Gorgan University

Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

دانشگاه علوم كشاورزي و منابع طبيعي گرگان
Type	Public
Established	1957
President	Dr. Ali Najafinejad
Academic staff	150
Students	3,403
Undergraduates	2,178
Postgraduates	1,225
Location	Gorgan , Golestan Province , Iran
Campus	Urban
Website	www.gau.ac.ir

Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, a.k.a. Gorgan University is a university in Golestan Province of Iran.

History

GUASNR First founded in 1957 as the Junior College of Forestry and Range Management (مدرسه عالي منابع طبيعي گرگان), the university was among the first specialized agricultural universities of Iran. Through a course of continued development, the Junior College was promoted to the school of Natural Resources offering three major courses in Forestry, Range Management and Soil Conservation in 1975. After Islamic revolution, the School of Natural Resources was joined to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in 1981 and became part of the Mazandaran University. In 1986, the school was united with Junior College of Agriculture in the town of Gonbad and obtained an approval from the Council of Academic Development of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, to upgrade to an independent institute called Gorgan University Complex of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. As a result of the hard work of the academic members and administrative staff, Council of Academic Development passed an approval based on which the complex was promoted to the Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (GUASNR) on June 25, 1992.

Today the university has 9 Colleges (Faculties), training 2800 graduate and post-graduate students. The university has an exchange student program with Astrakhan State University in neighbouring Russia.

The university is located in the historical city of Gorgan in the Golestan Province (formerly the eastern part of Mazandaran province).

Faculties

• Animal Science
• Agricultural Management
• Fisheries & Environmental Sciences
• Food Science & Technology
• Forest Science
• Plant Production
• Rangeland & Watershed Management
• Water & Soil Engineering
• Wood & Paper Engineering

Journals

• Iranian journal of Aquatics Research
• International Journal of Lignocellulosic Products
• International Journal of Plant Production
• International Journal of Environmental Resources Research
• Poultry Science Journal
• Journal of Natural Resource Conservation (Persian)
• Electronic Journal of Crop Production (Persian)
• Journal of Ruminant Research (Persian)
• Journal of Range Land (Persian)
• Poultry Science Journal (Persian)
• Journal of Soil Management and Sustainable Production (Persian)
• Journal of Entrepreneurship & Agricultural Extension (Persian)
• Journal of Plant Production (Persian)
• Journal of Food Processing and Preservation (Persian)
• Journal of Aquaculture (Persian)
• Journal of Living in Environment (Persian)
• Journal of Wood Science and Technology (Persian)

See also

• Higher education in Iran

External links

• Gorgan University website