Imam Khomeini International University

Imam Khomeini International University

دانشگاه بین المللی امام خمینی Dāneshgāh-e Beynolmelali emām khomeini
Imam Khomeini International University
Motto	شکوفایی علمی، بیداری اسلامی
Motto in English	Scientific development, Islamic awakening
Type	Public
Established	1991
Chancellor	Abolhassan Naeini
Students	8,000
Undergraduates	5,489
Postgraduates	1,281
Location	Qazvin , Iran
Affiliations	IAU FUIW ACSSU
Website	ikiu.ac.ir

Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) is a university in Iran that was founded after the Islamic Revolution. The bill of IKIU’s constitution was ratified by the Iranian Parliament in January 1984. Constituent organs of IKIU include Board of trustees, president, and council. Deputies for Education, Research, and Students and Culture are some of the other departments. In addition, there is a Science and Technology Park, and central library with more than 100000 books and magazines.

IKIU has formed the Brilliant-Talent students’ office to recognize top students and to support and guide the students, providing educational and welfare facilities. It has seven faculties. The Persian Language Teaching Center has hosted students from more than 96 countries, enjoying language labs, library, and computer site.

History

The university was established in 1991 to further culture, civilization, and thought of Muslim world. As an educational, research, and cultural institution under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, IKIU has the following aims:

• Furthering and promoting Islamic culture in the Muslim world
• Propagating Islamic culture and thought and science and technology on an international scale
• Introducing grand figures of the Muslim world with the purpose of consolidating Islamic culture
• Taking advantage of innovations and developments in science and technology to the benefit of Iran and other Islamic countries
• Training committed specialists with the purpose of making Islamic countries scientifically and culturally self-reliant
• Contributing toward the development of higher education in Iran

Status

The university offers 30 undergraduate courses and 13 master courses with a faculty of 183 staff teachers. There are 5489 undergraduates and 1281 graduate students. According to Four-Year Development Plan, five undergraduate courses, 17 master courses, and five PhD courses will be added to the programs of study.

The university admits international students. A total of 200 to 250 international students are admitted into the Center for Teaching Persian to non-natives each year.

Since not all of the academic levels and programs of study required by such students are available in IKIU and because the number of international applicants is on the rise, some international students will be referred to other leading universities in the country to continue their studies after they complete Persian language and pre-university courses.

500 international students from 55 countries are doing their 22 undergraduate and graduate courses at IKIU. Country-wide, around 5000 such students are doing humanities, engineering, science, and medicine.

Campus

The main campus of Imam Khomeini International University is in Qazvin, Iran. There is a Science and Technology Park near the main campus. A residential complex is near the main campus.

Buildings

Main Campus

• Faculty of Science (Page)
• Faculty of Engineering and Technology (Page)
• Faculty of Literature and Humanity Sciences (Page)
• Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Researches (Page)
• Faculty of Social Sciences (Page)
• Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development (Page)
• Faculty of Futures Studies
• Central Library
• Central Hall
• Professional laboratories
• Restaurant
• Mosque
• Sports hall

Residential complex

• Persian Language Center (Page)
• Dormitories
• Sports hall
• Soccer field

Faculty and alumni

Chancellors

Chancellor	Tenure	Alma mater	Speciality
Dr. Mohammad Marouf Mashat	1980–1987	University of Oklahoma* University of Leicester	Nuclear Engineering* Solid-state Physics
Dr. Mahmoud Boroujerdi	1987-1988	-	-
Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi	1988–1989	MIT	Nuclear Engineering
Dr. Gholamreza Shirazian	1989–1992	University of Florida	Civil Engineering
Dr. Mohammad Taqikhani	1992–1994	-	Biochemistry
Prof. Saeed Sohrabpour	1994–1996	UC Berkeley	Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Rasoul Kazempour	1996–1997	-	Chemistry
Dr. Ali Asghar Varsei	1997–2001	Manchester University	Mathematics
Dr. Mohsen Beheshti Seresht	2001–2004	-	History
Dr. Abolhassan Naeini	2004–2006	Iran University of Science and Technology	Civil Engineering
Dr. Hassan Ghafouri Fard	2006–2009	University of Kansas	Nuclear Physics
Dr. Abdolali Alebooye Langroodi	2009–2014	University of Tehran	Arabic Literature
Dr. Abolhassan Naeini	2014–present	Iran University of Science and Technology	Civil Engineering

*Unfinished because of Islamic Revolution

Notable faculty

• Abdolkarim Soroush, as professor of Islamic Philosophy, before leaving the country
• Abolhassan Naeini, associated professor of Civil engineering
• Saeid Abbasbandy, professor of mathematics
• Ali Abkar, professor of mathematics and head of sciences faculty
• Abdolrahman Razani, professor of mathematics
• Hassan Esmati, teacher of theology and former Iran's cultural attaché in Tunisia
• Alireza Shokouhi, Iranian prominent hydrologist
• Hossein Abadian, professor of Iran's contemporary history

Notable alumni

• Sayed Hassan Akhlaq, Afghan philosopher
• Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist
• Maryam Shafipour, student activist

See also

• List of Iranian Research Centers
• List of colleges and universities
• Higher education in Iran
• Academy of Gundishapur
• List of Iranian scientists from the pre-modern era.
• Modern Iranian scientists and engineers
• Education in Iran
• National Library of Iran
• Sarad
• Simorq

External links

• IKIU Photo gallery
• Official website
• English website
• Arabic website