Koya university is emerging as an e-smart university

News #18, Issue 26, Feb 2017 | Núcey #18, Jhimarey 26, Mangí 2 Sallí 2017 | نوچەی 18، ژمارەى 26 مانگی 2 ساڵی 2017

On Tuesday 28th Feb. 2017, a workshop held at the Presidency hall of Koya University at11:00 till 02:00 pm. The workshop entitled; “Smart University; How much Koya University is Smart?” was opened and ran by Prof. Salah I. Yahya, the Director of Quality Assurance and Curriculum Development, and attended by the Vice President for Scientific and Postgraduate Affairs (Dr. Haidar Lashkry), and the Koya University academic teaching staff. Prof. Yahya presented the complete integrated e-system of Koya University that based on Google Apps. for Education and Open source Platforms.

He announced that by June 2017, Koya University is going to announce itself as a Smart University, where all the University contents are managed electronically using open source platforms with zero-cost.

Moreover, Prof. Yahya announced that Koya University if going to be the hub of open source applications, since the University is the leading University in Kurdistan Region and Iraq in this field which made its Presence Ranks (1072) among the world Universities (Webmometrics).

This is the fruitful work that planned and started in 2013 and became a model for the Universities in the region. Koya University believes in open source information and knowledge transfer.