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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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

* 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 ...
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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 ...


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External links


Official Website
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