Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

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Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
دانشگاه شهيد باهنر کرمان
© Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

Established:	August 9, 1972
Type:	Public
President:	Ahmad Amiri Khorasani
Faculty:	400
Staff:	1,000
Students:	12,500
Undergraduates:	?
Postgraduates:	?
Location:	Kerman, Kerman province, Iran
Campus:	Urban
Athletics:	? teams
Website:	www.uk.ac.ir

Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Located in Kerman province of Iran, the university has been ranked #8 among Iranian universities[1], illustrating its high status in research and education.

The university was almost entirely founded by a private gift donated by Alireza Afzalipour on August 9, 1972.

The university has two different main campuses in the city of Kerman and several smaller campuses spread out across the province of Kerman offering degrees in 16 colleges in over 100 different specialties leading to B.A., B.Sc., M.A., M.Sc., D.V.M., or Ph.D. degrees.

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Dr. Seyed Hossein Mansouri (Date of birth: October 17, 1953) is a distinguished professor of Mechanical Engineering at Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman^[1], Iran. He received his MS (1976) from University of Tehran^[2] and SM (1978), ME(1979) and PhD(1982) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology ^[3](MIT) all in mechanical engineering under supervision of Professor John B. Heywood^[4]. Before joining Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, he was with Isfahan University of Technology^[5] for four years.

(1)Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman (2)University of Tehran (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4)John B. Heywood (5)Isfahan University of Technology (6)IranDoc (7)The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Seyed Mansouri