Department of Physical Education

The Department of Physical Education (PE) is one of the scientific departments which is part of the College of Education in the University of Zakho. The Department was opened by the Ministry of Higher Education on 24/8/2014. In September, the staff started testing high school graduate students from both scientific and literary branches. Their acceptance was also based on physical and medical examinations. The Department enrolled 76 students both male and female. The courses to be covered are Psychology, Science Training, Sport Research, Sport Medicine, Kurdology, Scouts, Arabic Language, English Language and Bio-Mechanic. They will also participate in sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, football, handball, track and field, swimming and gymnastics. The students after completing the program successfully will be awarded Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education. The Department has a sports hall, football stadium, tennis court, and track and field area for students to show their physical strengths.