University of Garmian

About the university

The University of Garmian (UoG) is a public higher education institution located in Kalar, within the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Founded in 2010, it was established to serve the educational and research needs of the Garmian area. The University of Garmian was established by the Council of Ministers?s decree no. (1670) on 08/07/2010, in recognition of the importance that the Kurdistan Regional Government placed on the scientific needs of our region in general and the Garmian area in particular. The beginning of the establishment of Garmian University goes back to the transfer of the Colleges of Education (opened in 2004) and Basic Education (opened in 2008) in Kalar, and the Colleges of Language and Humanities (opened in 2004) and Physical Education and Sports Sciences (opened in 2006) in Khanaqin. These colleges were initially part of the University of Sulaimani but later were integrated into the University of Garmian in 2011. This university has seen significant growth in a certain period, for this purpose, several new colleges and departments have been established which are: (the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences) in Kifri, (the College of Science) and (the College of Medicine) in Kalar, (College of Computer and Information Technology) in Khanaqin addition to the (Department of Civil Engineering) and (Department of Law) in Kalar which were established as two independent scientific departments in our university.