Imam Khomeini International University

Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), informally Qazvin International University, is an international university in Iran that was founded after the Islamic Revolution. The bill of IKIU’s constitution was ratified by the Iranian Parliament in 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.

History

The university was established in 1984 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.

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.

Main campus

• Faculty of Science (Page) Archived 2012-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Faculty of Engineering and Technology (Page)
• Faculty of Literature and Humanity Sciences (Page) Archived 2012-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Researches (Page) Archived 2012-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Faculty of Social Sciences (Page)
• Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development (Page) Archived 2012-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Faculty of Futures Studies
• Central Library
• Central Hall
• Professional laboratories
• Restaurant
• Mosque
• Sports hall

Residential complex

• Persian Language Center (Page) Archived 2012-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Dormitories
• Sports hall
• Soccer field

Faculty and alumni

Chancellors

*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
• Amirreza Vakilifard, prominent second language educationalist
• Saeid Abbasbandy, 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

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist

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