University of Zanjan


The University of Zanjan is located in Zanjan, Iran. It was founded in 1975 and organized in four faculties. Nowadays it is one the largest universities of the country with a community of over 10,000 students. At the 2006 census, population of the nearby urban area was over 400s and the nearby rural area was only 125.

History

ZNU 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 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.
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.

Faculties and departments

The university has four faculties:
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Agriculture

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