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.

Dr. Sahar Basil Mahmood the Director of the Heritage Conservation Research Program (HCRP) and Dr. Manar Nazar Ahmed the member of the HCRP, both are from the Department of Architectural Engineering (DARE) were participated in a 4-week International Advanced Training Course as part of the Aid for Mosul program entitled “Causes of Decay and Preservation of Building Architectural Heritage II” which was held on 5-30 Sept. 2021. The training course was sponsored by the Czech Republic and organized by the National Heritage Institute of the Czech Republic (NHI), GEMAART (GEMA), and the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage (IICAH).

According to the regulation that issued recently by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Universities in the region are going to implement the Bologna Process in their study programs starting from the academic year 2022-2023, where some universities already started Bologna Process for some departments, few years ago. Accordingly, KOU established a higher committee of the Bologna Process (HCBP) that start its first meeting today, 7th Feb. 2022.

For six days, twelve sessions and more than 24 hrs, the Department of Software Eningeering in collaboration with the Research Center at the Faculty of Engineering, Koya University held a training course entitled “Research Process from A to Z.” The training course that targeted academic staff at Koya University tackled the main topics regarding; research structure and types, how to write a research paper, how to write a research proposal, indexing bodies and LaTex.

Tishk International University (TIU) organizes the international conference on “Applied Sciences, Energy and Environment”, ICASEE at the Faculty of Education. The 6th ICASEE conference will be held on 25-26 March 2022 on-campus at TIU. The ICASEE 2022 is dedicated to offering a unique opportunity for researchers in Iraq, Kurdistan and all over the world to gather, discuss and collaborate within themselves and with international participants. The main theme of the conference is to embrace scientific research and to value the life of our people.

Webometrics has announced the January edition of 2022 University Ranking. 32,000 worldwide Universities,100 Iraqi Universities and 27 KRG Universities were listed in this Edition of Webometrics University Ranking. Usually, three criteria are considered in the Webometics, i.e., Impact, Openness and Excellence. In this Edition, the Openness (Google Scholar Profile) criterion was not considered and the ranking was announced based on Impact and Excellence, only. 

On Wednesday, 8/12/2021, the Department of Architectureal Engineering (DARE) at Koya University (KOU) held a national workshop entitled "Sustainable Building Strategie". The aim of this workshop is to present the approach to explore the passive and active strategies to increase thermal comfort and indoor air quality while minimizing energy consumption during the design or the renovation of the existing buildings.