Scientific Affairs Unit

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This is the official website of the Postgraduate Affairs. All related topics to graduate studies will be found in this site. The directorate of Postgraduate Affairs is under supervision of Vice President of Scientific & Postgraduate Affairs. The main objective of this directorate is to raise the scientific qualification of the staff members who are working in different inter/national sectors.

The Directorate of Scientific Affairs operates under the division of Vice President for Scientific and Postgraduate Affairs. The major vision of this directorate is to strive to consolidate scientific concepts and make them an essential tool in order to advance the advancement of scientific progress of the university forward. It works to create an extensive and comprehensive information base that allows colleges and departments in the university to have a clear and consist picture of their scientific levels and indicators of progress. Moreover, it aims to put future visions for the University in accordance with new experiences and experiences and continuity of excellence.

The University of Zakho dates back to the year 2005 and within the framework of the directives and concerns of His Excellency Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and Mr. Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, made a decision to lay the foundation stone of the College of Education and the College of Commerce (during the fifth cabinet) in a university campus in Zakho, which at that time officially belonged to the University of Duhok.

On 8th of July 2010, a formal order was issued to establish a university in Zakho by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in KRG (sixth cabinet). The structures of the University of Zakho for the academic year 2016-2017 are as follows:

1. College of Science/ 6 Scientific Departments
2. College of Humanities/ 6 Scientific Departments
3. College of Education/ 4 Scientific Departments
4. College of Administration and Economics/ 3 Scientific Departments
5. College of Engineering/ 2 Scientific Departments
6. College of Basic Education/ 5 Scientific Departments
7. College of Medicine / 2 Departments
8. College of Law/ 1 Scientific Department

The University of Zakho formed a program to help raise the scientific level according to international standards through the development of the program, the implementation of health instruction and to sustain the application of science and quality assurance. These are part of the policy of the Kurdistan Regional Government. For example, the perpetuation of the programs to send hundreds of students and professors to universities outside the region and the developed countries to obtain advanced degrees (Masters and PhD) in various sciences and each according to their terms of reference to be the basis for the change and development of a scientific point in the Kurdistan region.

The educational programs at the University of Zakho include bachelor’s and master’s degree and doctoral programs. These programs give the graduates a wide range of knowledge and skills.

This portal provides all information related to scientific affairs at the University of Zakho