Yazd University
| Yazd University | |
|---|---|
| دانشگاه يزد | |
 | |
| Established | 1987 |
| Type | State |
| President | Mohammad Saleh Owlia |
Academic staff | 400 |
| Students | 15000 |
| Location | Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.yazd.ac.ir/en |
Yazd University is an Iranian university in the city of Yazd in Yazd Province.
The university was founded in 1987,and has witnessed a period of rapid growth ever since. The university has an area of 380 ha with a total building area of 24 ha. It has 400 faculty members and about 15000 students in 180 different fields in Ph.D. (37), Masters (80), and Bachelors (63) levels.
Faculties
The University currently has 5 main faculties as follows:
- Faculty Of Art and Architecture: Ever since its founding, the College of Architecture has built up a national reputation for excellence, and is widely recognized as one of the leading academic departments of architecture in Iran. The college has been visited by notables such as Arata Isozaki and Rem Koolhaas. The head of faculty for the past 10 years ( 2001-2014) is Dr. Mohammadreza Noghsanmohammadi who has great contribution for the faculty developments.faculty contains three departments, Architecture, urbanism and painting.
- Faculty Of Engineering: Contains the departments of Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Textile Engineering.
- Faculty Of Humanities: Contains 15 separate departments.
- Faculty Of Natural Resources: Consists of 30 academic members active in 3 departments namely Watershed & Range Management, Environmental Engineering, and Land Use & Reclamation of Dry Land.
- Faculty Of Sciences: Consists of departments of Pure & Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Chemistry, and Physics.
Presidents
Prof.(Associate) Mohammad Ali Barkhordari Bafghi
Prof. (Assistant) Mohammad Ali Vahdat Zad
Prof. (Associate) Seyed Nezamuddin Makiyan
Prof. Seyed-Ali-Mohammad Mirmohammady Maibody
Prof. (Assoc.) Mohamad Saleh Owlia
See also
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