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Islamic Azad University of Gorgan
دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي واحد گرگان

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Established 1988
Type Private
Chancellor Reza Ali Mohseni, Ph.D.
Faculty 107
Students 6,000 (48 majors)
Location Gorgan, Golestan Province, Iran
Campus Urban
Website www.gorganiau.ir

Islamic Azad University of Gorgan (also known as Azad University of Gorgan) is a campus of Islamic Azad University system in Iran. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Map of Iran and surrounding countries, showing location of Gorgan Gorgan (Persian: گرگان, Land of the Wolf) is the capital city of the Iranian province of Golestan. ... Gonbad-e Qabus, built in 1007, is a reminder of the blossoming of art and architecture in medieval Persia. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Islamic Azad University (Persian: دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی , Dāneshgāh-e Ä€zād-e Eslāmi) is a private chain of universities in Iran. ...

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History

The university came of age under the direction of Prof. Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi, who was the first University Chancellor during 1988-2000. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


This university started its work with three majors (Civil Engineering, Biology and Agricultural Engineering) and 60 students in 1988. It was then situated in Gorgan's Jorjan street. Today the university has grown both in quantity and quality. At present, it has 107 faculty members, about 6000 students in B.S. and M.S. of 48 majors. The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Agricultural engineers develop engineering science and technology in the context of agricultural production and processing and for the management of natural resources. ... Map of Iran and surrounding countries, showing location of Gorgan Gorgan (Persian: گرگان, Land of the Wolf) is the capital city of the Iranian province of Golestan. ...


Academics

Academic Campus

Founded in 1988, the campus is located in Gorgan, Golestan Province, occupying about 40 acres in the city of Gorgan in the lush and pleasant touristic province of Golestan, northern of Iran. Islamic Azad University of Gorgan has played a key role in developing the city of Gorgan so far. Map of Iran and surrounding countries, showing location of Gorgan Gorgan (Persian: گرگان, Land of the Wolf) is the capital city of the Iranian province of Golestan. ... Gonbad-e Qabus, built in 1007, is a reminder of the blossoming of art and architecture in medieval Persia. ... Map of Iran and surrounding countries, showing location of Gorgan Gorgan (Persian: گرگان, Land of the Wolf) is the capital city of the Iranian province of Golestan. ... Gonbad-e Qabus, built in 1007, is a reminder of the blossoming of art and architecture in medieval Persia. ... Map of Iran and surrounding countries, showing location of Gorgan Gorgan (Persian: گرگان, Land of the Wolf) is the capital city of the Iranian province of Golestan. ...


Education

At Present, Islamic Azad University of Gorgan is offering over 500 courses in 48 degree programs. The university awards bachelor's degrees and master's degrees each year. The average class consists of 35 students (not including lab classes and discussion sections led by graduate student instructors). A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts three or four years. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ...


Faculty Members

Academic staff of the university has consisted of 107 faculty members includes Full Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and Instructors.


Alumni

Islamic Azad University of Gorgan has graduated many students who go on to earn doctorates in Iran and the other countries, such as the United States.The acceptance rate to entrance examinations of master's degree which is competitive in all over the country is notable. For example, [1], graduated of Islamic Azad University of Gorgan, is now a graduate student in the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) Department of University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, in the United States. A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... CA or ca may stand for: C&A stores calcium (Ca): symbol for the chemical element California: State of, United States Canada (ISO country code) Catalan language (ISO 639 alpha-2) Cellular automata Central America Certificate authority Channel America: Defunct US television network Chartered accountant Chemical Abstract Citizens Alliance: Political...


Organization

Chancellors

The position of Chancellor was created in 1988; there have since been three inaugurated chancellors and two acting chancellors:

Chancellors of Islamic Azad University of Gorgan Years as Chancellor
1 Abdol Gh. Ebrahimi (1988–2000)
2 H.R. Jalilian (2000, acting)
3 S.M. Kasaee-Hamedani (2000–04)
4 B. Bakhtiari-Saeed (2004, acting)
5 R.A. Mohseni (2004–present)

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Links

Official Websites

  • Islamic Azad University of Gorgan
  • Azad News Agency (ANA), official News Agency of Islamic Azad University

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List of Universities in Iran

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See also


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Gorgan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (698 words)
Gorgan (Persian: گرگان) is the capital of the Golestan Province, Iran.
Although modern Gorgan is only a city and county (sharing the same name), ancient Hyrcania was the name of a region on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea (encompassing present day Golestan, Mazandaran, Gilan and parts of Turkmenistan).
The wide Dasht-e-Gorgan (the Plains of Gorgan) are located north of the city of Gorgan and is geographically bounded by 37°00' - 37°30' north latitude and 54°00' - 54°30' east longitude and covers an area of about 1,700 square kilometres.
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