Komar University of Science and Technology (KUST) is a

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located in the city of

Sulaimany Sulaymaniyah, also spelled as Slemani ( ku, سلێمانی, Silêmanî, ar, السليمانية, as-Sulaymāniyyah), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, not far from the Iran–Iraq border. It is surrounded by the Azmar, Go ...

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region. It was founded in 2009.

History

Komar University of Science and Technology (KUST)
- Sulaimani was established and licensed by the

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research {{Unreferenced, date=March 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A Ministry of Higher Education is a government department that focuses on the provision or regulation of institutions of higher education. In some countries these exist as ministries compounde ...

of the

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, by the official letter no. 17867/7 on October 18, 2009
KUST
is a private university governed by a board of trustees and run by an Administration Council. Its main campus is located in the city of Sulaimani, in Kurdistan- Iraq
KUST
offered its first teaching classes in 2010 with an English language summer course (levels 1 and 3).

Colleges

KUST has five colleges, the College of Business, the college of Medicine, the college of Dentistry, the College of Engineering, and the College of Sciences. The College of Business has four departments:
Department of Accounting
*Department of e-Commerce *Department of Information Management
Department of Business AdministrativeComputer Science
The college of medicine has 2 departments:
Department of PharmacyDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science
*It also has
pharmacy
The college of Dentistry has the department of Dentistry and a Dental clinic The College of Engineering has four departments:
Department of Computer EngineeringDepartment of Civil EngineeringDepartment of Environmental EngineeringDepartment of Petroleum Engineering

References

{{Authority control Sulaymaniyah Private universities and colleges Universities in Kurdistan Region (Iraq) Educational institutions established in 2009 2009 establishments in Iraqi Kurdistan