The American University of Kurdistan

The American University of Kurdistan

Sorani Kurdish: زانكۆی ئەمریکی لە کوردستان Arabic: الجامعة_الأمريكية_في_دهوك
The General Mulla Mustafa Barzani Building
Motto	Your Path to Excellence
Type	Public
Established	2014
Chairman	Masrour Barzani
President
Provost
Location	Duhok , Iraq 36°52′13″N 42°59′10″E / 36.870360°N 42.986047°E / 36.870360; 42.986047Coordinates: 36°52′13″N 42°59′10″E / 36.870360°N 42.986047°E / 36.870360; 42.986047
Campus	Urban 146000 sqm
Website	auk.edu.krd

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The American University of Kurdistan (AUK) (Sorani Kurdish: زانكۆی ئەمریکی لە کوردستان, Zanîngeha Emrîkî ya Kurdistanê ; Arabic: الجامعة_الأمريكية_في_دهوك) is a public, not-for-profit , 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.