A delegation from Koya University Participated in the Conference “Kurdistan One Health Conference -2024”

On Monday, April 29, 2024, the Kurdistan One Health Conference-2024 was held in Erbil with the support of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation and the Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the US State Department in coordination with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). A delegation from Koya University’s Faculty of Science and Health and Medicine participated in the conference which included Prof. Dr. Ayad Hazim Hassan, Dr. Kochar Ali Mahmood and Lect. Muzaffar Kanabi Omar.

The Kurdistan One Health Conference-2024 is a significant milestone and a fresh start in the field of health in Kurdistan. It aims to establish and promote the idea and concept of one health, or the practical work to safeguard the environment, animals, plants, and human health in order to guarantee a healthier society and environment for everybody.

As a university with a medical faculty that the Federal Iraqi Government has officially acknowledged, Koya University has made a consistent effort to provide medical students with the greatest and most advanced scientific education possible.

Koya University

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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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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 14:00

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