Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
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| Noshirvani University of Technology | |
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| دانشگاه صنعتی (نوشیروانی) بابل | |
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| Established | 1970 |
| Type | Technical University |
| Chancellor | Dr. Asskar Janalizadeh |
| Vice-president |
Azizollah Babakhani (Education) |
| Academic staff | 85 |
| Students | 4000 |
| Location | Babol, Māzandarān, Iran |
| Campus | 11 hectares |
| Former names | Noshirvani Institute of Technology |
| Website | http://www.nit.ac.ir/ |
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology is a technical university in the city of Babol, 200 km north of Tehran, Iran. It is one of the oldest technical universities in the country.[citation needed]
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[edit] History and mission
Noshirvani Institute of Technology was founded in 1970 by Iranian philanthropist Seyed Hossein Fallah Noshirvani. The college is situated in Babol a city in Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran, 20 km south of the Caspian Sea.
In 1972 this institution was named Higher Technical Teacher's Training College where the selected students were trained to be qualified technical teachers in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering. In 1979 through the University Commission, the Higher Technical Teacher's College was amalgamated in the University of Mazandaran as University's Engineering College offering undergraduate and graduate courses.
NIT is a coeducational institution.
It was established in 1970 as Technical Teachers Training Institute of Babol. In 1979 it amalgamated with University of Mazandaran and operated as University of Mazandaran Faculty of Engineering. In 2005, the process of independence from University of Mazandaran started and until March 2008 it was operated as Noshirvani Institute of Technology (Babol Noshiravani Technical and Education Complex).
In March 2008 it was upgraded to the Babol (Noshirvani) University of Technology.
[edit] Campus
The college was constructed on 11 hectares land and occupies three buildings and four workshops and laboratory blocks housing four engineering departments.
Adjacent to the amphitheater is an administration block housing the director’s and deputy director’s offices.
[edit] Schools
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Basic Science
- Nanotechnology Research Institute
- Islamic Culture
[edit] Student activism
Student activist Sayed Ziaoddin "Zia" Nabavi attended the university as an engineering student before being banned from higher education for his anti-government political activities.[1] Along with other banned students, he formed the Council to Defend the Right to Education to defend their rights to continue attending university. Following his participation in "Green Revolution" protests following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed reelection, Sayed Ziaoddin Nabavi was arrested along with his wife,[2] and he is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence on charges of "creating unease in the public mind".[3]
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ "Urgent Action: Prisoner taken from cell at risk of torture". Amnesty International. 11 March 2011. http://blog.amnestyusa.org/middle-east/student-activist-zia-nabavi-marks-another-birthday-in-prison/. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Iran's dead and detained". The Guardian. 13 June 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/28/iran-dead-detained-protests-elections-spreadsheet. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Student Activist Zia Nabavi Marks Another Birthday in Prison". Amnesty International. 20 December 2011. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/029/2011/en/bfbcd1a1-e030-4745-8f12-b495860d6cf1/mde130292011en.html. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
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