University of Isfahan


The University of Isfahan is a state-operated university located in Isfahan, Iran. The university is located on Azadi square of Isfahan. It has another campus in Khansar. University of Isfahan offers undergraduate degrees in 71 fields, graduate degrees in 185 fields and postgraduate in 119 fields.

History

The University of Isfahan was built in 1946. The decision to establish the university was an idea developed by a number of doctors at Amin Hospital in 1939. Eventually, the board of directors of the hospital approved a plan to establish Isfahan Higher Medical Institute in 1946. In September of the same year, an ad signed by lecturer Dr. Jelveh, then caretaker of Isfahan Province Health and Medical Treatment Department, was published in local newspapers calling on prospective students to enroll in the new institute. The first classes were held at Sadi High School. The first classes took place on 29 October 1950. Medical sciences were split off into a separate school, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, in 1985.

Faculties

As of 2020, the university had fourteen faculties which were:
PresidentTenure
Mehdi Namdar1958–1961
Mohammad Riahi1961–1962
Qasem Motamedi1967–1976
Mohammad Ali Tusi1977–1979
Gholamabbas Tavassoli1979–1980
Mohammad Ali Shahzamanian1980–1981
Akbar Shah Mohammadi1981–1982
Seyed Morteza Saghaiannejad1982–1985
Hassan Razmjoo1985–1997
Hooshang Talebi1997–2005
Mohammad Hossein Ramasht2005–2013
Hooshang Talebi2013–2021
Hossein Harsij2021–2025
rasull roknizade2025–present

Emblem

The university's logo was designed by Dr. Hossein Yaghini in 1968 by order of Dr. Motamedi, the president of the university.

International rankings

CWTS Leiden Ranking:

2019: : 765

2018: : 776

2017: : 797
Times Higher Education World University Rankings:

2021: 801–1,000
2020: 801–1,000
2019: 801–1,000