In two recent decades, the Internet has had a great impact on education and in particular higher education teaching quality and competition. New challenges are emerging constantly, which require global solutions for geographically distributed common issues that our modern societies are facing. Due to the global nature of the current education concepts and the evolving impact of IT on educating future professionals, the teaching methodology is continuously changing for better qualities. These challenges require support with communication, interaction, integration, knowledge transfers, and shared up-to-date best practices. IT facilities such as the Internet can potentially provide integrated environments satisfying these requirements.

Dr Joanna Bocheńska visited Koya University on 05/05/2014 and held a public seminar on Kurdish Studies in Poland. Ms. Bocheńska is a sineior reseacher at division of Kurdish Studies, Department of Iranian Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of Jagiellonian University in Poland.
 
Dr Bocheńska covered the history of the Kurdish Studies in Poland since the nineteenth century till current days. She covered the role of important Polish Kurdologist and their studies, books published in various disciplines about the Kurds. Then talked about her efforts in this area, especially her studies of Kurdish literature and relevance the national identity.

Following the success of the 1st International Conference on Petroleum and Mineral Resources held in 2012, the organizers have decided to reconvene the Meeting in 2014, also at Koya University in Koya.

Kurdistan is now emerging as one of the fastest developing areas in the Middle East, with its universities and research institutions playing a major role in the process. The region is rich in oil, gas, and mineral resources, as well as underground water.

Prof Jørgen Eskemose Andersen the head of Human Settlements Department at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark held a three days workshop on Urban Sustainability at the Faculty of Engineering (FENG) at Koya University.

On Sunday the 27th of April 2014 Mr. Aimad Ahmad, the deputy Prime Minster of Kurdistan Regional Government inaugurated the new Sport Centre and Swimming pool facilities at Koya University. He was accompanied by Mr. Kamaran Ahmad, the minster of construction and  Prof. Xidir M Hawrami, The president of Koya University, The Mayor of Koya, Prof. Jawad Faqi, Dr. Sa’ied Salah and the head of Koya District managements along with Deans and Instructors of Koya University. In a cheerful ceremony they jointly inaugurated  the new Sport Centre and Swimming pool facilities.

Dr Shwan Rachid, Dean of Faculty of Sciencs and Health (FSCH) and his co-authors have published new article in Chemical Science Journal on Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), particularly the omega-3 long-chain PUFAs (LC-PUFAs) eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which are well known for their beneficial health effects. 

Prof Nadhir Al-Ansari from Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering at Lulea University of Technology in Sweden, hold three day leatures and workshop on “Scientific writing of research papers and Ethics in Scientific Work” at the Koya University from 2-4th Feb 2014. 

The main themes were:
 
1.Course start. Background to scientific writing.