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Other name | AUIS |
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Motto | Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow |
Type | Private |
Established | 2007 |
Chairman | Jill Derby,[1] |
Academic staff | 75 |
Administrative staff | 201 |
Students | 1391[2] |
Location | , , Iraq |
Campus | Urban, 400 acres (160 ha) |
Colors | PMS295 PMS117 |
Mascot | Eagle |
Website | auis |
American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) (Kurdish: زانکۆی ئەمریکی لە عێراق، سلێمانی; Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية في العراق، السليمانية) is a not-for-profit, private institution for public benefit, located in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.[3] The university offers an American-style liberal arts education to students from various economic, ethnic and religious backgrounds.[4][third-party source needed]