Urmia University

Urmia University
دانشگاه اروميه
© Urmia University
Established	1965
Type	Public
President	Dr. Hasaan Sedghi
Academic staff	about 400
Admin. staff	about 800
Students	15,000
Undergraduates	14,000
Postgraduates	up to 1,000
Location	Urmia, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran 37°39′24.82″N 44°59′12.42″E
Campus	Urban & Suburban
Athletics	? teams
Website	www.urmia.ac.ir

The older Administrative division of Urmia University.

Urmia University (Persian: دانشگاه ارومیه‎) (also known as University of Urmia), is a major university in the city of Urmia the Capital of West Azarbaijan province of Iran.

Urmia University with its 5 Campuses, 7 Faculties, more than 14,000 students, and its exclusive research centers, is the second largest university of Iran's NorthWest after University of Tabriz. The University also has another campus in Khoy city. Urmia University is one of Iran's "Grade A" Universities.

History

The university was founded by Joseph Cochran as a medical school in 1878, who is also often credited for founding Iran’s "first contemporary medical college".

The website of Urmia University credits Cochran for "lowering the infant mortality rate in the region" [1] and for founding one of Iran's first modern hospitals ("Westminister Hospital") in Urmia.

The medical faculty Cochran established there was joined by several other Americans, namely Drs. Wright, Homlz, van Nourdon, and Miller. They were all buried in Urmia.

The website of Urmia University says this about Cochran and his team:

"There they lie in peace away from their homeland, and the testimonial epitaphs on their tombs signify their endeavor and devotion to humanity."

The Urmia University of Medical Sciences detached from the main school in 1985.

Fame

Dr. Hadi Papi

Campuses

The main campus of Urmia University is in Urmia, Iran. It is located close to the Iran-Turkye international sero border, which is the symbol of open doors to European union.This university have 6 campus in urmia city and west azarbayjan state but Nazlou Campus is the most important one of these campus, which embraces majority of the faculties in a vast area. Urmia University has five main campuses:

• Nazlu Campus (11th km of Serow road near to Nazlu village)
• City Campus (Inside Urmia city)
• Literature Campus (Inside Urmia city)
• School of Engineering Campus (1.5th km of Serow road)
• School of Arts (Inside Urmia city)
• Khoy Campus

Buildings

• UU Chemistry Department
• UU Civil Engineering Department
• UU Computer Engineering Department
• UU Electrical engineering Department
• UU Management and Economics School
• UU Mechanical Engineering Department
• UU Physics Department
• UU Languages and Linguistics Center
• Central library
• UU Mosque
• The gym
• Publication Office
• The Restaurant

Faculties

• Engineering Faculty (including Departments of Mechanical Engineering(B.c and M.s), Civil Engineering(B.c, M.s and Phd), Electrical Engineering(Electronic(B.c, M.s and Phd), Antenna Design(B.c, M.s and Phd), Telecommunication(B.c, M.s and Phd), Power engineering(B.c, M.s), Signal Processing(B.c, M.s) and Mining Engineering(B.c, M.s), and Computer Engineering(B.c, M.s)).
• Science Faculty (including Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geology).
• Agriculture Faculty.
• Literature & Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty.
• Veterinary Faculty.
• Arts Faculty.
• Natural Sources Faculty.

Buildings

Some notable buildings of the university:

The Central Library of Urmia University.

Talare-e-Shahid Chamran is the main Hall of the university.

• Central Library of Urmia University [2]
• Shahid Chamran Hall of Urmia University
• Azadegan Gymnasium of Urmia University.
• The Mosque of Urmia University.

Research centers

• Artemia & Aquatic Animals Research Center [3][4](English)
• MicroElectronics Research Center [5]
• MicroMachine Research Center [6]
• Biological Sciences Research Center [7]
• Urmia University Research Center of Structure.
• Antenna and High frequency Research Center
• Artimia Research Center
• MEMS Lab.
• Nanotechnology Center

Chancellors

Chancellor	Tenure	Alma mater	Speciality
Dr. Hassan Sedghi	2008-CURRENT	University of New South Wales Australia	Physics

Other public universities in Iranian Azerbaijan

• Urmia University of Medical Sciences
• Urmia University of Technology
• Sahand University of Technology
• Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
• University of Tabriz
• Ardabil University of Medical Sciences
• Mohaghegh Ardabili University
• Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS)
• Zanjan University
• Azarbaijan University of Tarbiat Moallem
• Tabriz Islamic Arts University
• Bonab Higher education Complex
• University of Maragheh

See also

• List of Iranian universities
• Higher education in Iran
• U.S.-Iran relations
• History of Iran
• Famous Americans in Iran

External links

• Urmia University website
• Urmia University website (Persian)
• Urmia University Museum of Natural History website (Persian)
• Science & Technology Park of West Azarbaijan Province (Persian)