Koya University Council Conducts Its Second Regular Meeting for Academic Year 2025-2026

The Koya University Council, chaired by University President Prof. Dr. Mohammed H.S. Zangana conducted its second regular meeting for the academic year 2025-2026.

On Wednesday, September 17, 2025, the Koya University Council, chaired by University President Prof. Dr. Mohammed H.S. Zangana and with the attendance of university council members, conducted its second regular meeting for the academic year 2025-2026.

The Koya University Council meeting was held for the purpose of discussing several important issues related to the beginning of the new academic year, the university's academic calendar, and preparations by faculties, internal departments, and related directorates to welcome students.

During the meeting and in confirmation of the minutes of the first meeting of the University Council held on September 3, 2025, Sunday, September 28, 2025, was set as the first day of the start of the new academic year 2025-2026 at Koya University.

The University Council congratulated the faculty, staff, and students of Koya University on the beginning of the new academic year, and wished that the new academic year would be a year in which the financial conditions of faculty and staff and the students would improve, and that it would be filled with scientific achievements for our university.

Subsequently, discussion of other topics from the meeting agenda began.

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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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