Tabriz Islamic Art University also known as Tabriz Art University is a public university located in
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
,
East Azarbaijan
East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...
. The university's major focus is on the Islamic art and architecture. The university was established in 1997. Part of the university's faculties separated from
Sahand University of Technology.
Campus
Khosravi buildings
The main campus of the Tabriz Art University has an area of 36,000 square meters and includes the enrollment office, gymnasium, self-service dining, and library. The campus buildings are parts of an old leather factory that renovated for the university campus.
Behnam House
The other campus is located in
Behnam House
Behnam House is a historical building in Tabriz, Iran. The edifice was built during the later part of the Zand dynasty (1750–1794) and the early part of the Qajar dynasty (1781–1925), as a residential house.
During the reign of Nasereddin ...
site. This complex has a history going back to
Zand dynasty
The Zand dynasty ( fa, سلسله زندیه, ') was an Iranian dynasty, founded by Karim Khan Zand (1751–1779) that initially ruled southern and central Iran in the 18th century. It later quickly came to expand to include much of the rest o ...
.
Faculties and Colleges
* Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
* Faculty of Multimedia
* Faculty of Islamic Design
* Faculty of Islamic Arts
* Faculty of Applied Arts
* Faculty of Carpet
* Faculty of Heris’s Carpet
See also
*
Higher education in Iran
*
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 ...
References
Educational institutions established in 1997
Public universities
Education in Tabriz
Tabriz, Art University of
1999 establishments in Iran
Buildings and structures in Tabriz
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Islamic universities and colleges in Iran
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