The Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch (
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: دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi vahed-e Karaj'') is the private university and one of the branches 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 ...
located in
Karaj
Karaj ( fa, کرج, ) is the capital of Alborz Province, Iran, and effectively a satellite city of Tehran. Although the county hosts a population around 1.97 million, as recorded in the 2016 census, most of the county is rugged mountain. The urb ...
,
Alborz
The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs nort ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
History
It started its activities in 1984 with 500 students who studied in 7 fields of study. Nowadays this big university complex consists of 13 faculties, 1 independent department and 4 research centers.
As of October 2016, the university is ranked as the 629th best university in the world according to ''U.S. News & World Report''.
Faculties
* Faculty of Engineering
* Faculty of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
* Faculty of Science
* Faculty of Vocation and Entrepreneurship
* Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
* Faculty of Medical Sciences
* Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Resources
* Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages
* Faculty of Management and Accounting
* Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
* Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies
* Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
* Faculty of Psychology and Education
* Independent Department of Islamic Education
Faculty of Engineering
*Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying Engineering (BS, MS)
*Department of Industrial Engineering (BS, MS)
*Department of Materials Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)
*Department of Architecture and Urban Engineering (BA, MA, PhD)
See also
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Higher education in Iran
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List of universities in Iran
This is a list of universities in Iran.
List of universitiesHamedan University of TechnologyHamedan University of TechnologyHekmat Private UniversityQom Province
* Abadan University of Medical Sciences
* Al-Mustafa International University
* Al ...
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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 ...
References
External links
Official Website
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Karaj, Islamic Azad University of
Karaj
Education in Alborz Province
Buildings and structures in Alborz Province