The Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch (IAUN) (

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: دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد نجف‌آباد), also known as the University of Najafabad or Azad University of Najafabad, is an independent comprehensive branch of the

Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; fa, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleg ...

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, located in

Najafabad Najafabad ( fa, نجف‌آباد, also Romanized as Najafābād) is a city and capital of Najafabad County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 293,275, in 90,158 families. It is located west of Isfahan and is increas ...

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. IAUN was established in January, 1985 with the aim of training professionals needed for high scientific positions. This university boasts of 29 years of service educating 26,000 university students in 250 different majors in Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. programs. It has been able to train 73,793 graduates including 1,340 Ph.D. and 6,500 M.A. graduates. The total number of the full-time, part-time and adjunct professors in this university is above 1,500. With over twenty five years of service, this university is now one of the most prominent centers in Isfahan Province and one of the most distinguished ones in higher education in

, and with its precise and professional management in a 20-year strategic framework in different research, scientific, cultural and educational fields, it has gained a lot of domestic and foreign recognition, among which one can refer to gaining the Gold Medal of Quality Management in the Century based on the QC100 standard from the BID International Institute in

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in 2013 with 118 countries voting for it. This university was introduced as the first independent branch of the

and appointed as an independent comprehensive university with the total score of 5951.68. According to the Times University Rankings, the university ranked first among Azad universities in 2022. It was also ranked 501-600th in the university's global rankings.

Infrastructures and facilities

* A campus of 12,779,199.83 square meters * The total construction area of 336,720 square meters * The total administrative and educational area of 38,000 square meters * The total under-construction area of 71,500 square meters including a 200-bed hospital * The total green space of 1,885,000 square meters * The total gardening and agricultural area of 10,782,257 square meters * The first rank in having the most land and building possession in the country * The ratio of 1 student to 16 square meters of educational space (the standard ratio is 1:12 square meters) * 17 sports complexes with the total area of 60,857 square meters in the following fields: body building, karate, gymnastics, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, futsal, basketball, volleyball, ping-pong, zurkhaneh (traditional Persian sports center), chess, handball, badminton, fitness program, judo, taekwondo, indoor swimming pool (with wet and dry sauna and jacuzzi) and indoor and outdoor fields for: soccer, track and field, basketball, volleyball and futsal * 9 dormitories for male and female students (4 and 5, respectively) with the total area of 31,830 square meters * 3 mosques with the total area of 4,000 square meters * 8 meeting and conference halls seating 5,000 people * 11 faculties with the total area of 84,864 square meters * The largest academic library in

with the total area of 34,764.15 square meters in 8 floors * A five-story hospital located in

with the total area of 2,937.77 square meters * 249 university majors in Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. programs * 85,545 alumni in associate degree, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. programs * 487 full-time and part-time faculty board members

Academics

Academic campus

IAUN campus is the largest university campus in the

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located in

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in the pleasant touristic province of

. The largest

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of Iran is located on this campus.

Faculties/colleges

* Faculty of Human Sciences * Faculty of Law and Islamic Theology * Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Engineering * Faculty of Civil Engineering * Faculty of Medical Science * Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery * Faculty of Material Engineering * Faculty of Fine Arts, Arts, Architecture and Urban Planning * Faculty of Electrical Engineering * Faculty of Nuclear Engineering and Fundamental science, Basic Sciences * Faculty of computer Engineering * Sama Technical and Vocational College

Education

At present, IAUN is offering 125 degree programs including 1

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master's degrees A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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and

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. Currently, the university has 25,303 enrolled students and about 70376 alumni as of the academic year 2013–2014. IAUN monthly newsletter, Talieh, in its first issue titling the university chancellor Dr. Mohammad Amiri's speech " IAU Najafabad Branch soon will be the second

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". The university is home to the largest

in Iran that is more than 35,000 metres in seven floors. Beside the printed materials there are access to many electronic materials and e-books and e-journals.

Enrollments

Source:

Rankings

National

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rankings *2014 (February Release): 43 ;

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rankings *2012: 64 *2013: 64 *2014: 54 ;Other rankings *2010: 6th among

branches. *2019: 1st among

branches *2020: 1st among

branches *2021: 1st among

branches

International

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* World University Rankings 2022: 501-600th * Impact Rankings 2021: 801-1000th ;

rankings * 2015 (February Release): 2,987 * 2015 (February Release): 2,728 ;

rankings * 2012: International rank: 2,506 * 2013: International rank: 2,514 * 2014: International rank: 2,283

Presence in social networking websites

IAUN is pioneer in representing itself in social networking websites among other higher educational institutes in Iran since there has been restrictions from the government for such institutions not to have any presence in foreign social networking websites. However, IAUN is the first university in Iran having an official page in social networking websites. Starting from early January 2014, the university announced using

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as the first social networking website to have an official page on.

References

External links

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Official page of IAUN on Instagram

Official page of IAUN on Google Plus

Azad News Agency (ANA), official News Agency of the Islamic Azad University

IAUN Central Library
*Universities in Iran *
List of Iranian universities
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List of Universities, Institutes and Colleges
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