Hawler Medical University

Hawler Medical University is located in Arbil (Hewler), capital of Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It was established in 2005. The university is made up of four colleges: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Nursing, which formerly belonged to Salahaddin University in Arbil. As the result of rapid development of Kurdish society in last years, building a university, comprising only medical colleges, became a necessary step for better health care in the region. So in July 2005,the establishment of Hawler Medical University come to reality. Even though the university is newly established, the four colleges are in place since years. They were under the management of Salahaddin University. Hawler Medical University has been established to oversee...