Establishment of the University:

Alnoor University was a seed planted with sincere aspirations in the land of Nineveh, growing into a private Iraqi university striving for integration with public universities. It overcame difficult circumstances and challenges, emerging in April 2024 as the first private university in Nineveh. Today, it flourishes with remarkable growth, encompassing ten colleges in the medical, health, technical, engineering, administrative, and humanities fields, along with twenty-six academic departments, some of which are unique locally, nationally, and regionally. The university provides its students with well-equipped classrooms and advanced laboratories furnished with state-of-the-art devices and tools necessary for practical education. It also houses dental teaching clinics with 115 dental chairs, where students train while providing free treatment to over 250 patients daily. Emphasizing cultural engagement, the university actively promotes heritage awareness and research through its Department of Archaeological Tourism and the Alnoor Center for Heritage Preservation, along with its annual tradition of celebrating Mosul Heritage Day. Committed to environmental sustainability, the university enforces a no-smoking policy, utilizes solar energy, operates a medical waste incinerator, and implements recycling and afforestation projects. In alignment with digital transformation, Alnoor University has adopted electronic portals and a cashless payment system, including electronic payments for its transport fleet, which facilitates student commutes across Mosul’s neighborhoods and districts via structured routes. The university encourages its faculty members to publish research in Scopus-indexed journals and currently publishes seven peer-reviewed scientific journals, namely: Alnoor Journal for Humanities Alnoor Journal for Medical Sciences Alnoor Journal for Legal Studies Alnoor Journal for Digital Media Studies Alnoor Journal for Information Technology and Cybersecurity Alnoor Journal for Oil and Gas Studies Alnoor Journal for Energy and Sustainability Engineering Its faculty members have published 1,021 research papers in Scopus-indexed journals, with 65% of these papers co-authored with international researchers. The university has approximately 300 Q1-indexed research publications, along with 77 papers published in the world's top 10% of journals and 588 papers indexed in Web of Science. Additionally, Al-Noor University has secured a position in twelve global university rankings, and in the latest Iraqi university rankings, eight of its departments ranked among the top ten nationally. The university has signed numerous agreements with international, regional, and local universities and has initiated postgraduate studies through a collaboration with UTP University in Malaysia, welcoming its first cohort of ten students in Engineering Management. Alnoor University embraces diversity, employing international faculty members and accepting Arab and international students. It also offers an annual scholarship for one foreign or Arab student in each of its departments, in line with the "Study in Iraq" initiative. The university organizes pioneering international conferences both inside and outside Iraq, addressing future-oriented topics, with over 35 conferences held to date, including: The Aviation and Sustainable Development Conference The International Conference on Arabic Narratives The International Conference on English Language Studies The International Conference on Media Integration The International Conference on Medical Sciences (indexed in Elsevier) Additionally, during the 2024-2025 academic year, the university hosted over 150 scientific workshops, seminars, and discussion panels. Nineveh is known for having two springs, but today, Alnoor University has become its third spring, flourishing as a beacon of knowledge, innovation, and academic excellence.