Islamic Azad University, Khomeyni Shahr Branch

The Islamic Azad University, Khomeyni Shahr Branch is a branch of the Islamic Azad University and is located in Khomeyni Shahr, the north western zone of Isfahan, the cultural capital of Iran. It was established 17 May 1988. The university serves more than 9000 students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It has 530 full and part-time faculty members carrying out education and research in different fields. Due to its geographical location which borders Isfahan University of Technology, it has made an opportunity for the students to study in different areas. The admission to university is based on entrance examination and the admission rate was 10% in 2018.

WWW iaukhsh.ac.ir

Academics

Academic campus

IAUKHSH campus is one of the largest university campus in the Middle East located in Khomeyni Shahr, Isfahan, occupying about 173 acres in the city of Khomeyni Shahr in the pleasant touristic province of Isfahan. The largest academic library of Iran is located on this campus.

Faculties/Colleges

Faculty of Law and Economics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Human Sciences
Faculty of Engineering|Technology and Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Fine Arts|Arts, Architecture and Urban Planning
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Computer Engineering
Sama Technical and Vocational College

Education

Undergraduate Programs Offered

The IAU, Khomeinishahr branch currently presents 21 undergraduate programs:
Faculty of Law and Economics

Law
Economics
Accounting

Faculty of Mechanical & Civil Engineering

Aerospace engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Civil engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering technology
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering technology
Computer sciences
Computer engineering
Biomedical engineering

Faculty of Humanities

Guidance & counseling
Social work

Graduate Programs Offered

At present, the IAU, Khomeinishahr branch has 9 graduate programs:
Faculty of Law and Economics

Law
Economic sciences
Economical and social statistics

Faculty of Mechanical & Civil Engineering

Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering

Faculty of Humanities

Economic sciences
Guidance & counseling
Economical and social statistics

Clubs & Scientific Associations

Young researchers’ club was established by the university for young talented students who pursue academic research. All scholars between the ages of 15 and 30 may join this club provided that they meet the requirements for admission. Furthermore, a number of scientific associations are active in different research activities. They are as follows:

Mechanical Engineering Scientific Association
Aerospace Engineering Scientific Association
Robotics Scientific Association
Civil Engineering Scientific Association
Electrical Engineering Scientific Association
Computer Engineering Scientific Association
Artificial Intelligence Scientific Association
Biomedical Engineering Scientific Association
Nanotechnology Scientific Association
Economics Scientific Association
Guidance and Counseling Scientific Association
Social Work Scientific Association

Honors

Comptetions

Though the university website is not updated regularly, this list is mentioned on it:

Description of the invention	Description of the invention	Festivals	Award	Name of students
For Commending Excellent and Creative effort to invent Order implementation system of electricity distribution network	3-7 December 2009	Seoul International Invention Fair 2009	Bronze	Mr. Behnam Forouzandeh Hafshejani
intelligent control system for small boats	23 April 2010	International Exhibition Inventions OF GENEVA	Bronze	Pedram MOGHIM,Ali ETESAM,Mohammad reza SHIRVANI POUR, Ahmad reza ABEDIN, Amin ASHTARTI LORAKI
drone ship with transverse stabilizers that difficult to spot	23 April 2010	International Exhibition Inventions OF GENEVA	Bronze	Pedram MOGHIM,Ali ETESAM,Mohammad reza SHIRVANI POUR, Ahmad reza ABEDIN, Amin ASHTARTI LORAKI
Outdoor Flight Dynamics - Fixed Wing MAV	9 July 2010	International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition 2010 - Germany	4th Place	Sepanta team, Omid Jamshidi AfarAni, Pouya Tabibi, Mehrdad Golkar
Outdoor Autonomy - Fixed Wing MAV	9 July 2010	International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition 2010 - Germany	5th Place	Sepanta team, Omid Jamshidi Afarani, Pouya Tabibi, Mehrdad Golkar
RoboCup Junior Soccer League Light Weight Soccer A	19-25 June 2010	Robocup 2010 SINGAPORE	2nd Place	Mikail SHAPOORY ARANI
Endurance competition at the Outdoor Competition in't Harde, the Netherlands	12-15 sep 2011	International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition- IMAV2011	3rd Place	Omid Jamshidi Afarani head of the Dr. Hesabi team, Pouya Tabibi, Navid Khazdooz, Hosein Jamshidi, Alireza Moradi
Replacing electronic system with stimulant valve mechanism in various internal combustion engines	3 November 2012	International Trade Fair Ideas inventions innovations Nurnberg	Bronze	Ali Akbar Rashidi

Inventions

A number of students' registered inventions with superior ranking in International competitions:
1. Full – automatic dishwasher
2. Microscopic homogenization of surfaces through penetration method
3. Liquid mechanical pump
4. Vehicle side mirror with the capability of vision in several directions
5. Car hood movable from front and back
6. Rubber sclerometer
7. Intelligent anti-lock brake for motorcycle
8. 11-Function carpentry device
9. Wetting device and gas preparatory device for polymetric fuel cell
10. Simple geer designing software
11. Manufacture of electric soldering iron by using graphite energized by 5 to 24 – volt batteries
12. Car and house alarms capable of using coil
13. Electrochemical CU.C.AL battery without ion exchange
14. Mechanical switch torque and high – stroke stimulator of micro – switch
15. Hydroelectric device converting fluid energy to constant energy
16. Air pollutant purification device special for industrial centers
17. Device determining the mass center of inhomogeneous and human non-rigid center
18. Intelligent direction – finder mirrors
19. Full-spinning, ball-bearing crane of columns with two catchers
20. Controlling sleepwalkers by individual relative positioning system
21. Vehicle balance system and prevention from being overturned by pump weights
22. Floating immersed propeller
23. Design and construction of floating autonomous system
24. Design and construction of doubled-hull unmanned boat with floating width stabilizer winglets
25. Weakening glass in automobiles
26. Construction of a line following robot

Presence in social networking websites

The university has an unofficial student Instagram page named "" which is managed by a group of students and has more than 6500 followers. This group of students also run and manage a Telegram channel name "". Both aforementioned page and channels are not confirmed by the university.
The university also had official Telegram channels, and the most successful ones were run by "" and "", but after telegram censorship in Iran, an order from the central branch of university to halt all branch activities on Telegram and move to national Iranian messengers, these accounts activity were halted.