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On days(10th -12th ) of September, in the University of Innsbruck, which is one of the best universities of this country and its world ranking is 329, an international workshop held in Research Centre of Ancient Worlds Studies and Archaeology (

As an Associate Researcher Fellow at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM Big Data Center, Professor Salah I. Yahya, with a research group from the UTM, Al-Mustansiriya University and University of Baghdad, published a new research article in the Volume 10(2018), Number 1 of the International Journal of Advances in Soft Computing and its Applications (IJASCA). IJASCA is a peer-reviewed scientific journal indexed by SCOPUS.

Ladies and Gentlemen, 

Dear participants and honorable guests 

On behalf of the Koya University Presidency I whole-heartedly welcome you all. Koya University is excited about taking its essential role by holding its third scientific conference on the Koyan figures. I have personally mentioned in a number of occasions and some other settings that Koya University has a great responsibility for conducting research and reviving the performance, products and the characteristics of the prominent figures, scientists, scholars, artists and politicians of the area that Koya University located. 

Behar English Language Center (BELC) at Koya University is pleased to announce that its classrooms have been busy for the last three weeks with the students of the Religious High School in Koya. Those 25 students and 4 teachers are being engaged in a semi-intensive English program as the target population of a program that is generously funded by The American Embassy and kindly hosted by Koya University.

Just over a year has passed since SEED and Koya University opened the Center for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS) and we have made tremendous progress. We've had 24 service providers graduate from the Psychosocial Support Services (PSS) Training Program, empowered with new skills and the practical experience that resulted from receiving clinical supervision. We already have 27 participants enrolled for our next session, which began last week. We trained nine faculty members of Koya University on trauma psychology, supervision, and interactive teaching methods.

2018 International Conference on Pure and Applied Science (ICPAS 2018) is organized annually by the Faculty of Science and Health at Koya University on April 23rd and 24th 2018 with support of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Region-Iraq. the ICPAS 2018 has the doi: 10.14500/icpas2018. Start here to submit a paper to this conference: STEP ONE OF THE SUBMISSION PROCESS

Gas flares provide for safe emergency release of purged or waste gases from refineries, unrecoverable gases from oil wells, blast furnaces gases, coke oven gases, and waste gases from chemical plants. Flares also process waste gases from sewage digesters, coal and bio-mass gasifiers and fertilizer plants.

On Sunday November 19th 2017, the trainees’ graduation ceremony of the first training program of the Mental Health and Psychological Support Service held at the Presidency Building of Koya University. The ceremony was held with the presence of the US General Consul to Erbil Ken Gross, the head of the SEED Foundation and the Council Member of Koya University. At the beginning, Ms.

A team of Fulbright Exchange Program Alumni from Koya University won a grant within the competition “ 2017 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF)” which is amongst the “ U.S. Embassy Grants Program “. The team were consist of: Mr. Peshawa J. Muhammad Ali, a lecturer from department of software engineering, Koya University, Dr. Hamid Abdulsalm from Spring International Language Center, Koya University, and the retired professor of Koya University Dr. Hamid Muhammad Jassim (currently working at UKH).

A student of fourth stage in Manufacturing Engineering at our university has made a drone, which can be used in the fields of Agriculture, Media, Military and many other fields. 

Shvan Hakim, senior student of Manufacturing Engineering Department at the faculty of Engineering- Koya University, has made a small drone with some outstanding features that can be highly advantageous for Kurdish community as a product of a Kurdish student.