University of Kufa

The University of Kufa is an Iraqi university located in Najaf, Iraq. It was founded in 1987 and comprises 12 colleges. The College of Medicine was established a decade earlier and attached to Mustansiriya University. In 1989, the College of Arts was established with only two departments: the Arabic Language Department and the Department of History. In 1991, the regime of Saddam Hussein closed the university after an uprising in March 1991, but two years later it was re-opened.

Presidents who presided over the University of Kufa

There are eight presidents from 1987 up to now.

Faculties

Faculty of Jurisprudence

This school was reopened in 2003-2004 after being closed by Saddam Hussein's regime in 1991, the Faculty of Jurisprudence is the first established in Al-Najaf, in 1958. The Faculty of Islamic Studies grants bachelor degrees in both Islamic jurisprudence and its disciplines and Holy Quran and Hadith in undergraduate study, and master and doctorate degrees in Sharia (Islamic jurisprudence) and Islamic Studies.

Faculty of Medicine

This school was established in 1977, and attached to Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad; under graduate studies were started in the academic year of 1979-1980, then the Faculty was transferred to the city of Kufa, to its current building. The first class graduated from this school in 1984. It offers degrees in medicine, at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Faculty of Dentistry

It was founded in 2006 and temporarily located within the same building as the medical school, although it is now located in its own facility. The school offers training in dentistry and other aspects of oral health and surgery.

Faculty of Pharmacy

It was founded in 1999, and offers a bachelors degree in pharmacology sciences. It is located in the province of Najaf - the district of Kufa on the right bank of the Euphrates River.

Faculty of Nursing

Faculty of Nursing was founded in 2006, in the compound of university buildings. It grants a bachelor's degree in nursing.

Faculty of Engineering

The Engineering department was established in 1993, with what is now the department of Civil Engineering, but now includes Electrical Engineering, Material Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

Faculty of Science

This department was founded in 1993 with Biology and Chemistry, then Physics in 1996 and Mathematics in 2002. The Disease Analyses Department and Environment and Pollution Departments opened later, and finally now in January 2013 Geology Department was opened.

Faculty of Agriculture

Faculty of Agriculture was founded in 1997, which has now the following departments: the Plant Protection, Horticulture, Garden Engineering and Animal Resources. The Faculty is located in the province of Najaf - the district of Kufa – Al-Abbasiyah area – Al-Qizwiniya region, Faculty graduates are granted a bachelor degree in agricultural sciences the branches of Plant Protection, Horticulture, Garden Engineering and Animal Resources. Postgraduate Studies in both departments of Protection& Horticulture were opened in Master degree in 2001, then the next academic year of 2008-2009 witnessed the opening of the post-graduate in both Master and Doctorate degrees, two seats allocated for Doctorate degree and other two ones for Master degree in the fields of Plant Protection, Horticulture.

Faculty of Law

The Law School has only one department, Public Law; the Political Science Department has opened in 2007. It was founded in response to a need for experts in the field of law as Iraq makes the transition into a constitutional law based political system.

Faculty of Administration and Economy

This school was founded in 1993, and includes economy, business administration, accounting, banking and finance sciences courses. At the moment, it is primarily an undergraduate program, but is expanding into offering higher degrees. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine This faculty was established in 19-8-2008, after complete the requirements of undergraduate studies. the first academic year was 2008-2009. This faculty has six departments that are: Clinical sciences dept, Anatomy and Histology dept, Microbiology dept, Pathology and Poultry diseases, Physiology dept and Public health dept.http://www.vet.kufauniv.com/

Future plans

The University of Kufa is expanding, both physically and in terms of its course and degree offerings. It is building more classroom and laboratory space, and increasing the number of schools within the larger university. The table below summarizes when these will take place:

Postgraduate Studies

The University of Kufa seeks to provide postgraduate studies in various specializations which are currently available in the university in addition to the opening of new specializations needed in the Iraqi work market. This table shows some statistics on postgraduate studies at the University of Kufa. The number of new specializations for the academic year 2008-2009 was fifteen specializations and the total number was 34 specializations.

Centers and units of the University

1 – Computer Center http://www.it.kuiraq.com 2 - Kufa Studying Center http://ksc.kuiraq.com School of Management and Economics 3 - Center of Teaching Development and University Training, Faculty of Education for Girls 4 - Center of Remote Sensing, the Central Library Building 5 - TOEFL Center http://www.toefl.kuiraq.com

External links

• Official Website (Arabic)
• Official Website (English)