colleges

Vision and Mission

University of Human Development (UHD) endeavours to positively contribute to the educational and economic development of local communities and society as a whole. It works to maintain its quality leadership among private universities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and highlights its name in the academic world. UHD is committed to maintaining high academic standards, enhancing the quality of teaching, learning and research to serve the local, national and international communities, and developing programmes supporting the university's mission. UHD creates the best opportunities for its students to develop themselves and to realise their intellectual, academic, and professional potential so that they become productive and responsible citizens. We at UHD are committed to high quality teaching, scholarly work, academic and professional programmes, and a great level of university-students interaction. We work toward our common goals with other universities and academic institutions and we value teamwork, participation, and diversity of ideas and perspectives.

UHD’s core values:

The University of Human Development seeks to achieve its goals through the following core values:

• Social and Moral Values:
  • UHD is committed to social and moral values at the highest level inspired by Islamic teachings and humanitarian ideals.
• Environment and Scientific Application:
  • UHD is committed to securing an educational environment for the students that encourage progressive thinking, comprehending modern technology, and paying attention to the practical side for each specialty.
• Quality:
  • UHD is committed to high scientific and educational standards by developing the educational process, scientific research, and community mobilization. We will work to maintain our quality leadership among private universities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and highlight UHD’s name in the academic world.
• Creativity and Perfection:
  • UHD works persistently to achieve academic perfection. As stated in UHD’s guidelines, we support scientific excellence, cultural advancement, proficiency, skills and talents.
• Serving Society:
  • UHD consolidates its relationships with the society and the social establishment by serving, developing and supporting the society with knowledge and by joint projects with the government institutions.
• Humanity:
  • Inspired by the collective term ‘humanity’, UHD strongly believes in mutual respect among human beings regardless of their belief, race, colour, sex and economic background.
• Academic Freedom:
  • The university encourages openness and dialogue and emphasises on justice, equity, and academic freedom.
• Cooperation:
  • UHD inculcates teamwork, team building, tolerance, and peaceful coexistence.
• Curriculum Development:
  • UHD utilises updated curricula to equip students with the most recent thoughts and inputs on their selected fields of study, and also encourages graduates to pursue postgraduate studies at UHD or other universities.
• CSOs, CBS and NGOs:
  • UHD desires to work in partnership with local and international civil society organisations, community-based organisations and non-governmental organisations to achieve mutual goals and objectives.
• Institutional Accountability:
  • The sense of corporate responsibility and accountability are essential conditions for achieving the university’s goals and missions.