Kurdish Department

The first scientific department of the Kurdish language in the world was established in 1959 at University of Baghdad and was at the time in the College of Arts. Then, in 1974, a department of Kurdish language was established in College of Education Ibn Rushd, after which, the department was closed in the College of Arts and joined the department of Kurdish language in College of Education Ibn Rushd. The Department of Kurdish Language at Baghdad University has graduated many writers, poets, writers, linguists and thinkers who have emerged and excelled over more than half a century of its age.It is the academic department from which other departments of the Kurdish language have branched out in the universities of the Kurdistan region. Department of Kurdish Language at the Faculty of Education Ibn Rushd celebrated the golden jubilee of the establishment of the first academic department of the Kurdish language in the world on 14/2/2010 in the hall of the Faculty of Education Ibn Rushd. The department founded its own library in (2007), which includes many books, references, periodicals and university theses, and work is currently underway to archive and document them electronically on the computer, and the department has opened an electronic blog (Blogsite) on the World Wide Web (Internet), as well as an official page on Facebook and a channel on Telegram interested in publishing everything related to the Kurdish language department at the Faculty of Education Ibn Rushd, its professors, teachers and students, and presenting the history of the department.

Admission to the department of the Kurdish language is centrally carried out by the Ministry of Higher Education rather than within the general admission of the rest of the college departments. Undergraduate studies in the Kurdish language department take four years. A bachelor’s degree in Kurdish (B.A. in Kurdish Language) is awarded to the student after graduation, and the graduate can complete his/her postgraduate studies in Kurdish linguistics, literature, or methods of teaching the Kurdish language.

In 1993, postgraduate studies, including master’s and doctorate degrees in Kurdish linguistics and literature, were established with the efforts of Prof. Dr. Warya’s Omar Amin and the department professors. From that time, highly advanced scientific staff were qualified until 2006, when postgraduate studies in the department were suspended because many teaching staff members moved to Iraqi Kurdistan due to the security conditions. This has affected providing the department with qualified scientific staff to sustain teaching, and postgraduate studies in the Kurdish language department have been suspended so far in these two majors: linguistics and literature. However, with continuing persistence, promoting a group of the department's teaching staff, and with the department's relentless efforts and the college's Deanship, postgraduate studies (Master’s degree) in methods of teaching Kurdish language have been reopened in the academic year 2019-2020. The one who finishes his/her master’s degree, will get a certificate in master of education in methods of teaching Kurdish (M.A. Ed. in Methods of Teaching Kurdish Language).

The department plays an important role in graduating dozens of Kurdish language teachers annually from different components, as they spread and teach the Kurdish language in schools in central and southern Iraq. It is imperative at the current and future stage to be more effective in spreading the Kurdish language in central and southern Iraq and raising the scientific level of its education, in order to strengthen the bonds of love, intimacy and social and cultural communication among the components of the Iraqi people. Formal Email: [email protected] Telegram Channel: https://t.me/KurdishDept Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Kurdish.Language.Dept