Imam Khomeini International University

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Type Public Chancellor Abolhassan Naeini Phone +98 28 3378 0021 Number of students 8,800		Established 1991 Administrative staff 301 Founded 1991
Motto شکوفایی علمی، بیداری اسلامی Motto in English Scientific development, Islamic awakening Address Qazvin Province, Qazvin, District 3, Imam Khomeini International University Blvd, Persian Gulf Ave, 3414916818, Iran Undergraduate tuition and fees International tuition: 800 EUR (2012) Similar Payame Noor University, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Islamic Azad Uni, Iran University of Scienc, Tarbiat Modares University

Protests in the imam khomeini international university qazvin 22 azar dec 13

Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) is a university in Iran that was founded after the Islamic Revolution. The bill of IKIU’s constitution was ratified by the Iranian Parliament in January 1984. Constituent organs of IKIU include Board of trustees, president, and council. Deputies for Education, Research, and Students and Culture are some of the other departments. In addition, there is a Science and Technology Park, and central library with more than 100000 books and magazines.

IKIU has formed the Brilliant-Talent students’ office to recognize top students and to support and guide the students, providing educational and welfare facilities. It has seven faculties. The Persian Language Teaching Center has hosted students from more than 96 countries, enjoying language labs, library, and computer site.

History

The university was established in 1991 to further culture, civilization, and thought of Muslim world. As an educational, research, and cultural institution under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, IKIU has the following aims:

Furthering and promoting Islamic culture in the Muslim world

Propagating Islamic culture and thought and science and technology on an international scale

Introducing grand figures of the Muslim world with the purpose of consolidating Islamic culture

Taking advantage of innovations and developments in science and technology to the benefit of Iran and other Islamic countries

Training committed specialists with the purpose of making Islamic countries scientifically and culturally self-reliant

Contributing toward the development of higher education in Iran

Status

The university offers 30 undergraduate courses and 13 master courses with a faculty of 183 staff teachers. There are 5489 undergraduates and 1281 graduate students. According to Four-Year Development Plan, five undergraduate courses, 17 master courses, and five PhD courses will be added to the programs of study.

The university admits international students. A total of 200 to 250 international students are admitted into the Center for Teaching Persian to non-natives each year.

Since not all of the academic levels and programs of study required by such students are available in IKIU and because the number of international applicants is on the rise, some international students will be referred to other leading universities in the country to continue their studies after they complete Persian language and pre-university courses.

500 international students from 55 countries are doing their 22 undergraduate and graduate courses at IKIU. Country-wide, around 5000 such students are doing humanities, engineering, science, and medicine.

Campus

The main campus of Imam Khomeini International University is in Qazvin, Iran. There is a Science and Technology Park near the main campus. A residential complex is near the main campus.

Main Campus

Faculty of Science (Page)

Faculty of Engineering and Technology (Page)

Faculty of Literature and Humanity Sciences (Page)

Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Researches (Page)

Faculty of Social Sciences (Page)

Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development (Page)

Faculty of Futures Studies

Central Library

Central Hall

Professional laboratories

Restaurant

Mosque

Sports hall

Residential complex

Persian Language Center (Page)

Dormitories

Sports hall

Soccer field

Chancellors

*Unfinished because of Islamic Revolution

Notable faculty

Abdolkarim Soroush, as professor of Islamic Philosophy, before leaving the country

Abolhassan Naeini, associated professor of Civil engineering

Saeid Abbasbandy, professor of mathematics

Ali Abkar, professor of mathematics and head of sciences faculty

Abdolrahman Razani, Professor of Mathematics

Hassan Esmati, teacher of theology and former Iran's cultural attaché in Tunisia

Alireza Shokouhi, Iranian prominent hydrologist

Hossein Abadian, professor of Iran's contemporary history

Notable alumni

Sayed Hassan Akhlaq, Afghan philosopher

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist

Maryam Shafipour, student activist

References

Imam Khomeini International University Wikipedia

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