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On Saturday 22 February 2025, The Unviersity of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) hosted a special workshop for the Kurdistan Accrediting Association for Education (KAAE) on Foundational Criteria Assessment. The workshop featured focused discussions on accreditation criteria, action planning, and institutional assessment, strengthening quality assurance and educational standards in the region. UKH senior management, Academic Registrar’s Office, […]

The School of Medicine (SOM) at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) is glad to announce the successful completion of its three-day Medical Kurdistan Conference & Exhibition, which is being held for the third year in a row. This year’s conference was held under the slogan “Transforming Healthcare Through Research and Innovation”, which started on […]

On Thursday 6 February 2025, the head of the European Union Delegation’s Erbil Liaison Office Radu Butum Visited the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH), where he was warmly welcomed by Dr. Bayar Mustafa, Dean of UKH’s Centre for Peacebuilding and Dialogue (CPD). Mr. Butum was introduced to CPD and its activities and partnerships. They also […]

On Monday February 3rd 2025, the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) hosted the Futtalks Erbil, a prestigious youth-focused event organised as part of the Nurturing Future Makers project. The event kicked off by signing a memorandum of understanding between UKH and the Future Makers Foundation, signed by UKH Vice President (Administration) Prof. Dr. Dana Mawlood […]

The Centre for Peacebuilding and Dialogue (CPD) at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the High Council for Women and Development (HCWD) to establish the National Women Peace Mediators Network in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The MoU was signed after a meeting with HCWD delegation […]

On Tuesday 28 January 2025, the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) and the Nishtiman Strategy Institute jointly organised a lively discussion for Prof. Dr. Nicole Watts, on her recently published book titled “Republic of Dreams: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Struggles, and the Future of Iraqi Kurdistan”. Nicole Watts is a writer and a professor in the […]

On Monday 27 January 2025, The Ambassador of the Republic of Philippines to Baghdad Mr. Charlie Manangan visited the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) and was warmly welcomed by UKH President Prof. Dr. Keith Sharp and Vice President (administration) Prof. Dr. Dana Mawlood. UKH President and Vice President gave an overview of UKH to Mr. […]

Dr. Soran Zangana, a lecturer at UKH School of Medicine has recently identified two inaccuracies in Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine, an essential internal medicine textbook. After contacting the publishers, they approved that the corrections he proposed were necessary. The first correction was regarding a diagram that incorrectly stated kidney failure results in increased […]

On January 21, 2025, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the University of Kurdistan Hewler (UKH) Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Centre (AIIC) and the Kurdish Academy by UKH President Professor Dr. Keith Sharp, and Mr. Hama Saeed Hassan, President of the Kurdish Academy. UKH-AIIC will play a pivotal role in utilizing advanced artificial intelligence […]

In 2014, the Yezidi people in Kurdistan and Iraq faced tremendous atrocities by the terrorist group known as the “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – ISIS”,  in their stronghold of Sinjar and other Yezidi-populated areas of Nineveh and Duhok. This was an act of genocide and ethnic-religious cleansing by the terrorist organisation in which thousands […]