Introduction to the University of (UOK)

Qobad Shafiee, Assistant Director of International Relations 1

2 Kurdistan Province -

3 Kurdistan is Beautiful…

4 Sana ndaj Sanandaj  Founded about 400 years ago

 The 21st largest city in Iran

 Population: 450,000

 Aria: 3,033 km2

5 University of Kurdistan (UOK)  Largest university in Province

 Located in South of Sanandaj

 Established in 1974

 Over 11,000 Students (3.5% international)

 370 (full time) Academic Faculty Staff

 375 (Part time) Academic Faculty Staff

 8 Faculties, 51 Departments

 179 Degree Programmes 6 UOK Faculties

Faculties Departments Science 6 Literature & Foreign Languages 4 Humanities & Social Sciences 11 Agriculture 9 Engineering 7 Natural Resources 6 Art & Architecture 3 faculty of science and 4 Engineering 7 University of Kurdistan (UOK)

8 Under/Post Graduate Programs

32 51 PhD Undergraduate MSc

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9 Faculty of Agriculture

9 departments:  Agronomy and Plant Breeding  Animal Science  Soil Science  Horticulture  Biosystems Engineering  Water Sciences and Engineering  Agricultural Economics  Plant Protection

Degree Programs:  23 undergraduate  25 Postgraduate (5 PhD) 10

Faculty of Natural Resources

6 departments:  Forestry  Rangeland and Watershed Management  Aquaculture  Environmental Sciences  Geomorphology  Climatology

Degree Programs:  7 undergraduate  8 Postgraduate 11 Faculty of Art and Architecture

3 departments: Urban Development Architecture Music (Iranian)

Degree Programs: 3 undergraduate 3 Postgraduate 12 Faculty of Science 6 departments:  Biology  Chemistry  Earth Sciences  Mathematics  Physics  Statistics

Degree Programs:  9 undergraduate  25 Postgraduate (11 PhD) 13 Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages

4 departments:

 Arabic Language and Literature  English Language and Literature  Kurdish Language and Literature  and Literature

Degree Programs:  4 undergraduate  6 Postgraduate (1 PhD)

14 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

11 departments:

 Accounting  Business Management  Educational Sciences  Physical Education  Law  Shafe’ee Jurisprudence & Law  Psychology  Sociology  Counselling  Economics  Islamic Studies

Degree Programs:  10 undergraduate  23 Postgraduate (4 PhD) 15 Faculty of Engineering

7 departments:  Computer and IT  Civil Engineering  Mining  Chemical Engineering  Mechanical Engineering  Industrial Engineering  Electrical Engineering

Degree Programs:  9 undergraduate  18 Postgraduate (3 PhD) 16 Bijar Faculty of Science and Technology

4 Departments:  Physics  Civil Engineering  Computer Science  Statistics

Degree Programs:  3 undergraduate  1 Postgraduate 17 Tuition Fees

 Bachelor: 150 Euros per semester  Master: 250 Euros per semester  Ph.D: 350 Euros per semester

18 Facilities

 Sport Facilities (Free of Charge for students)

19 Facilities

 Sport Facilities

20 Facilities

 On-campus and off- campus dormitories (45 Euros per semester)  Covering 100% of the students

21 Facilities

 Cheap Foods (0.1 Euro per meal)

22 UOK Ranking- SCIMAGO Ranking (2016)

23 Research Institutes

 R&D on Northern Zagros Forestry

 Strawberry Breeding and Improvement

 Medicinal Plants

 Water Sciences and Eng.

 Kurdish Studies

Nanotechnology

 Smart/Micro Grids

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UOK IRO Services and Plans

 International Students  MOUs  Studnet/Staff Exchange  International Projects (Erasmus+, H2020, etc.)  Joint conferences/workshops/degrees  Support of staff and students going abroad  International Centre for Teaching Persian Language to Non-Persian Speakers

 Focal Point for Northern 25 International Students

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120 Spring 2016 100 Fall 2016

80 Spring 2017 Fall 2017 60 Spring 2018 40

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0 Number of UOK's Internatrional Students 26 International Cooperation Agreements

27 Student/staff Exchange

 Students/staff exchange with the University of Jaén, Spain . 6 students and 1 staff under KA107 Erasmus+ scholarships

 Students/staff exchange with the ICD International Business School, Paris . 2 students and 2 teaching staff from both sides under KA107 Erasmus+ scholarships

 Students exchange to FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Austria . 4 students under the Austrian ERNST MaCH grant . Applied for KA107 Erasmus+ with FH Joanneaum 28 Thank You!

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