University of Halabja

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Type Public university Chairman Aras Mustafa Ahmed Founded 2011		Established 2011 Website www.halabjauni.org

Location Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

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The University of Halabja, also Halabja University or UoH (زانكۆى هه‌ڵه‌بجه‌ in Kurdish) is one of the Iraqi Kurdistan public universities founded in 2011 in the city of Halabja, Halabja Governorate. The university offers a variety of programs such as human sciences, law, physical education. Programs last for four years and students receive BA degrees in their corresponding fields at the end of the fourth year. It has two campuses, the main campus is situated in Halabja and the secondary is in Sharazoor District. The first president of Halabja University was Dr. Khasraw Abdulla Ali. The current acting president is Dr. Aras Mustafa Ahmed

History

Prior to 2010, Halabja had a faculty, "Faculty of Basic Education" which was part of and affiliated by University of Sulaimani. Then on July 8, 2010, during the six cabinet of Kurdistan Regional Government, the KRG Council of Ministers issued resolution No. 1670 thereby declaring state University of Halabja and thus, Faculty of Basic Education departed from University of Sulaimani and became part of University of Halabja. In February 2011, Presidency of Halabja University started working with Assistant Professor, Khasraw Adbulla Ali being the head of it.

Campuses

The University of Halabja has two campuses; the major campus is located at the edge of the city of Halabja close to Ababaile village. It is being accessed by students of three departments (physics, computer science and law) from the academic year 2015-2016. It is a fairly large one and is where all the departments are situated. The other and subsidiary campus is located in Sharazoor District containing the Department of Kurdish Language only.

Departments

Halabja University has the following colleges from which students receive BA degrees in varies fields of study:

College of Education and Humanities

Department of English Language
Department of Arabic Language
Department of Kurdish Language
Department of History
Department of Basic Physical Education
Department of Social Sciences
Department Principles of Religion

College of Sciences

Department of Physics
Department of Computer Science

College of Physical Education

Department of Physical Education

Administration

University of Halabja has two main offices - President Office and Vice President Office - which affiliate 15 administrative divisions called "directorates" that work collaboratively to undertake different works of the university and are under the auspices of University of Halabja Presidency. University of Halabja has the following directorates:

Directorate of Personnel: deals with employment and employee affairs. It is divided into dossier, archive and personnel chambers.
Directorate of Audit: manages university expenses, estimation and approval of budget. It is divided into expenses, accounting and salary chambers.
Directorate of Finance: audits expenses, accountancy registrations and bill of quantities of the university projects.
Directorate of Legal Affairs and Contracts: holds public auctions and tenders, forms investigation committees, arranges contracts and receives pledges and bails from admitted students.
Directorate of Administration: forms and supervises committees for the university vehicles and buildings maintenance, manages electricity related works and implements other services.
Directorate of Planning and Statistics: collects information about students and employees and organizes it statistically.
Directorate of Career Development: deals with the employment of graduates by creating connection with private companies and presents seminars for related matters.
Directorate of International Academic Relations: encourages, guides, enables and finds innovative ways to make an academic connection between University of Halabja and other academic institutions across the world. It also manages academic works on regional level such as letters of support, invitation, confirmation, proof of staff employment, etc. It administrates IT and Media chambers.
Directorate of Central Equipment: deals with registration of all kinds of instruments either bought or donated, investigation of lost equipment and supervision of equipment storage.
Directorate of Registration deals with duties related to student enrollment and education process.
Directorate of Student Affairs: manages and supervises halls of residence for the university students and provides them with all necessary means and equipment.
Directorate of Health and Safety: warns students, employees and teachers of risks, hazards or dangers that threaten their health and safety.
Directorate of Quality Assurance: supervises programs on the level of university’s scientific departments, course book preparation, teacher's feedback, evaluation of teacher questions and teaching methods.
Directorate of Engineering and Projects: manages all sorts of work related to engineering and projects and keeps a close watch on private companies that implement engineering projects for the university.

Key Staff

The following are the key staff members of University of Halabja.

Dr. Aras Mustafa Ahmed, university acting president

Dr. Haval Rafiq Kurshid, dean of Faculty of Education and Humanities

Dr. Twana Wahbi Ghafoor, dean of College of Physical Education

Dr. Sarkew Salah Abdulkareem, dean of College of Science and head of Physics Department

Dr. Hussain Mohammed Salih, head of Department of Social Sciences

Dr. Hemin Abdullah Muhammad, head of Law Department

Dr. Faruq Muhammad Raza, head of Kurdish Department

Dr. Sirwan Hamid Rafiq, head of Basic Physical Education Department

Sarkhel Hamatahir Kareem, head of Computer Science Department

Atta Mustafa Hamamurad, head English Department

Luqman Fatah Ahmed, head of Arabic Department

Mahmood Kareem Ismaed, head of History Department

Adulrahman Muhammed Arif, head of Principles of Religion Department

Alumni

Halabja University currently has 1261 students attending classes, 92 teaching staff and 470 administration staff too. The university celebrated its first graduation ceremony on Monday, 17 May 2015 for the academic year 2014-2015 in which a total number of 191 graduates took part in the ceremony. During the ceremony, 191 BA degrees were awarded to the attending graduates from all the different departments including 54 graduates from English Department, 25 graduates from Department of Principles of Religion, 70 graduates from Department of Social Sciences and 42 graduates from Department of Basic Education.

International Activities

University of Halabja is one of the four Iraqi Kurdistan public university partners of the European Union Erasmus Mundus MARHABA Program, the others being Koya, Sulaimani, and Raparin universities. The objective of MARHABA project directly corresponds to the development of further collaboration among EU and Asian Institutions for sending and hosting mobility of talented students and staff, enhancement capacity, transparency and employability as well as skills and qualification of institutions and individuals.

Halabja

Halabja is a kurdish city located about 240 km north-east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad and 14 km from the Iran-Iraq border. It is the capital of the Halabja Governorate which was announced in 2014 making it the fourth govornorate in Kurdistan Region. It has a population of 117,000. Because of the hospitality of its people, geographical border with Iran, and stunning scenery of lakes and mountains, Halabja province is considered one of the most beautiful and fascinating areas in the Kurdistan region. Halabja is surrounded by a range of spectacular mountains including steep and snowy-covered Hawraman range from north, Shnrwe range from east and Balambo range from south. Halabja was named “the capital of peace” in September 2014 for its sacrifices for the Kurdish cause.

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