Isfahan University of Technology

Isfahan University of Technology

  • دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان
    Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Esfahān

© Isfahan University of Technology
Type Public
Established 1977
Endowment US$ 20 million[1]
President Dr. Mahmoud Modarres-Hashemi
Academic staff
400
Students 10000
Undergraduates 7500
Postgraduates 2500
Location Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Campus Urban
Athletics One main stadium, soccer field, indoor swimming pool, three outdoor tennis fields, outdoor horse riding field, five indoor special purpose gyms
Website http://www.iut.ac.ir/en/
IUT main administration building

Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) (Persian: دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Esfahān) is one of the most prestigious engineering universities in Iran. It is located 15 kilometers north west of Isfahan and educates in the fields of science, engineering and agriculture. It has dormitories, a shopping center, sports and recreation centers, and medical centers on the campus. The university enjoys the advantages of being situated in the vicinity of the historical, industrial, and commercial city of Isfahan; a city with a long-standing tradition in science, art and culture as well as a leading center of technological activities.[2]

Isfahan university of technology is not to be confused with University of Isfahan which is located in southern Isfahan.

History

The university was founded in 1974 and admitted its first students in 1977. It was founded as Aryamehr University of Technology Isfahan branch and was renamed after the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Plans to make the institution the largest university in the Middle East were not completed because of political changes in the country.

Isfahan University of Technology is a state university under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology. IUT began its academic activities in 1977 with around 800 students in five departments; the enrollment has grown to 10000 in fourteen departments.[3]

The university was designed and planned based on models of MIT and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[4]

Academics

Many of the country's brightest talents choose IUT among their first choices in National University Entrance Exams. The university offers degrees in B.S., M.Sc., and PhD levels, in branches of Science and Engineering.

The university runs two research centers, Information & Communication Technology Institute and Subsea Research & Development Center, where the first national radar project and design, and implementation of the first Iranian submarine were carried out.

World rankings

Academic Ranking of World Universities[5]

Times Higher Education[6]

U.S. News[7]

Research and facilities

Isfahan University of Technology was appointed as a Center of Excellence by Iran's Ministry of Science and Technology in the fields of Nano Technology in Environment, Steel Technology, Algebra Science, Sensor and Green Chemistry, Soil & Water Pollution, and Oil-seed Crops. This appointment is based on national standing based on research achievements and invested funding in the topics.

A supercomputer was unveiled at the university in 2011. The supercomputer was made by Isfahan University of Technology scientists and is among the 500 fastest ones in the world. It has a calculation ability of 34000 billion operations per second and its graphics processing units are able to do more than 32 billion operations per 100 seconds.

Notable alumni

Departments

Map of University

Affiliated research centers

Former Presidents

Name
Dr. Mohammad Amin 1974-1979
Dr. Mohammad Reza Saiedi 1979
Dr. Seied Hossein Taheri 1979–1980
Mr. Mohammad-Ali Najafi 1980–1981 United States MIT Mathematics
Prof. Mohammad Mehdi Saadatpour 1981–1983 United States University of California, Berkeley Civil Engineering
Prof. Ahmad Abrishamchi 1983–1986 United States University of California, Davis Water Resources Engineering
Prof. Mohammad Shahedi 1986–1989 United States Purdue University Agriculture
Prof. Seied Morteza Saghaian Nezhad 1989–1997 United States Kentucky State University Electrical Engineering
Prof. Ali Ahoonmanesh 1997–2003 United States University of California, Davis Plant Pathology
Prof. Mohammad Hasan Abbasi 2003–2005 United States University of California, Berkeley Materials Processing
Prof. Gholam Reza Ghorbani 2005–2009 United States University of Kentucky Agriculture
Mohammad Esmail Hamedani Golshan 2009–2013 Iran Isfahan University of Technology Electrical Engineering
Dr. Mahmoud Modarres-Hashemi [11] 2013–present Iran Sharif University of Technology Electrical Engineering

See also

References

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