Shiraz University of Technology

Shiraz University of Technology
دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Shirāz
Latin: Shiraz University of Technology
Established	2004
Type	Public university
Chancellor	Dr. Shahrokh Jam (Since Oct. 2010)
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Majid Nayeri Pour
Academic staff	70 (as of Oct. 2010)
Students	~1100
Undergraduates	800
Postgraduates	300
Location	Shiraz, Fars, Iran
Campus	Urban
Nickname	SUTECH
Website	www.sutech.ac.ir

Shiraz University of Technology (SUTECH) (Persian: دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Shirāz) is the second public university in the Fars Province in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In 2004, the Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in Shiraz.^[1]

Currently the University has about 1100 students, with 2 Bachelor's degree programs (B.S.) and 31 Master's degree (M.S.) & Ph.D. degree programs.^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 Faculties 3.1 Chancellors 4 See also 5 References 6 Links

History

Shiraz university of technology first was established in 1968 with its former name Electronics Industry University, which was one of the Shiraz University branches (Electronics Engineering College).^[2] After 2004, it was named "Shiraz University of Technology" as an independent public university which developed by some other fields like Chemical, Material, Mechanical, etc.^[3]

Campus

Currently there is just one campus in Moddares Blvd., Shiraz, Iran. It was announced that a new campus is building in Shahrak Sadra, Shiraz, Iran.^[4]

The campus consists of all the university's building like departments buildings, library, restaurant, mosque, gym, publication, etc. There are 5 departments buildings:

• Basic Sciences Department building
• Electrical Engineering Department building (which have no classrooms and consists of faculties and some laboratories)
• Information Technology Department building (which merged with the chancellor's building)
• Chemical Engineering Department building (which merged with the Aerospace Engineering Department and Civil & Environmental Engineering Department and a part of the Electrical Engineering Department)
• Material Engineering Department building

Faculties

The following degrees are now offered in the university training students in bachelor and master degree levels:

• Aerospace Engineering (M.S. since 2010)
• Applied Mathematics (M.S. since 2007, PhD. since 2010)
• Chemical Engineering (M.S. since 2007)
• Civil Engineering (M.S. since 2008)
• Computer Engineering (M.S. since 2011)
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering (B.S. & M.S. since 2004, PhD. since 2010)
• Information Technology (B.S. since 2004, M.S. since 2010)
• Material Engineering (M.S. since 2009)
• Mechanical Engineering (M.S. since 2007)
• Physics (M.S. since 2010)
• Physical Chemistry (M.S. since 2008)

Chancellors

Chancellor	Tenure	Speciality	Notes
Prof. Jalil Moghaddasi	2004–2010	Chemical Engineering	Also president of the college before the university's establishment and Shiraz University's Faculty of Chemistry master
Dr. Shahrokh Jam	2010–present	Communications Engineering	Former head master of the Electrical Engineering Department

See also

• Shiraz University
• Higher education in Iran

References

1. ^ "آشنایی با دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز". Hamshahri Newspaper. http://hamshahrionline.ir/news-102570.aspx. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "به سایت دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز خوش آمدید". دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62TwHXHfS. Retrieved 16 October 2011. 
3. ^ "دانشگاه صنعتی شيراز". Shiraz University of Technology. http://www.sutech.ac.ir:8080. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
4. ^ "درباره شهر جديد صدرا". شرکت عمران شهر جدید صدرا. http://www.sadracity.ir/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=90. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 

Links

• Official website
• Old official website