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About Cihan University | At a Glance
Cihan university is a private English-speaking institution, one of the first and finest universities established in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. It was approved by the Kurdish Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2006 and operated for the first time in 2007.
Spread over 127.000 m2, the university campus consists of newly-built, modern, fully-equipped and spacious complex of buildings which hosts its academic departments, administration offices and student service facilities.
Cihan University offers undergraduate degrees in Law, Business Administration, Accounting & IT, Communication & Engineering, Computer Science, International Relations, Architecture Engineering, Biology, Graphic Design and English.

Mission and Values
The core mission of Cihan University is to promote learning in Kurdistan as well as the Middle East. The university offers undergraduate students the knowledge and skills needed to succeed as persons and professionals. Our institution’s core values include a belief in a commitment to advancing academic rigor, the search for scientific truth, human development, freedom and responsibility, leadership, integral development, ethics and justice.
Cihan University will constantly provide affordable, high quality undergraduate education appropriate for the region, services and resources to promote student learning and academic success.
Our strategic initiatives focus on recruiting and retain a diverse faculty of outstanding scholars and a qualified staff committed to advancing Cihan University’s mission and values. Similarly, our initiatives include the enrollment and support a student body which demonstrates high academic achievement as well as the provision of an attractive campus environment.
In the near future, Cihan University plans include its expansion in terms of facilities and academic departments. The first Teaching Hospital will be soon added to our programs.

About Erbil
Erbil is in the north of Iraq, related to the Kurdistan region. It derives its name from the city of Irbil. Erbil city is believed by many to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world and is one of the larger cities in Iraq. Erbil province covers an area of about 6,000 square miles in the north of Iraq, with an estimated population of almost 2 million. It is largely populated by Kurds with Turkoman, Assyrian, and Arab minorities. Erbil is a commercial, agricultural and administrative city. Urban life at Erbil can be dated back to at least 6000 BC and it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The city has been under the rule of many regional powers since that time, including the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Arabs, and Ottomans. The city's archaeological museum houses a large collection of pre-Islamic artifacts, and is a center for archaeological projects in the area. The Battle of Gaugamela, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia in 331 BC, took place approximately 100 km west of Erbil.

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