Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch

Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch
دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد زنجان ; Danushgah-e Âzad-e Eslâmi-ye Vahed-e Zenjan
	Islamic Azad University logo
Motto	آرمان ایرانی برای جهانی شدن
Motto in English	" Iranian aspirations for globalization "
Type	Private
Established	1985
President	Dr. Ahmad Naghilou
Academic staff	320
Administrative staff	300
Students	14,000
Location	Zanjan, Iran
Campus	Urban
Colors	Turquoise and White
Nickname	IAUZ
Website	www.iauz.ac.ir/

The Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch (informally Islamic Azad University of Zanjan) is a private research university in Zanjan, Iran.

History

The university was founded in 1985 and admitted 175 students on that year. The university initially began its operation by renting a building.

Faculties and Departments

The Islamic Azad University of Zanjan is divided into five faculties, each sub-divided into schools.

Faculty of Technology and Engineering

Department of Architecture
Department of Civil engineering
Department of Geodesy
Department of Urban Studies
Department of Materials & Metallurgy engineering
Department of Transportation
Department of Soil Sciences
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Computer Engineering
Department of Information Technology
Department of Industrial Engineering

Faculty of Educational Sciences

Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
Department of Theology
Department of Psychology
Department of English Language

Faculty of Foundation and Medical Sciences

Department of Midwifery
Department of Nursing
Department of Biological Sciences(Genetics, Animal, Micro)^{[clarification needed]}
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Department of Statistics

Faculty of Humanities

The faculty was founded in 2009 and is located in Emam campus.

Department of linguistics and Persian Literature
Department of Political Sciences
Department of International Relations
Department of Commercial Management
Department of Accountancy
Department of Law and Justice
Department of Social Sciences
Department of Banking and Insurance

Research & Facilities

The unit began its work in October 1989.

Education

Branch unit of 45 major courses of study in 1984 to over 127 students in 1989 has increased. The number of students over the same period of 8988 students has increased to over 13 150 students.

Islamic Azad University, with five of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Science and Medicine, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School is active.

Field research

Branch of ISI papers from 27 papers so far in 2004 has reached 110 articles. Branch unit number printed books as a textbook is about 52.

Development areas

Over the past five years the capacity of 45 thousand square meters of teaching space and recreation department has increased to more than 135 200 thousand square meters. Branch units with three residential complexes.

Portal conferences and Islamic Azad University, Zanjan

New portal: portal conferences and Islamic Azad University, Zanjan University is the base for centralized management of scientific events.

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