{{Short description|Public university in Koy Sanjaq, Iraq}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox university | name = Koya University | native_name = زانکۆی کۆیه | image_name = University of Koya.JPG | motto = A University for Stronger Society | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Koya University | latin_name = | established = 2003 | closed = | type = Public university | calendar = | chairman = | chancellor = | president = Mohammed Haseeb Zangana | vice-president = | superintendent = | provost = | vice_chancellor = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | city = Koya | state = | students = 2,452 | undergrad = 1,274 | postgrad = 200 - 300 | administrative_staff = Nearly 100 | campus = Urban | province = Iraqi Kurdistan | country = Iraq | coor = {{Coord|36|5|58|N|44|38|53|E|display=title}} | former_names = | free_label = | free = | colors = {{colourbox|Yellow}} Yellow and {{colourbox|Green}} Green | website = {{URL|http://www.koyauniversity.org/}} | logo = File:KOYA University LOGO .jpg }}
'''Koya University''' (Kurdish: زانکۆی کۆیە <small>romanized:</small> ''Zankoy Koye'') is a public university located in Koy Sanjaq, near Erbil (Hewlêr), the capital of the Erbil Governorate in the Iraqi Kurdistan region of Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-25 |title="With Education You Can Face Every Struggle": Gendered Higher Education in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan - Part Three: The Gender Problem |url=https://manaramagazine.org/2022/05/with-education-you-can-face-every-struggle-gendered-higher-education-in-iraq-and-iraqi-kurdistan-part-three-the-gender-problem/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was established in 2003 by Jalal Talabani.
==History== The Kurdistan Regional Government opened colleges of Education and Sharia and Law during the academic year 2000–2001 in Koya, that were affiliated with University of Sulaymaniyah. Later, they became the foundation of Koya University.
Koya University was established at the beginning of the academic year 2003–2004. The first graduation session of Koya University was held on July, 20th, 2006.
==Colleges== In 2010, Koya University was restructured from colleges to faculty systems to enhance the interactions between similar academic fields. Today the University has four faculties and 25 departments in different fields.
The educational programmes include both bachelor's and master's degree and doctoral programmes. * Faculty of Engineering (FENG) * Faculty of Science and Health (FSCH) * Faculty of Humanity and Social Science (FHSS) * Faculty of Education (FEDU) In January 2017, Koya University opened an English teaching center.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohareb |first=Esraa |date=2017-01-25 |title=Iraqi Universities Focus on Teaching English |url=https://al-fanarmedia.org/2017/01/iraqi-universities-focus-teaching-english/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Al-Fanar Media |language=en-US}}</ref> As of 2019, Koya University has 440 academic staff.
==See also== * List of universities in Iraq
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== External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.koyauniversity.org}}
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Category:Universities in the Kurdistan Region (Iraq) Category:Koy Sanjaq Category:Erbil Governorate Category:Public universities Category:Educational institutions established in 2003 Category:2003 establishments in the Kurdistan Region (Iraq)