The College of Medicine is one of the colleges of Kirkuk University. It was founded in 2005 in cooperation with the Kirkuk Health Directorate inside Azadi Teaching Hospital in which places were dedicated to build up the deanship, halls and few laboratories. The college welcomed the student for the first time in the academic year (2005-2006). Despite all the obstacles and limited capabilities, the deanship faced these difficulties and compensated for the lack of laboratories for some materials for the first year students in coordination with the deanships of the colleges of Science and Agriculture when these two colleges allocated some of their laboratories to teach chemistry, physics, and anatomy.

The deanship of the college continued to overcome the circumstances, lack of capabilities, and lack of space, and efforts began to be focused at that time to dedicate a plot of land close to the Azadi Teaching Hospital to be a permanent building for the site of the College of Medicine. Finally, in coordination with the Sunni Endowment Directorate (SED) in the governorate which approved to rent the plot of land next to the hospital, College of Medicine was built by Kurdistan Regional Government. The foundation stone for the COM was already laid in 2006 and its construction was completed in 2008 and the college’s institutions and halls were moved to its current location.

The medical profession is one of the noblest and most prestigious professions that humanity has known. This profession is witnessing a rapid development in order to raise the level of performance of those who practice it in the service of humanity. It's the duty of the doctor as well as the medical colleges to keep up with development that qualify the medical student to reach the highest levels of scientific and behavioral knowledge after graduation to provide the best medical and health services to the citizen.

The College of Medicine is considered one of the fundamental colleges at Kirkuk University and seeks to be one of the most important medical colleges in Iraq. It contributes to the development of the medical profession so that its educational and scientific production has a positive impact on the development of the medical system to offer the best service to our country and the citizen. The college is serious about obtaining accreditation by achieving quality requirements and international recognition so that the college graduates can complete their studies abroad and obtain a specialty certificate.

Recently, the good thing that has been achieved is that the Kirkuk Medical Journal has been recognized and included within the Iraqi scientific academic journals and approved for the purposes of publishing scientific medical research, as the research published in it is approved for scientific promotions, as well as being an interface for receiving scientific research and all medical specialties from inside and outside Iraq. It is worth noting that the College of Medicine, in addition to its role in graduating doctors to work in health institutions in Kirkuk Governorate in particular and the country in general, hosts centers for the Iraqi Board to train doctors in the fields of general surgery, internal medicine, gynecology, obstetric and pediatric, as well as reconstructive surgery in order to obtain the Iraqi Board Fellowship Certificate in the mentioned fields.

All of this was achieved through the efforts of the college’s faculty staff and with the support of the deanship and the university. Finally, I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to all the faculty staffs at the college for their dedication to performing the duties assigned to them and their work in the spirit of one team to succeed the college’s educational and scientific journey and achieve its mission and goals.

Mission, Vision and Goals

Since its founding, the College of Medicine at Kirkuk University has developed a plan based on its goals, vision, and mission.

There is a continuous and ongoing effort by the deanship and the university to develop the college at all levels in order to bring the college to the ranks of other medical colleges in Iraqi and international universities and obtain accreditation by applying standards for quality assurance.

Vision

Graduating competent doctors who are able to promote the health standard in Iraq and who are enthusiastic about keeping pace with scientific and professional development in a way that serves the needs of the community.

Mission

1- Diagnosing and working according to their abilities and skills, seeking for help when needed and choose their role carefully.

2- Ensure direct and accurate supervision of the clinical medical work that they perform.

3- Respect patients' decisions and rights.

4- Take caution when dispensing medication so that it is based on a scientific medical basis and the effectiveness of possible therapeutic options, and decisions are taken after checking and explaining with the patient.

5- Rejecting any kind of discrimination against the patient based on personal views that affects the patient’s safety.

Goals

1- Graduating skillful doctors capable of performing health tasks for the community in Iraq, particular in Kirkuk.

2- Providing better opportunities to complete postgraduate studies.

3- Holding conferences and seminars to educate the community about health risks and protect them from these risks.

4- Conducting theoretical and practical studies and research on all medical fields to benefit the community and direct them to solve health problems in the community.

5- Providing health and medical consultations to the community.