University of Sulaimani
2014-2015
Higher Education System In Iraqi Kurdistan region In Kurdistan Region currently there are 13 state and 11
private recognised higher education institutions .
No tuition fees Free Dormitories
The administrational system is centralized by Ministry of H.E There are two semesters in each academic year .
The standard study period in
which a degree programme
can be completed is at least
eight to ten semesters at these
universities
Sulaimani City
Kurdistan Capital of Culture
History of the University of Sulaimani
In 1968, the first university in Iraqi Kurdistan was founded in Sulaimani.
Now University is the largest and oldest university in Iraqi Kurdistn Region
From that day onward, University of Sulaimani hasbecome one of the bright candles of science and Kurdish consciousness that prepared many generations in
Kurdistan.
History of the University of Sulaimani
The Ba'ath regime was not expecting that from this university, thus, in an unexpected step in 1981, the University was
transferred to Erbil and it’s name was changed to University of Salahaddin in order to eliminate the revolutionary spirit of this center of science and Kurdish consciousness.
This situation lasted for twelve years till the uprising of 1991 which led to the reopening of the University in Sulaimani.
With the effort of the Kurdish political leadership and positive response of the science loving people of Sulaimani, in 1992 this University was once again re-established.
first started with opening of only three colleges which were: College of Languages, Agriculture, and Medicine.Under very hard condition and double embargo.
Fortunately, today the University of Sulaimani developed so remarkably that we cannot shed light on all its work, activities, and institutions, leave aside, within the womb of this university Universities of Halabja, Raparen and Garmiyan were born.CHALENGES
The University of Sulaimani is in the process of Higher Education Reform.
The University of Sulaimani was the leader in applying and stepping forward in the Higher Education Reform, including: Quality assurance, Continuous Academic Development and Study Programs Developing.
The University of Sulaimani was also ahead of other Kurdistan universities in stepping towards promoting principles of health and safety awareness, therefore, the University has founded a new directorate for it.•
The University keeps on preparing qualified and trained staff for both public and private sector and it continues to enlighten this region, simultaneously, it remains the leader in theprocess of diverting the community through preparing
graduates who are provided with science, knowledge and training.
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Among the principles of working in this university is to observe human rights, women’s rights, children rights, tolerance and democracy.University of Sulaimani
Mission
The council of the University of Sulaimani is the highest authority of the University which is responsible for the overall planning and organization of the administrative and academic procedures of the University.
This council comprises all the deans of faculties and colleges, assistants to the president of the University, representative of the teaching staff and onerepresentative of the students, and is directly headed by the president of the University. The council holds weekly meetings to discuss all different University affairs.
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Governance
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University Council Photo
Governance
University of Sulaimani President
Professor. Dr. Salahalddin Saeed Ali
Supervises the Presidency of the University and
the entire academic and the administration affairs of the University.
The administrative structure of the
University of Sulaimani
The important Step
REFORM
HCDP is an ambitious program that aims to develop human capacities in Kurdistan Region in the field of higher education.
KRG allocated (100,000,000 US $) for (HCDP) program every year.
So far three rounds had been announced.
(HCDP) program encourage our potential candidates to chose the top and highest quality universities around the world.
Isolation and Development
This university and other universities in Kurdistan suffered from a great
Isolation from abroad for decades which put negative impact on the quality of the universities
Number of potential candidates for HCDP program till now are 4700.
2500 had already joined their studies, 700 of them have already completed their studies and returned back home and joined their carriers.
The University of Sulaimani has a considerable share in the Human Capacity Development Program (HCDP). So far 845 students were admitted to PhD and MSc progarams abroad (562 students are studying MSc and 283 students are studying PhD).
Split site phd program Still not sufficient
More than 80% of the staff are locally educated and not trained abroad
Statistics for the Academic Year 2013- 2014
Number of the Faculties, schools and scientific departments:
8 Faculties and (16) schools.
2 Colleges
92 Academic departments.
Total number of the lecturers are 1680 with different scientific titles
Number of students for the academic year 2013- 2014: Number of students 21600 students
Number of students from outside Sulaimani: 7677 students
Number of Students from outside the Region: 86 students
Number of postgraduate students graduated from Schools of the University between 1998 and 2013 were 1751 students from which:
118 One Year Diploma, 89 Two Year Diploma, 1097 Master (MA &
MSc), 447 PhD (Doctorate)
Number of the current higher education students is 397 for the academic year 2013- 2014 as:
7 Two Year Diploma, 246 Master (MA, MSc), 144 PhD (Doctorate)
Total number students at the university dormitories are 6126.
Number of the university dormitories for boys: 21 students’ dormitories buildings
Number of the university dormitories for girls: 22 students’ dormitories buildings.
Total number of the University administrative staff and employees for the academic year 2013- 2014 were 3209.University of Sulaimani
Old campus
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The New Campus
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It is regarded as the greatest strategic and historical step toward expansion and advancing University of Sulaimani.
It is considered as the solution for the problems of lacking space, small lecture halls, lack of required laboratories and other requirements which this
university had suffered from for years.
The New Campus
It’s also regarded as rebuilding of University of Sulaimani in a more modern way with a new design similar to many modern international Universities.
It is the first project of building a brand new large university campus in the entire Iraq.
University of Sulaimani
The New Campus
The campus cost 305,305,496,00 USD, built on 1,928,762 square meters i.e 771 Hectors.
University of Sulaimani
The New Campus
The project includes a Presidency block, Faculties and
Schools buildings which contains lecture halls, administration offices and laboratories.
The campus also contains the following buildings:
Main Cafeteria, Faculty And College Cafeterias, Central Library, Research Center, dormitories blocks, IT Center,
Central Registrar Office, Commercial Center, student leisure central, Fire Extinguishing Center, Police Station, Hospital, Power Supply Center, Mosque , Museum, Conference Halls, Guest House and petrol station.
University of Sulaimani
The New Campus
The New University Campus can take up to 20.000-23.000 students and has two main parking lots for teaching,
administration staff and students which can take more than 3000 cars can park within these car parks.
Overall the University with all of its facilities can create a small town with all required services
University of Sulaimani
The New Campus
University of Sulaimani has academic relations with many successful universities from the
following countries :
USA, UK, Spain, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Romania, Australia, Bulgaria, Iran,
Poland, Turkey, Netherland, Hungary and
Lebanon.
Faculties, Colleges and Schools of the
University
College of Commerce
The College has Five Scientific Departments:
1. Accountancy
2. Statistic and Computer 3. Market Economics
4. Administration
5. Finance and Banking Science
Faculty of Education/ Chamchamal
School of Education
1- Kurdish 2- Arabic
3- Education and psychology 4- English
School of Basic Education
Department of Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences
The Faculty of Medical Sciences is composed of the following Schools:
1.
School of Medicine2.
School of Dentistry3.
School of Pharmacology4.
School of NursingSchool of Medicine
The School of Medicine consists of eleven branches:
1- Medicine
2- Community Family Medicine 3- Surgery
4- Gynecology Obstetrics 5- Anatomy
6- Pediatrics 7- Physiology 8- Pathology 9- Microbiology 10- Biochemistry 11- Pharmacology
School of Dentistry
The School of Dentistry contains six scientific branches:
1- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontics 2- Oral Diagnosis
3- Prosthodontics
4- Conservative Dentistry
5- Preventive Dentistry, Orthodontics and Pedodontics (POP) 6- Basic Sciences
School of Pharmacy
The School of Pharmacy consists of five scientific departments:
1- Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
2- Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry 3- Clinical Pharmacy
4- Pharmacology and Toxicology 5- Pharmaceutics
School of Nursing
The school of nursing have these brunches:
1- Fundamentals of Nursing 2- Psychiatric Nursing
3- Maternal and Child Health Nursing 4- Community Health Nursing
5- Adult Nursing
Faculty of Humanities
The Schools of the Faculty of Humanities:
1.
School of Languages2.
School of Humanities3.
School of Islamic Studies4.
School of Fine ArtsSchool of Languages
The school of Languages consists of five Departments:
1- Kurdish Language and Literature.
2- Arabic Language and Literature.
3- English Language and Literature.
4- Kurdish Language and Literature/ Evening.
5- English Language and Literature/ Evening.
School of Humanities
The School of Humanities consists of four scientific departments:
1- History 2- Sociology 3- Geography 4- Media
School of Islamic Sciences
The School of Islamic Sciences consists of three main departments:
1- Department of the Principles of Religion.
2- Department of Islamic Studies.
3- Department of Alphiqih Origins (origins of Jurisprudence).
School of the Fine Arts
The School of the Fine Arts has two departments 1- Department of Plastic Art
2- Department of Music
School of Administration and Economics
This School has four scientific departments:
1- Economics 2- Statistics
3- Business Administration
4- Accountancy
School of Political Sciences
This school has one department:
Department of Political Sciences.
Faculty of Sciences and Science Education
A. School of Sciences:
1- Department of Geology.
2- Department of Mathematics.
3- Department of Chemistry.
4- Department of Biology.
5- Department of Physics.
6- Department of Computer.
B. School of Science Education
1- Department of Physics.
2- Department of Mathematics.
Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
The Faculty of Law and Political Sciences consists of four departments:1- Department of Law.
2- Department of Political Sciences.
3- Higher Education Department.
4- Center of Law and Political Research.
College of Veterinary Medicine
There are five scientific departments in the College:
1- Department of Basic Sciences
2- Department of Anatomy and Histopathology 3- Department of Microbiology
4- Department of Surgery and Theriogenology 5- Department of Clinic and Internal Medicine
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
The faculty of Agricultural Sciences consists of six departments:
1- Department of Agricultural Extension 2- Department of Horticulture
3- Department of Soil and Water Sciences 4- Department of Animal Production
5- Department of Food Sciences 6- Department of Crop Sciences
Faculty of Physical and Basic Education
A. School of Basic Education
1.Department of Mathematics
2.Department of Computer Science 3.Department of English Language 4.Department of Social Sciences 5.Department of Kindergarten 6.Department of Art Education 7.Department of Kurdish Language
B. School of Physical Education
1. Department of Physical Education
2. Department of Physical Education/ Basic
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
The Faulty of the Engineering Sciences has four departments:
1. Department of Civil Engineering 2. Department of Architecture
3. Department of Electrical Engineering
4. Department of Dams and Water Resources
University of Sulaimani
Finally University of Sulaimani proudly offered more than 1600 postgraduate certificates since 1996 and
graduated 29
throunds of students.
Only in the year 2013/2014 on the 29
thround of graduation, our university offered Bachelor degrees
to 5000 graduates.
Finally
University of Sulaimani
Thank you for your attention!
Halabja University
On March 16th, 1988, after the uprising and freedom of Halabja from Ba’ath regime, Iraqi planes dropped gas canisters and chemical weapons. At least 5,000 innocent people died as an immediate result of the
chemical attack.
University of Halabja, one of the newest universities in Iraqi Kurdistan, which its decision of establishment was made in 2010 but its presidency assumed in
February 16th 2011. The University of Halabja is still in the beginning stage. It comprises one faculty and a college. Faculty of Education and Human Sciences consists of three schools and six scientific departments (Department of English Language, Department of Social Sciences, Department of Arabic Language, Department of Basic Physical Education, Department Principles of Religion and Department of Kurdish Language which enrolls students for the academic year 2014-2015).The college is College of Physical Education which includes
Department of Physical Education. Consent granted to establish Department of Law in Saidsadq and Department of Physics which enrolls students for the
academic year 2014-2015..
The University of Halabja is continuously attempting to provide academic staff and other necessary needs for educational
purposes like building new buildings for newly established
colleges, new dormitories, and providing necessary equipment for scientific laboratory. The goal of the University is to prepare skilled scholars in all science fields for Shahrazoor area in particular and Kurdistan Region in general. The message of the University for the Honored People of the area is to protect and develop the university in every aspect and encourage those who have PhD and MA degrees in other cities of Kurdistan and Iraq to return to University of Halabja
