Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز
Dāneshgāh-e Shahid Chamrān-e Ahvāz
Main gate of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Former names
Gondishapur University of Ahvaz
Jundishapur University of Ahvaz (1955–1982)
TypePublic
Established1955; 71 years ago (1955)
FounderMohammad Reza Pahlavi
AffiliationsMinistry of Science, Research and Technology
PresidentAli-Hossein Hosseinzadeh (acting)
Academic staff
642 (2025)
Students20,373 (2013)
Undergraduates15,088 (2013)
Postgraduates5,285 (2013)
Location
Golestan Boulevard
,
Ahvaz
,
Khuzestan
,
Iran

31°18′36″N 48°39′33″E / 31.310046°N 48.659283°E / 31.310046; 48.659283
Campus
  • 112 hectares (280 acres)
  • Urban; two main campuses in Ahvaz and five dependent campuses elsewhere in the province
ColorsBlue and orange    
Websitescu.ac.ir

Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (Persian: دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز), formerly the Jundishapur University of Ahvaz (also spelled Gundishapur or Jondishapur), is a public university in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran. Opened in 1955, it is one of Iran's comprehensive "Grade A" (sath-e yek) universities as designated by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, and comprises 15 faculties together with one satellite campus. Its name commemorates the Academy of Gondishapur, the late antique centre of learning in Khuzestan.

By the ISC ranking, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz was the 13th largest and a leading university in Iran in 2015. The campus covers 276 acres (112 ha).

In 2024 (1403 SH), at the 41st meeting of the presidents of Iran's Grade A universities, attended by the Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei Sarraf, the ministry granted the university an "international mission" (ma'muriyat-e beynolmelali), placing it among the fifteen Iranian universities designated as leading, policy-shaping institutions.

History

Ancient Jundishapur

The university takes its historical name from Jundishapur, a city whose foundation is traditionally attributed to the Sasanian king Shapur I. Over roughly six centuries the name became synonymous with a major centre of learning in a range of disciplines, reaching its height under Khosrow I Anushirvan in the 6th century.

The exact site of the ancient university city is not established with certainty. According to research by Ahmad Eghtedari, it most probably lay in the area bounded by Shushtar, Susa and Dezful. The village of Shahabad, some 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Dezful and 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of Shushtar, is one of the proposed locations.

Modern foundation

Shortly after the modern university opened, Talat Basari was appointed vice-president, becoming the first woman to hold such a post at an Iranian university.

The modern institution opened in Ahvaz in Mehr 1334 (September 1955) under the name Gondishapur; shortly afterwards the spelling was changed to Jundishapur. Its buildings were laid out beside the Karun River, adjoining the Ahvaz tropical botanical garden. Several of the buildings and faculties were designed by architects including Kamran Diba and André Godard, making the complex one of the more notable examples of modern campus architecture in Iran.[citation needed]

The Faculty of Agriculture was the first faculty to be established, and agriculture, literature, mathematics and medicine were among the first fields of study offered. On 15 June 1958 (25 Khordad 1337) the first cohort of 38 graduates of the Faculty of Agriculture received their degrees.

Shortly after the university opened, Talat Basari was appointed vice-president, the first woman to reach such a position at a university in Iran.

Renaming

During the Iran–Iraq War, parts of the university's grounds were assigned to Mostafa Chamran, head of the Headquarters of Irregular Warfare. Following his death in action in 1981, the university was renamed in 1982 from Jundishapur University of Ahvaz to Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in his memory.

Separation of the medical faculties

In 1986, under national legislation transferring medical education to the newly created Ministry of Health and Medical Education, the Schools of Medicine, Health, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy separated from the university to form the independent Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences.

Organisation

The university is administered through the following vice-presidencies (mo'avenat):

Faculties

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The university's own pages are inconsistent about the founding year: its "About" page gives 1332 SH (1953/54), while its history page and most external sources give Mehr 1334 (September 1955), when the Faculty of Agriculture admitted its first students.

References

  1. ↑ "اعضای هیئت علمی دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز" (in Persian). Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز". International Student Identity Card – ISIC Iran (in Persian). Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "رتبه‌بندی دانشگاه‌ها و مؤسسات پژوهشی ایران و کشورهای اسلامی" (in Persian). Ur.isc.gov.ir. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Statistics". Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Archived from the original on 24 September 2004.
  5. ↑ "تأکید بر نقش دانشگاه‌ها در حل مسائل کشور در چهل‌ویکمین اجلاس رؤسای دانشگاه‌های سطح یک" (in Persian). Tarbiat Modares University. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "اشاره‌ای بر تاریخچه دانشگاه جندی‌شاپور" (in Persian). Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Eqtedari, Ahmad (1975). آثار و بناهای تاریخی خوزستان (دیار شهریاران) (in Persian). Vol. 1. Anjoman-e Asar-e Melli / Eshareh. pp. 336–349.
  8. ↑ Emam Shushtari, Mohammad-Ali. تاریخ جغرافیایی خوزستان (in Persian).
  9. ↑ Khodaei, Mohammad-Zaman. "نگاهی نو به شهری کهن". Journal of Historical Researches, University of Isfahan (in Persian).
  10. ↑ Pirnia, Mansoureh (1992). سفرنامهٔ شهبانو (in Persian). Paris: Mehr-e Iran. p. 99.
  11. ↑ "به یاد طلعت بصاری، استاد دانشگاه و پژوهشگر بهائی". journalismisnotacrime.com (in Persian). Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "زنان نامدار ایران: ۲۵ – دکتر طلعت بصاری، نخستین معاون دانشگاه جندی‌شاپور اهواز". iroon.com (in Persian). Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Kayhan, London. "زندگی‌نامه، افکار و اندیشه‌های دکتر طلعت بصاری" (in Persian). Retrieved 19 October 2025.

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