 2024 "SPE ADIPEC University Programme", organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in collaboration with Khalifa University, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and ExxonMobil. The event took place from November 3 to 5, 2024, in the UAE.

Koya University, in line with its strategic plan and core mission of "Student Success," continues to create opportunities to develop the scientific and academic skills of its students, providing them with the necessary professional experience for their future careers.

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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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