The University of Zakho was announced as an independent university on July, 2010. Before this date, there were two Colleges, Education and Commerce which were affiliated to the University of Duhok . The UoZ along with another three new universities were founded following the resolution made by the Parliament of Kurdistan Regional Government to address the increased demand for higher education studies in the region. Once the university has been nominated, the colleges of Education and Commerce were reorganized in to two Faculties, namely the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities. The Faculty of Science includes six departments, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Sciences, Environmental Science and Mathematics. A new Environmental Science Department will operate at the beginning of the next academic year September, 2011. The Faculty of Humanities also includes six departments, namely, Kurdish, Arabic and English languages, History, Islamic Studies and the department of Commerce and Banking. At the beginning of the next academic year, a new “ Department of the Origin of Religions “ will be operated as well.