The University of Isfahan (UI) () 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: 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
Emblem The university's logo was designed by Dr. Hossein Yaghini in 1968 by order of Dr. Motamedi, the president of the university.
International rankings
CWTS Leiden Ranking: 2019: (P indicator): 765 2018: (P indicator): 776 2017: (P indicator): 797
Times Higher Education World University Rankings: 2021: 801–1,0002020: 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
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