The American University of Kurdistan

The American University of Kurdistan (AUK) (Sorani Kurdish: زانینگەها ئەمریکی یا کوردستانێ‎, Zanîngeha Emrîkî ya Kurdistanê ; Arabic: الجامعة_الأمريكية_في_دهوك‎) is a public, not-for-profit special status, university in Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It was founded in 2014 by Masrour Barzani, an alumnus of the American University in Washington, D.C., to provide comprehensive liberal arts education and to encourage cross-disciplinary research in the region.

The American University of Kurdistan
Sorani Kurdish: زانینگەی ئەمریکی لە کوردستان‎
Arabic: الجامعة_الأمريكية_في_دهوك‎
The General Mulla Mustafa Barzani Building
MottoYour Path to Excellence
TypePublic
Established2014
ChairmanMasrour Barzani
PresidentDr. Randal Rhodes
ProvostDr. Nazar Numan
Location
Duhok
,
Iraq

36.870360°N 42.986047°E / 36.870360; 42.986047
CampusUrban 146000 sqm
Websiteauk.edu.krd
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