School of Management and Economics

The academic programmes in the School of Management and Economics (SoME) equip undergraduate and post-graduate students with the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to succeed in the business world of tomorrow, be it in the private, not-for-profit or public sectors, nationally and internationally.

The graduates are transformed to be better decision-makers, and performers of vital tasks associated with business and management, such as assessing, diagnosing, strategising, planning and implementing in the increasingly competitive world of business.

The existing module structure and the contents of the programmes at the SoME are reviewed and also their currencies with the contemporary developments are assessed in careful consideration of a sequence of demonstrated achievements of outcomes related to knowledge, understanding and abilities in the higher education (HE) sector, as outlined in various external policy documents and quality guidelines from the KRI and the UK, to mention a few, KRI Vision 2030, UKH Strategic Plan 2022-2027, UKH Quality Assurance Handbook, April 2023, UK Quality Code for Higher Education(QAA, 2023), UK Quality Code for Assessments (QAA, 2018), UK Subject Benchmark Statement (8 March 2023), Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (2001), Advance HE Learning Outcomes (2010), Outcomes of student, open day visitor and industry surveys, and so on.

Business and Management

Overview

To provide the knowledge and skills necessary within and among business, management, politics, society, technology, human and capital resources, industry, organisation, management, innovation, economic growth, labour market, and welfare of citizens. The approach is based on an interdisciplinary synthesis which generates new value, growth, and welfare at the level of households, enterprise, civil, and government sectors in the Kurdistan Region.
To develop experienced businessmen and businesswomen, entrepreneurs and managers.
Work closely with the Research and Enterprise Centre (REC) to promote excellent research, offer insights in entrepreneurship, education, technology and to enhance joint ventures, national, and international relations.

Programmes

Overview

World-class teaching and research in the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Internationally known faculty members. Diversified subjects teaching of economics and finance.
Excellent student-staff ratio.
A wide portfolio of modules on economics and finance.
Faculties are specialists in emerging and technology based-developing economies, development economics, financial economics, international finance valuation, financial and managerial accounting, and major areas of financial decision making, and a wide spectrum of theory and policy debates.
Theories and policy debates are professionally applied to real-world issues and contemporary economic thinking and analysis of policy issues in environmental economics and finance and banking.

Programmes

Faculty