Kharazmi University
| Kharazmi University دانشگاه خوارزمی |
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|---|---|
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| founding | 1919 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Karaj and Tehran |
| country |
 Iran
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| president | Mohammad Ali Sobhanollahi |
| Students | ~ 14,000 |
| Professors | 340 |
| Networks | FUIW , IAU |
| Website | khu.ac.ir |
The Kharazmi University ( Persian دانشگاه خوارزمی Daneschgah-e Chwarazmi , former name: Tarbiat Moallem University of Tehran ) is considered the oldest institution of higher education in Iran . The name of the university is derived from al-Chwarizmi (780–850), a Persian mathematician , astronomer and geographer . The university offers study programs in numerous disciplines and was founded in 1919 as a pedagogical university with a focus on teacher training. The university achieved university status as Tarbiat Moallem University Tehran in 1974. Since 2010, the university has had the proper name of Kharazmi University.
Kharazmi University is now one of the largest universities in Iran, with faculties of natural sciences, engineering, mathematics and computer science, Persian literature, as well as humanities, psychology & education, sports science and chemistry. The university is located in two locations, one in central Tehran (near Darvazeh-Dowlat and Taleghani underground stations) and one in Karaj .
Faculties
Today the university has the following faculties:
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Psychology and Education
- Faculty of Sports
- Faculty of Management and Business Administration
- Faculty of Geography
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Faculty of Physics
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Faculty of Biology
- Faculty of Earth Sciences
Web links
- khu.ac.ir Official Website
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Members. (pdf) In: www.fumi-fuiw.org. Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, 2017, p. 3 , accessed on September 1, 2019 .
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed July 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Faculty of Engineering ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on cvs.tmu.ac.ir (English).