Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, a.k.a. Gorgan University is a university in Golestan Province of

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History

GUASNR First founded in 1957 as the ''Junior College of Forestry and Range Management'' (مدرسه عالي منابع طبيعي گرگان), the university was among the first specialized agricultural universities of

. Through a course of continued development, the Junior College was promoted to the school of Natural Resources offering three major courses in

Forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. ...

, Range Management and

Soil Conservation Soil conservation is the prevention of loss of the topmost layer of the soil from erosion or prevention of reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination. Slash-and-burn and other uns ...

in 1975. After Islamic revolution, the School of Natural Resources was joined to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in 1981 and became part of the

Mazandaran University The University of Mazandaran is a state university located in Mazandaran province of Iran, headquartered in the city of Babolsar. The University of Mazandaran, currently the largest state higher education center in the north of Iran, and had for ...

. In 1986, the school was united with Junior College of Agriculture in the town of

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and obtained an approval from the Council of Academic Development of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, to upgrade to an independent institute called Gorgan University Complex of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. As a result of the hard work of the academic members and administrative staff, Council of Academic Development passed an approval based on which the complex was promoted to the Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (GUASNR) on June 25, 1992. Today the university has 9 Colleges (Faculties), training 2800 graduate and post-graduate students. The university has an exchange student program with

Astrakhan State University Astrakhan State University (formerly Astrakhan State Pedagogical University) is a university located in Astrakhan, Russian Federation. It was founded in 1932. The traditional functions of Astrakhan State University include training specialist ...

in neighbouring

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. The university is located in the historical city of

Gorgan Gorgan ( fa, گرگان ; also romanized as ''Gorgān'', ''Gurgān'', and ''Gurgan''), formerly Esterabad ( ; also romanized as ''Astarābād'', ''Asterabad'', and ''Esterābād''), is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies appro ...

in the Golestan Province (formerly the eastern part of Mazandaran province).
Amir Hossein Amirpour (Voice Actor of Angel Dust)
born 2000, were student at this university as Furniture's Industrie's Engineering field. but he had to leave this university. Because he was needed to studying computer engineering field. Now he is student of Computer Engineering field at Gorgan Hakim Jurjani Non-Governmental University.

Faculties

Animal Science Animal science is described as "studying the biology of animals that are under the control of humankind". It can also be described as the production and management of farm animals. Historically, the degree was called animal husbandry and the ...

* Agricultural Management * Fisheries &

Environmental Sciences Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geo ...

Food Science Food science is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the development ...

& Technology *

Forest Science Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

* Plant Production *

Rangeland Rangelands are grasslands, shrublands, woodlands, wetlands, and deserts that are grazed by domestic livestock or wild animals. Types of rangelands include tallgrass and shortgrass prairies, desert grasslands and shrublands, woodlands, sava ...

Watershed Management Watershed management is the study of the relevant characteristics of a watershed aimed at the sustainable distribution of its resources and the process of creating and implementing plans, programs and projects to sustain and enhance watershed fu ...

* Water & Soil Engineering * Wood & Paper Engineering

Journals

* Iranian journal of Aquatics Research * International Journal of Lignocellulosic Products
International Journal of Plant Production
* International Journal of Environmental Resources Research * Poultry Science Journal * Journal of Natural Resource Conservation (Persian) * Electronic Journal of Crop Production (Persian) * Journal of Ruminant Research (Persian) * Journal of Range Land (Persian) * Poultry Science Journal (Persian) * Journal of Soil Management and Sustainable Production (Persian) * Journal of Entrepreneurship & Agricultural Extension (Persian) * Journal of Plant Production (Persian) * Journal of Food Processing and Preservation (Persian) * Journal of Aquaculture (Persian) * Journal of Living in Environment (Persian) * Journal of Wood Science and Technology (Persian)

External links

Gorgan University website
Universities in Iran Educational institutions established in 1957 Buildings and structures in Golestan Province Education in Golestan Province 1957 establishments in Iran {{Iran-university-stub

History

Faculties

Journals

See also

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