Introduction to the University of Kurdistan (UOK)
Qobad Shafiee, Assistant Director of International Relations 1 Iran
2 Kurdistan Province - Sanandaj
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 Iranian Kurdistan 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 Bijar 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 Persian Language 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
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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 Iraq 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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