University of Qom
34°35′N 50°49′E / 34.583°N 50.817°E
دانشگاه قم Dāneshgāh-e Qom | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1980 |
| President | Asghar Dirbaz[1] |
Academic staff | 282 |
| Students | 10000 |
| Address | Near Shahrak Ghods, Ghadir Blvd. , , , 3716146611 , 34°36′04.4″N 50°49′32.4″E / 34.601222°N 50.825667°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Athletics | Football, Badminton, Volleyball, Basketball, Wrestling |
| Website | https://qom.ac.ir/ |
| File:University Of Qom Logo.jpg | |
University of Qom (Template:Lang-fa) is a state university located in Qom (120 km south of Tehran). Established in 1980 by Mohammad Beheshti and Mohammad Javad Bahonar.
The university offers degrees in five colleges.
Following an endorsement by the High Council of the Revolution and under the supervision of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, the University of Qom was founded in 1358/1979 under the name “The High Educational and Legal School of the Seminarians”. It is considered as one of the academic centers in the field of legal studies. In 1364/1985, following a confirmation by the High Council of Cultural Revolution, the School admitted students from high school graduates, too. In 1376/1997, it changed its status to "University of Qom". The university has an area of 140 ha and consists of 6 faculties, 7 research and technology centers, 10 research groups, 33 academic departments, and 164 academic fields. It also has about 10,000 students (in Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. degrees) and 282 members of academic staff: 12 full professors, 90 associate professors, 160 assistant professors, and 20 instructors. Some of them are regarded as national genius figures. Most of the university's activities are in the fields of Civil Engineering, IT and Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanic Engineering, and Laws.
Faculties & Departments[2]
Currently, University of Qom consists of the following faculties and departments:
The Faculty of Engineering was established in 2003 as the first center of engineering fields in Qom province and during less than two decades has had a significant growth in quantitative and qualitative development in engineering fields and the number of students.
Currently, this faculty consists of these departments:
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of IT and Computer Engineering
- Department of Industrial Engineering
- Department of Mechanic Engineering
- Department of Architectural Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
Four years after the establishment of physics and mathematics fields at the undergraduate level, and considering the growth in the number of students in these two academic fields and the need to launch other fields of basic sciences in 2001, the Faculty of Basic Sciences was established.
Currently, this faculty consists of these departments:
- Department of Physics
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Biology
- Department of Computer Science
The Faculty of Management and Economics is one of the new faculties of UQ, which was established in 2011 as an independent faculty in Qom University according to the increasing needs of the province for the education of committed and specialized manpower in the private and public sectors.
Currently, this faculty consists of these departments:
- Department of Business Management
- Department of Industrial Management
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Economics
The Faculty of Literature and Humanities started its activities in 2001.
Currently, this faculty consists of these departments:
- Department of Persian Language and Literature
- Department of English Language and Literature
- Department of Arabic Language and Literature
- Department of Educational Sciences
- Department of Physical Education
- Department of Information Sciences and Knowledge Studies
The Faculty of Law is one of the most experienced higher law education centers in the country, which has been able to play a very important role in the training of jurists, lawyers, and professors. Currently, law education at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels are available in various areas of interest at this faculty.
Currently, this faculty consists of these departments:
- Department of International and Public Law
- Department of Private Law
- Department of Intellectual Property Law
- Department of Criminology and Criminal Law
Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies
The administrative organization of the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies and its four departments was officially established in 2001.
Currently, this faculty consists of these departments:
- Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences
- Department of Jurisprudence and the Concept of Law
- Department of Philosophy of Ethics
- Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology
- Department of Islamic Studies
- Department of Shia studies
University of Qom students social network
University of Qom students social network is a website that enables users to chat, send and read text and share their images and videos.[3]
Ranking
- Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
- Global university 2890
- Asia university 1003
- Middle East university 207
- International University 66th
- Unirank
- Global University 4926
- International University 72
- scimago
- Global University 547th (1852th)
- International University 30th
Notable alumni
- Ammar al-Hakim (Arabic: سید عمار الحكيم) is an Iraqi cleric and politician who led the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, from 2009 to 2017.
- Dhiyaa Al-Musawi, born in Bahrain 1970, is a politician, author, writer, and former cleric.
- Mohsen Kadivar was visiting scholar at Islamic Legal Studies Program of Harvard Law School in 2002, visiting professor of Islamic studies at the University of Virginia (2008-2009), and at Duke University (fall 2009 - spring 2014). He held the fall 2014 Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kadivar is currently a research professor of Islamic Studies in the department of religious studies at Duke University.
References
- ^ "حجت الاسلام دیرباز سرپرست دانشگاه قم معرفی شد". Mehr News Agency. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ "The official page of University of Qom in TopUniversities.com".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ http://qomac.ir/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87/
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