Kharazmi University
Coordinates: 35°42′16.12″N 51°25′36.3″E / 35.7044778°N 51.426750°E
| دانشگاه خوارزمی | |
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1919 |
| President | Dr. Mohammad Ali Sobhanollahi |
Academic staff | 344 |
| Students | ~14,000 |
| Location | Tehran and Karaj |
| Campus | Semi-Urban,Urban |
| Athletics | teams |
| Website | khu.ac.ir |
Kharazmi University (Persian: دانشگاه خوارزمی, formerly Teacher Training University Persian: دانشگاه تربیت معلم) is a major institution of higher education, offering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in a variety of disciplines. Kharazmi University is considered as the oldest institution of higher education in Iran named after Khwarizmi (780-c. 850), Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer. It was established in 1919 as the Central Teachers' Institute and gained university status as Tarbiat Moallem University of Tehran in 1974. It changed its name to Kharazmi University on January 31, 2012. In 2015, the Iran University of Economic Science was merged into Kharazmi University as its faculty of management,[1] faculty of financial sciences and faculty of economics.
The university is one of the largest universities of Iran, with faculties of science, engineering, mathematical & computer sciences, Persian literature and humanities, psychology & education, physical education & sport sciences, management and economics and chemistry.[2] The university has two campuses, one in the Hesarak area west of Karaj and one the historic campus of the university dating to the early 1920s in central Tehran (off Darvazeh-Dowlat and Taleghani metro stations). The president of the university is Dr. Mohammad Ali Sobhanallahi.
Faculties
The university has the following faculties:
- Faculty of Letters and Humanities
- Faculty of Psychology & Education
- Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Sciences
- Faculty of Management and Accounting
- Faculty of Geography
- Faculty of Engineering - Kharazmi University
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Faculty of Physical Sciences
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Faculty of Biological Sciences
- Faculty of Geosciences
- International Campus (Pardis)
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
- Psychology( clinical, educational)
- Counsling psychology
- Law and Political Sciences
- Library and Information Studies
- Curriculum Studies
- Educational Management
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Behavior
See also
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