University of Isfahan1946

• Located in the old historical city of Isfahan.• Established in 1946. • One of the leading higher educational institutes in Iran. • Undergraduate degrees in 70 fields• Graduate degrees more than 180 programs • 13 faculties • 652 full-time and 1000 Part-Time academic members.• 10660 undergraduate students (60 % are female)• 4490 master students • 2413 PhD and post doctorate students• 195 foreign students from 12 countries (graduate and undergarduate) • Capacity to accommodate 125 foreign students in the dorm • 30 companies in Entrepreneur center

University of Isfahan

• Number of ISI paper 764 (2017)• Number of papers in SCOPUS 1042 (2017)• Domestic journals 1866 (2017)• Inventions and discoveries 86 (2017)• Conference papers 960 (2017)• Published books 210 (till 2017)

Faculties• Administrative Sciences and Economics• Advanced Sciences and Technologies• Ahl Al-Bayt and Islamic Studies• Chemistry• Civil Engineering and Transportation• Computer Engineering• Education and Psychology• Engineering• Foreign Languages• Geography Sciences and Planning• Literature and Humanities• Sciences• Sport Sciences

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Centers of Excellence

• Center of Excellence for Geography and Urban-Regional Planning

• Center of Excellence for Environmental Pollutants• Center of Excellence for Psychology of Spirituality and

Happiness• Center of Excellence for International Economics• Center of Excellence for Banach Algebra• Center of Excellence for Research on Philosophical and

Mystical Texts• Center of Excellence for Plant Stress

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10 Research Centers /Institutes and 45 Research Groups

Such as …• Industrial and Organizational Psychology• Transport and Traffic• Natural Bio-Pharmaceutical Products• Prescription Research and Correcting Texts• Family in Islamic Society• Operations Research• Processing and Intelligent Systems• Process Engineering• Security Studies

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Notable Alumni

• Thousands of school teachers• Hundreds of university professors• Hundreds of researchers• Several politicians, ministers• Former president of Iran: President Khatami• The last but not least: late “Begum Nusrat Bhutto”,

Pakistan’s first lady (1971-1977).

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Towards UI Internationalization

UI Strategies for Internationalization International cooperation and development projects; Institutional agreements and networks; International/ intercultural dimension of the

teaching/learning process, curriculum and research;campus-based extracurricular clubs and activities;

Mobility of academics through exchange, field work,sabbaticals and consultancy work; recruitment ofinternational students; student exchange programs andsemesters abroad;

Joint/double degree programs; twinning partnerships; andbranch campuses.

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DEPARTMENTSAccountingEconomicsLawManagement Political Sciences

Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics

Faculty of Ahl Al-Bayt

DEPARTMENTS Quran and Ahl Al-Bayt SciencesWomen’s Studies

DEPARTMENTSAnalytical Chemistry Inorganic ChemistryOrganic Chemistry Physical Chemistry Polymer Chemistry

Faculty of Chemistry

Faculty of Computer Sciences

DEPARTMENTS Artificial Intelligence Engineering Computer Architecture Engineering

Information Technology Engineering Software Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

DEPARTMENTSBiomedical EngineeringChemical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMechanical Engineering

Faculty of Foreign Languages

DEPARTMENTS Arabic Language and Literature Armenian Language and Literature Chinese Language and Literature English Language and Literature French Language and Literature German Language and Literature Linguistics

Faculty of Geographical Sciences and Planning

DEPARTMENTS Geography and Urban Planning Geography and Rural Planning Physical Geography

Faculty of Literature and Humanities

DEPARTMENTS History Islamic Philosophy and Theology Islamic Sciences Persian Language and Literature Philosophy Quran and Hadith Sciences Social Science-Sociology

Faculty of Natural and Pure Sciences

DEPARTMENTS Biology Geology Mathematics Physics Statistics

DEPARTMENTS Biotechnology Engineering Energy Engineering Knowledge and Technology Strategy

Engineering Nanotechnology Engineering

Faculty of New Technologies

Faculty of Physical Education

DEPARTMENTS Motor Behavior and Sport Management Pathology and Corrective Exercises and Biomechanics Sport Physiology

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

DEPARTMENTS Counseling Educational Sciences Knowledge and Information Sciences Psychology Psychology of Exceptional Children

Faculty of Civil Engineering & Transportation DEPARTMENTS

Civil engineering Survey engineering Railway Engineering Transportation Planning

PhD 6 disciplinesMaster 9 disciplinesUndergraduate 4 disciplinesLabs 7Academic member 33Undergraduate students 572Master students 182PhD students 46

University of Isfahan1946