The University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) is an educational institution in

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

Hewlêr Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

the

Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region ( ku, هەرێمی کوردستان, translit=Herêmî Kurdistan; ar, إقليم كردستان), abbr. KRI, is an autonomous region in Iraq comprising the four Kurdish-majority governorates of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. UKH was the fifth public university to be opened in the Kurdistan Region. It was established in 2006. The University Of Kurdistan Hewler obtained top ranking throughout the Region in 2018. The University Of Kurdistan Hewler became the first university in the Kurdistan Region to be accredited Internationally by ASIC in 2018. Dr.Shamal stated that “This recognition marks UKH as a high performing university that meets international standards. We aspire and work to become a leading university in the larger regional area.” The Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry Of Higher Education applauded the University Of Kurdistan and its administration in the year 2019 for its remarkable standards and steps taken for higher education reform and its international standards based upon its accreditation by ASIC. Nechirvan Barzani, is the founder of UKH and the former Chancellor. Dr.Mohammed Mochtar, also known as Dr.Shamal, has previously served as Vice Chancellor of the University Of Kurdistan Hewler On 29 May 2011, by invitation of Baban, UKH granted an

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in Politics and International Relations to

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, the former

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(1991–1997) who had been very helpful to the Kurds during his term in office. In his speech, he described students of UKH as a "rare asset".

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File:University of Kurdistan Hawler.jpg, UKH building. File:A debate in UKH.jpg, A picture from weekly debate at UKH. File:University of Kurdistan Hawler Library.jpg, UKH library.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:University of Kurdistan - Hawler

Kurdistan Kurdistan ( ku, کوردستان ,Kurdistan ; lit. "land of the Kurds") or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural territory in Western Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, Kurdish la ...

Buildings and structures in Erbil Public universities Educational institutions established in 2006 2006 establishments in Iraqi Kurdistan