The American University of Kurdistan

The American University of Kurdistan (AUK) (زانكۆی ئەمریکی لە کوردستان, Zanîngeha Emrîkî ya Kurdistanê ; الجامعة الأمريكية في كردستان ) is a public, not-for-profit special status, university in Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It was founded in 2014 to provide comprehensive liberal arts education and to encourage cross-disciplinary research in the region.