Welcome to Charmo University, the newest governmental university in the Kurdistan Region Iraq. It is a great honor to be appointed the founding President and hard for me to imagine anything more exciting than creating a new university, especially in a country like Kurdistan region Iraq which encountered odd circumstance as a mass killing genocide and war . The creation of a new university provides a unique opportunity to design something special, a contemporary, vibrant university for these times and for the future. We are about student success in education and in life. We offer undergraduate programs with a focus on providing the broad foundational skills needed in all fields ? such as thinking critically and constructively, identifying and solving problems, and communicating well ? as well as selective, high-quality postgraduate programs. we are a part of our region, both as a point of access to higher education for students and as partners in economic and social development. We educate, among others, the teachers who guide our children , the business leaders who propel our economy' I encourage you to visit our website to become better acquainted with developments at CHU, our achievements and plans, our growing infrastructure of new buildings and facilities, and, above all, realizing our mission and vision. Simply put, Charmo's aspirations are no less. Technology and education are essential to the world?s well-being. These fields offer enormous intellectual challenges and opportunities as well as an unparalleled occasion to impact and lead practice in Kurdistan, the region and the world. Charmo aims to create a new type of technically-grounded leader and inventor, one fully equipped to address the challenges and issues of today and tomorrow. I look forward to attracting and working with the very best faculty, staff and students to build self-dependent and achieve its dream: through a collective effort, develop pioneering curriculum and research, inspire young minds, and create a great opportunities to become an intellectual hub and an engine of growth for Kurdistan and Iraq Since its establishment, the Charmo University has aimed to be an open university in every sense. Based on that aim, we have promoted constant reforms in order to create a flexible education and research organization, as well as a new university system that would meet the needs of the next generation. Universities, in general, are required to contribute to society through education and research activities Charmo University is located in a rich natural environment, and is a university that respects diverse values. Our university intends to contribute to the international society by demonstrating leadership as an innovative, unique, and cosmopolitan center of knowledge with an influential voice on the international scene, under the slogan "TOWARD THE SHINY FUTURE."