Gorgan University

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Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
دانشگاه علوم كشاورزي و منابع طبيعي گرگان
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Established: 1957
Type: Public
President: Abdolhosein Taheri
Faculty: 120
Students: 2,800
Location: Gorgan, Golestan Province, Iran
Campus: Urban
Athletics: ? teams
Website: www.gau.ac.ir

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

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 Iran.

Today the university has 10 Colleges, training 2800 graduate and post-graduate students. The university has an exchange student program with Astrakhan State University in neighbouring Russia.

The university is located in the historical city of Gorgan in the province of Golestan (formerly the eastern part of Mazandaran province).

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