The University of Zanjan (ZNU) (Persian: دانشگاه زنجان Dāneshgāh-e Zanjan) is located in Zanjan, Iran. It was founded in 1975 and organized into four faculties. Nowadays it is one of the largest universities of the country with a community of over 10,000 students.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 125 in 36 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,229 people in 51 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,881 people in 27 households; it was the largest locality in its rural district.
History
ZNU (the ex-Higher School for Agriculture & Animal Science) started its activities in 1975.
In December 1975, as ratified by the state council, land with an area of 440 hectares was dedicated by the Forestry Organization to ZNU. On February 20, 1976 Zanjan Higher School for Agriculture & Animal Science started its work under the new title Zanjan Agriculture & Animal Science College while it enhanced its Agriculture & Animal Science Courses to a BS Level.
With a Council for the Expansion of Higher Education agreement (April 25, 1987) on enrolling students in the Engineering college, the council altered the Zanjan A&AS college title to a Center for Higher Education on May 8, 1987 (including Engineering and Agriculture colleges).
Following this the science and humanities colleges were established in 1990 & 1991, respectively, and the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education changed the center for higher school in Zanjan to University of Zanjan.
Zanjan University is one the Iran's most politically active college campuses and 2008 Zanjan University Protests gained international attentions and inspired other similar movements in schools and universities Women Lead Rallies.
Faculties and departments
The university has four faculties
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Computer Engineering
Department of Surveying Engineering
Department of Mining Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
Department of Architecture
Department of Painting
Faculty of Sciences
Department of Physics
Department of Mathematics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Geology
Department of Biology
Department of Statistics
Department of Environmental science
Faculty of Humanities
Department of Islamic History
Department of Geography
Department of Philosophy
Department of Persian
Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature and Translation Studies
Department of Accountancy
Department of Islamic Mysticism
Department of Psychology
Department of Economic Sciences
Department of Commercial Management
Department of Industrial Management
Department of Law
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Agricultural Extension, Communication and Rural Development
Department of Agronomy & Plant Breeding
Department of Animal Sciences
Department of Food Industry
Department of Horticulture
Department of Irrigation
Department of Plant Protection
Department of Soil Sciences
World rankings
Times Ranking of World Universities
2016: International rank : +801
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
2012: International rank : 2466, National rank : 26
Islamic World Science Citation Database Rankings
2014: National rank : 19
2013: National rank : 20
2012: National rank : 20
2011: National rank : 22
2010: National rank : 29
GreenMetric overal ranking
2017: World rank : 47
2015: World rank : 69
2014: World rank : 128
Notable people
Sadollah Nasiri Gheydari is a physicist and professor at the university. He also was a reformist representative of Zanjan and Tarom County in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. Ali Ramazani is a chemist and professor at the university. He is one of the top researchers based on the ISI declaration (2011). Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS) Islamic Azad University of Zanjan Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM) Higher education in Iran List of universities in Iran