University of Isfahan
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The University of Isfahan (UI) (Template:Langx) is a state-operated university located in Isfahan, Iran. The university is located on Azadi square of Isfahan. It has another campus in Khansar. University of Isfahan offers undergraduate degrees in 71 fields, graduate degrees in 185 fields and postgraduate in 119 fields.
History
The University of Isfahan was built in 1946. The decision to establish the university was an idea developed by a number of doctors at Amin Hospital in 1939. Eventually, the board of directors of the hospital approved a plan to establish Isfahan Higher Medical Institute in 1946. In September of the same year, an ad signed by lecturer Dr. Jelveh, then caretaker of Isfahan Province Health and Medical Treatment Department, was published in local newspapers calling on prospective students to enroll in the new institute. The first classes were held at Sadi High School (now Soureh Institute). The first classes took place on 29 October 1950. Medical sciences were split off into a separate school, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, in 1985.
Faculties
As of 2020, the university had fourteen faculties which were:[1]
- Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics
- Faculty of Biological Science and Technology
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transportation
- Faculty of Computer Engineering
- Faculty of Education and Psychology
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Foreign Languages
- Faculty of Geographical Sciences and Planning
- Faculty of Literature and Humanities
- Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics
- Faculty of Physics
- Faculty of Sport Sciences
- Faculty of Theology and Ahl Al-Bayt (Prophet's Descendants) Studies
Presidents
| President | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Mehdi Namdar | 1958–1961 |
| Mohammad Riahi | 1961–1962 |
| Qasem Motamedi | 1967–1976 |
| Mohammad Ali Tusi | 1977–1979 |
| Gholamabbas Tavassoli | 1979–1980 |
| Mohammad Ali Shahzamanian | 1980–1981 |
| Akbar Shah Mohammadi | 1981–1982 |
| Seyed Morteza Saghaiannejad | 1982–1985 |
| Hassan Razmjoo | 1985–1997 |
| Hooshang Talebi | 1997–2005 |
| Mohammad Hossein Ramasht | 2005–2013 |
| Hooshang Talebi | 2013–2021 |
| Hossein Harsij | 2021–2025 |
| rasull roknizade || 2025–present |} [2]
Emblem
The university's logo was designed by Dr. Hossein Yaghini in 1968 by order of Dr. Motamedi, the president of the university.[3]
International rankings
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CWTS Leiden Ranking:[4]
2019: (P indicator): 765
2018: (P indicator): 776
2017: (P indicator): 797
Times Higher Education World University Rankings:[5]
2021: 801–1,000
2020: 801–1,000
2019: 801–1,000
- Business and management: 584
- Chemistry: 692
- Engineering ranking: 598
Notable alumni
- Nusrat Bhutto, former First Lady of Pakistan.
- Farideh Firoozbakht, a mathematician.
- Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran.
- Ata'ollah Mohajerani, former minister of culture of Iran.
- Houshang Golshiri, Fiction writer, critic and editor
- Hrant Markarian, head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
- Fatemeh Shayan, Political Scientist and winner of the 10 International Farabi Award
See also
- List of Islamic educational institutions
- Higher Education in Iran
- Isfahan University of Technology
- Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Mohajer Technical University of Isfahan, Isfahan