(MENAFN) The University of Kurdistan
- Hawler will be opened in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan
Region, next September 2006, according to the Rector of the new
university, KRG.org reported.
The rector explained that the new university aims to provide free
education in English to motivated and eligible students in key
subjects that are needed for the development of the Kurdistan
Region, in particular the unified Kurdish administration.
The university will give Kurdish students access to world class
education and research.
The university will admit 400 students in September 2006. From the
400 places, we will accept perhaps around 80 Kurdish students from
neighboring countries.
A number of non-Kurdish students from other parts of Iraq will also
be admitted in accordance with the rules governing the federal
administration in Iraq. All applicants have to fulfill the selection
criteria for entry. |

Abbas Vali, Rector of the University of Kurdistan - Hawler
Photo: Hewler Globe |