Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
دانشگاه صنعتی نوشیروانی بابل

The university administration building
Former names
 Noshirvani Institute of Technology
Type Technical university
Established 1970
Chancellor Javad Vaseghi Amiri
Academic staff
 85
Students 4000
Location Babol, Māzandarān, Iran
Campus 11 hectares
Website http://en.nit.ac.ir/

Babol Noshirvani University of Technology is a technical university in Babol, a city in Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran, 20 km south of the Caspian Sea.

History

Noshirvani Institute of Technology was founded in 1970 by a philanthropist of Iran, the late Seyed Hossein Fallah Noshirvani. The college is situated in Babol a city in Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran, 20 km south of the Caspian Sea

The college is constructed on 11 hectares land and occupies three buildings and four workshop and laboratories blocks housing four Engineering departments. The amphitheater in Mazandaran has video projection, sound track system and lighting system required for the local and national educational seminars and other college and local functions. The amphitheater is furnished with 750 seats (550 seats in the main hall and 200 seats in balcony). Adjacent to the amphitheater is an administration block housing Director’s & Deputy Director’s offices.

In 1972 the institution was named Higher Technical Teacher's Training College where the selected students were trained to be technical teachers in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering. In 1979 through the University Commission, the Higher Technical Teacher's College was amalgamated in the University of Mazandaran as the university Engineering College offering undergraduate and graduate courses.

It was established in 1970 as the Technical Teachers Training Institute of Babol. In 1979 it amalgamated with the University of Mazandaran and operated as University of Mazandaran Faculty of Engineering. In 2005, the process of independence from University of Mazandaran started and until March 2008 it was operated as Noshirvani Institute of Technology (Babol Noshiravani Technical and Education Complex).

As of March 2008 it was upgraded to the Babol (Noshirvani) University of Technology.[1]

Ranking

Thomson Reuters ISI web of knowledge announces a list of world's most effective universities every year. NIT has been ranked as the 7th top university of technology in the country among top 1% universities of the world in June 2015.[2]

Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC) has announced a list of most effective universities of Iran based on scientific diplomacy in 2012-2014. Babol Noshirvani university of technology has been ranked 3rd among all the technical universities of iran in such field after Isfahan university of technology and Sharif university of technology.[3]

Administration

Chancellor: Javad Vaseqi Amiri, Professor of Civil Engineering, since 2014

Schools

Major faculties of the university:[4]

Basic Science

The School of Basic Science changed from the Department of Basic Science to the School of Basic Science in 2010. Also in this college, In addition to teaching basic courses to all undergraduate of other colleges, students are accepted in senior undergraduate degree in Pure Mathematics.

Educational fields: M.S. (Level) :

M.S : 20

Academic groups :

Chemical Engineering

The Chemical Engineering School began its activity with accepting students at undergraduate level. The school is organizing new students' admission continuously in undergraduate, master and PhD. Faculty members in the college consist of nine permanent members. 80 ISI articles and 76 conferences articles and five applied research projects are achievements of the school.

Educational fields

B.S. (Level)

M.S. (Level): Advanced Chemical Engineering

PhD (Level)

B.S : 467 M.S : 78 PhD : 26

Academic groups :

Civil Engineering

The School of Civil Engineering accepts students at undergraduate level.The School of Civil Engineering organizes student admission continuously in undergraduate, master and PhD. Thirty three ISI and Science and Research articles, 44 conferences articles, 10 applied research projects were achievements of the college in 2009.

Educational fields : B.S. (Level) :

M.S. (Level) :

PhD (Level) :

B.S : 676 M.S : 133 PhD : 15

Academic gorups :

Electrical and Computer Engineering

This School with two Electrical and Computer Engineering field is one of the most equipped academic centers in the country which has begun its work with undergraduate students admissions. Each year, many research and industrial projects in application areas stage to be implemented by academic members and students in this college. Currently, this School is attempting to organize new student’s admission continuously in undergraduate, master and PhD. 25 ISI articles and 26 scientific research and 88 conferences article and 5 applied research projects are achievements of this college in the past year (2009). The number of theses defended in MA section in the past year is 53.

Educational fields : B.S. (Level) : Electrical Engineering (Electronic) Electrical Engineering (Power) Electrical Engineering (Control) Electrical Engineering (Communications) Computer Engineering (Hardware) Bio-medical Engineering (Bio-electric)

M.S. (Level) :

Electrical Engineering

The number of students whom studying:

Mechanical Engineering

The School of Mechanical Engineering with experienced personnel, which contains faculty members and experts, is of the most active scientific centers that has begun its activity with accepting students in undergraduate level. Each year, many research and industrial projects in application areas stage to be implemented by academic staffs and students in this college. Currently, the School of Mechanical Engineering is attempting to organize new student s admission continuously in undergraduate, master and PhD. Holding two conferences about Fluid Dynamics and Manufacturing Dynamics, 126 ISI articles and 56 scientific research and 100 conferences articles and 10 applied research projects are achievements of this college in the past year (2009).

Educational fields: B.S. (Level) :

M.S. (Level):

PhD (Level) :

The number of students whom studying:

Islamic Culture Group

Nanotechnology Research Institute

Student activism

Student activist Sayed Ziaoddin "Zia" Nabavi attended the university as an engineering student before being banned from higher education for his anti-government political activities.[6] Along with other banned students, he formed the Council to Defend the Right to Education to defend their rights to continue attending university. Following his participation in "Green Revolution" protests following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed reelection, Sayed Ziaoddin Nabavi was arrested along with his wife,[7] and he is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence on charges of "creating unease in the public mind".[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History & Mission". En.nit.ac.ir. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  2. ↑ "History & Mission". nit.ac.ir. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  3. ↑ http://nit.ac.ir/view_event.aspx?myID=MjQ=
  4. ↑ "School of NIT". En.nit.ac.ir. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  5. ↑ http://cee.nit.ac.ir/view_masters.aspx
  6. ↑ "Urgent Action: Prisoner taken from cell at risk of torture". Amnesty International. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Iran's dead and detained". The Guardian. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Student Activist Zia Nabavi Marks Another Birthday in Prison". Amnesty International. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

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