Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz is an Iranian University in
Ahvaz
Ahvaz (; ) is a city in the Central District of Ahvaz County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is home to Persians, Arabs and other groups such as Qashqai and Kurds. Languages spok ...
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Khuzestan
Khuzestan province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. Located in the southwest of the country, the province borders Iraq and the Persian Gulf, covering an area of . Its capital is the city of Ahvaz. Since 2014, it has been part of Iran's ...
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. By the ISC ranking, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz was 13th largest and top university in Iran in 2015. SCU University is considered one of Iran's "Grade A" universities by Iranian Ministry of Science. The campus today has and houses 13 colleges. In 2010, 4798 students were enrolled.
In 1982 the university was renamed to "Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz" to commemorate Mostafa Chamran
Mostafa Chamran Save'ei () (2 October 1932 – 21 June 1981) was an Iranian physicist, politician, commander and guerrilla fighter who served as the first defense minister of post-revolutionary Iran and a member of parliament as well as the ...
. In 1986, under national legislation, the Schools of Medicine, Health, Dental, Nursing, and Pharmacy, separated off into an independent Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS) is a medical school in Khuzestan Province of Iran.
Located in southwestern Iran in the city of Ahvaz, the university was established as a ''College of Medicine'' administered by the Shahid ...
, operated under the supervision of the new Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
Faculties
*Faculty of Sciences:
**Department of Physics
**Department of Chemistry
**Department of Biology
**Department of Genetics.
*Faculty of Engineering:
**Department of Electrical Engineering
**Department of Mechanical Engineering
**Department of Computer Engineering
**Department of Civil Engineering
**Department of Metallurgical Engineering
**Department of Architecture.
*Faculty of Literature:
**Department of Persian Language
**Department of English Language
**Department of French Language
**Department of History.
*Faculty of Agriculture:
**Department of Agronomy
**Department of Agriculture Machinery
**Department of Horticulture
**Department of Plant Protection
**Department of Soil Science.
*Faculty of Veterinary Medicine:
**Department of Basic Sciences
**Department of Pathology
**Department of Hygiene
**Department of Clinical Sciences.
*Faculty of Physical Education.
*Faculty of Education and Psychology:
**Department of Education
**Department of Psychology
**Department of Library and Information Science.
*Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics:
**Department of Mathematical Science
**Department of Computer Science
**Department of Statistics.
*Faculty of Water Science Engineering:
**Department of Hydrology
**Department of Water Structures Engineering
**Department of Irrigation & Drainage
**Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
*Faculty of Shushtar Education College.
*Faculty of Theology and Islamic Thought.
*Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences:
**Department of Economic
**Department of Business Administration
**Department of Accounting
**Department of Social Sciences
**Department of Law
**Department of Political Science.
See also
*Academy of Gondishapur
The Academy of Gondishapur or Academy of Jondishapur (, Farhangestân-e Gondišâpur), also known as the Gondishapur University, was one of the three Sasanian centers of education (Ctesiphon, Ras al-Ayn, Gundeshapur) and academy of learning ...
*Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS) is a medical school in Khuzestan Province of Iran.
Located in southwestern Iran in the city of Ahvaz, the university was established as a ''College of Medicine'' administered by the Shahid ...
*Higher education in Iran
Iran has a network of Private University, private, Public University, public, and state-affiliated universities offering degrees in higher education. State-run universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Ministry of Science ...
*List of Iranian Universities
This is a list of universities in Iran.
Iran had 2,183 universities in 2022 and started a program to merge them and reduce the number down to 400 universities.
List of universitiesHamedan University of Technology Hamedan University of Technolog ...
References
* Piyrnia, Mansoureh. ''Salar Zanana Iran''. 1995. Maryland: Mehran Iran Publishing.
Gholamali Rahnavard
Chief Information Officer at Shahid Chamran University, 2009
External links
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz official websiteOffice of Information Technology , Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
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Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Universities and colleges established in 1955
Ahvaz
1955 establishments in Iran