Kharazmi University

Coordinates: 35°42′16.12″N 51°25′36.3″E / 35.7044778°N 51.426750°E / 35.7044778; 51.426750

Kharazmi University
دانشگاه خوارزمی
Established	1919
Type	Public
President	Dr. Mohammad Ali Sobhanollahi
Academic staff	344
Students	~14,000
Location	Karaj and Tehran
Campus	Semi-Urban,Urban
Athletics	teams
Website	khu.ac.ir

Kharazmi University (Persian: دانشگاه خوارزمی‎) (Former Name= Tarbiat Moallem University of Tehran) is considered as the oldest institution of higher education in Iran named after Khwarizmi (780-850c), Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer. Kharazmi University is a major institution of higher education, offering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in a variety of disciplines. It was established in 1919 as the Central Teachers' Institute and over a series of developments, finally gained university status as Tarbiat Moallem University of Tehran in 1974. It changed its name to Kharazmi University in 2010.

Today the university is one of the largest in Iran with faculties of Science, Engineering, Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Persian Literature and Humanities, Psychology & Education, Physical Education & Sport Sciences and Chemistry.^[1] The university has two campuses,the main campus is in central Tehran (off Darvazeh-Dowlat and Taleghani metro stations) and one in the Hesarak area of Karaj. The current president of the university is Dr. Mohammad Ali Sobhanallahi.

Faculties

Dr. Mosaheb statue in front of Faculty of Mathematical Sciences & Computer

Today the university has the following faculties:

1. Faculty of Letters and Humanities
2. Faculty of Psychology & Education
3. Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Sciences
4. Faculty of Management and Accounting
5. Faculty of Geography
6. Faculty of Engineering
7. Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
8. Faculty of Physical Sciences
9. Faculty of Chemistry
10. Faculty of Biological Sciences
11. Faculty of Geosciences

Graduate Programs

Sciences

• Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
• Mathematics
  • Algebra
  • Numerical analysis
  • Statistics
  • Operational Research
  • Cryptography
• Geology
• Biological Sciences
  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Zoology
  • Botany
• Physics
• Computer Sciences
• Physical Education

Engineering

• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Social Sciences and Humanities

• History
• Geography
• Religion and Philosophy
• Persian Literature
• English
• Arabic Language
• Psychology (Educational, Clinical, Counselling)
• Law and Political Sciences
• Library and Information Studies
• Curriculum Studies
• Educational Management

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kharazmi University.

• Academy of Jondishapur
• Higher education in Iran
• List of Iranian Universities

References

External links

• Official website