Hawler Medical University

Hawler Medical University
زانكۆی هه‌ولێری پزیشكی
Established	2005
President	Pishtewan H. Al-Bazzaz
Location	Erbil, Arbil Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq Coordinates: 36°11′31″N 44°2′15″E / 36.19194°N 44.03750°E / 36.19194; 44.03750
Publications	Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences
Website	www.hmu.edu.krd

Hawler Medical University is located in Erbil (Kurdish: Hewler), capital of the Arbil Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was established in 2005.

The university is made up of five colleges:

The university also includes a Medical Research Center and the newly established College of Health Sciences that includes the departments of medical microbiology and clinical biochemistry.

History

As the result of rapid development of Kurdish society in last years, building a university, comprising only medical colleges, became a necessary step for better health care in the region.

So in July 2005, the establishment of Hawler Medical University come to reality.

Even though the university was newly established, the four colleges were in place for years. They were under the management of Salahaddin University-Erbil. Hawler Medical University has been established to oversee these four colleges with the aim of improving the health and medical education and promoting the health system and science in Kurdistan Region and Iraq as a whole. ^[1]

Aim of HMU

The main aim of HMU is for students to acquire the knowledge, skills and experience, new roles and new behaviours that will be required in a reformed health care system which is tremendously needed in Iraq after long years of instability that severely exhausted the health system.

Hawler Medical University is responsive to society's needs as an academic leader shaping the future of healthcare education, research and patient service. We welcome qualified, talented and highly motivated students who view this challenge as their mission to serve their population. ^[2]

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