University of Sulaymaniyah
| University of Sulaimani | |
|---|---|
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| Motto | For Knowledge, for Freedom. |
| Established | 1992 (Initially in 1968) |
| Type | Public |
| President | Dr. Salahadin Saeed Ali |
Administrative staff | 3,686 |
| Undergraduates | 24488 |
| Postgraduates | 924 |
| Location | Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Dark Red and White |
| Sports | Volleyball, Football (Soccer), Basketball |
| Nickname | Univsul |
| Website | http://univsul.edu.iq/ |
The University of Sulaimani is a public university located in the city of Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan Region - Iraq. It is one of the important scientific and cultural centers in Kurdistan region. It was founded in 1968. The University comprises 27 colleges, the main campus is in Sulaimani city and satellite campuses are in the towns of Khanaqin, Kalar, Halabja and Chamchamal. The university has a total yearly enrollment of more than 4000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The university offers a variety of major programmes including medical, engineering, humanities, law, fine arts, physical education, political science, pure and applied sciences, leading to bachelor degree and in some specialties to postgraduate degrees such as High Diploma, MSc, MA and PhD. The university has a variety of other extracurricular activities, too.
History
The university was founded in 1968. In the beginning there were only three colleges but during the years that followed, the number of the colleges increased dramatically as the result of growing demands of higher education in the country. In 1981, Ba'ath Regime transferred this academic establishment to the city of Erbil (Hawler) because of political activities against the regime. And then the name was changed to (University of Salahaddin).
In 1992 University of Sulaimani was reestablished by tremendous efforts and enthusiasm of many Kurdish intellectuals and academics with the people of Sulaimani and was officially reopened on 14 November. This university is the mother of other universities in Kurdistan. It is the oldest University in Kurdistan proper, therefore, it has its own significance in the history of Kurdistan.
Colleges
Today University of Sulaimani includes (26) colleges, students obtain BSc and BA degrees in various fields of study. The colleges are:
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
- College of Commerce
- College of Medicine
- College of Dentistry
- College of Islamic Sciences
- College of Nursing
- College of basic education
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Languages
- College of Humanitarian Sciences
- College of Engineering
- College of Law and Politics
- College of Commerce
- College of Administration and Economy
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Science
- College of Physical Education
- College of Fine Arts
- College of Basic Education/ Sulaymaniyah
- College of Education/ Kalar
- College of Arts/ Khanaqin
- College of Education/ Chamchamal
- College of Politics & Sociology/ Chamchamal
- College of Physical Education/ khanaqin
- College of Basic Education/ Kalar
- College of Basic Education/ Chamchamal
- College of Natural Resources/ Chwarta
- College of Scientific Education
To provide the necessary teaching staff, the University also awards MA, MSc and PhD degrees in different fields of study. In 2009-2010 academic year, 24488 students attended classes as full-time students, there are (924) postgraduate students, there are ( 1357 ) teaching staff and ( 2329 ) administration staff too.
The new campus
Apart from the current campus which most of the colleges are located, the new campus of the university is located at the outskirts of Sulaymaniyah city and it is currently under construction, the entire project should be completed by 2012, the new campus is of world standards with to date technologies and modern design, if completed by time it would be the one of the largest campuses in the region, the budget for its construction is nearly 450 million US dollars, despite of the new campus the colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Nursing will remain in the old campus and there were rumors that these four colleges will be categorized as a whole different university under the name (Sulaimani Medical University) or any other name.
Institutes
Apart from this university, there are many technical, medical, and fine arts institutes in Sulaymaniyah. In the city of Sulaymaniyah, the first kidney transplant operation from a living donor kidney was successfully performed by a transplant team in Shoresh General Hospital on the 7th of June 2008 Ref1&2.