The Islamic Azad University, Gorgan Branch (also known as Azad University of Gorgan) is a campus of

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 ...

system in

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History

The university came of age under the direction of Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi, who was the first university chancellor during 1988–2000. This university started its work with three majors (

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and

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) and 60 students in 1988. It was then situated in

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 ...

's Jorjan Street. Since then, the university has grown both in quantity and quality. At present, it has +500 faculty members, and approximately 13,000 students in B.S., M.S. and PhD of 48 majors.

Academics

Academic Campus

Founded in 1988, the campus is located in

, Golestan Province, occupying about in the city of

in the province of Golestan, in northern

Education

At Present, Islamic Azad University of Gorgan is offering over 500 courses in 48 degree programs. The university awards

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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.

and

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each year. The average class consists of 25 students (not including lab classes and discussion sections led by graduate student instructors).

Faculty members

Academic staff of the university has consisted of +500 faculty members, and includes

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s and instructors.

Alumni

Islamic Azad University of Gorgan has graduated many students who have gone on to earn doctorates in Iran and other countries, such as the

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. The acceptance rate to entrance examinations of

master's degree 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.

, competitive all over the country, is notable. For example
Nora Taghavi
a graduate of Islamic Azad University of Gorgan, is now a graduate student in the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) Department of the University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, in the United States.

Organization

Chancellors

The position of chancellor was created in 1988; there have since been three inaugurated chancellors and two acting chancellors:

Administration

The Chancellor has five Vice Chancellors:

References

External links

Official Websites

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

List of Universities in Iran

* List of universities in Iran @wikipedia.org
List of Iranian universities @dictionary.laborlawtalk.comList of Universities, Institutes and Colleges @irancivilcenter.com
{{Coord missing, Golestan Province Educational institutions established in 1988

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