Shiraz University of Technology
{{Infobox university
|name =Shiraz University of Technology
|native_name =دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز
Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Shirāz
|image = Shiraz university of technology.png
|image_size = 200px
|established =1968
|type =Public university
|staff =
|faculty =103 (as of Jun 2017)
|president =
|chancellor =Mohammad Javad Dehghani (Since January 2025)
|vice_chancellor =Dr. Mohammad Reza Salehi
|students = ~1400
|undergrad = ~550
|postgrad = ~850
|city =Shiraz
|state =Fars
|country =Iran
|campus =Urban
|free_label =
|free =
|nickname =SUTECH
|footnotes =
|website =[http://en.sutech.ac.ir/ www.en.sutech.ac.ir]
}}
{{Short description|University of Technology in Iran}}
Shiraz University of Technology (SUTech) ({{langx|fa|دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Shirāz}}) is a university in Iran, a public university in the Fars province in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In 2004, the Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in Shiraz.{{cite web|title=آشنایی با دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز|url=http://hamshahrionline.ir/news-102570.aspx|publisher=Hamshahri Newspaper|access-date=26 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930155920/http://hamshahrionline.ir/news-102570.aspx|archive-date=30 September 2011}} Currently the university has about 1,700 students, with five Bachelor's degree programs (B.S.), 31 Master's degree (M.S.), and 14 Ph.D. degree programs.
History
Shiraz University of Technology was established in 1968 as the Electronics Industry College, which was one of the Shiraz University branches (Electronics Engineering College).{{cite web|title=به سایت دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز خوش آمدید|url=http://www.sutech.ac.ir/portal/show.aspx?Page=322|publisher=دانشگاه صنعتی شیراز|access-date=16 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015074028/http://www.sutech.ac.ir/Portal/Show.aspx?Page=322|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
After 2004, it was named "Shiraz University of Technology" as an independent public university which developed by some other fields such as Chemical, Material, Mechanical, etc.{{cite news|url=http://www.sutech.ac.ir:8080|title=دانشگاه صنعتی شيراز|publisher=Shiraz University of Technology|access-date=2011-08-07}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Campus
Currently there is just one campus on Moddares Blvd., Shiraz, Iran. It was announced that a new campus is building in Shahrak Sadra, Shiraz, Iran.{{cite web|title=درباره شهر جديد صدرا|url=http://www.sadracity.ir/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=90|publisher=شرکت عمران شهر جدید صدرا|access-date=26 August 2011}}
The campus consists of all the university's building like departments buildings, library, restaurant, mosque, gym, publication, etc. There are five department buildings:
- Faculty of Sciences building
- Electrical Engineering Department building (which have no classrooms and consists of faculties and some laboratories)
- Information Technology Department building (which merged with the chancellor's building)
- Chemical Engineering Department building (which merged with the Aerospace Engineering Department and Civil & Environmental Engineering Department and a part of the Electrical Engineering Department)
- Material Engineering Department building
Ranking
{{Infobox university rankings|QS_Asia=301|QS_Asia_year=2025|QS_Asia_ref={{Cite web |title=QS Asia University Rankings 2025 – Overall |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/asia-university-rankings?items_per_page=150 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Top Universities |language=en |url-status=live }}}}Shiraz University of Technology is the 5th university in Iran based on 2024 and 6th university in Iran 2025 Times rankings{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/shiraz-university-technology|title=Shiraz University of Technology|date=2019-03-25|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}} It is also 118th university in Asia and 501-600th in the world in 2024.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Best young university in Iran based on 2024 Times rankings and 85th in the world.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
Shiraz University of Technology is the 11th university in Iran based on 2024 QS Top-Universities It is also 261-270th university in Asia.
the 11th unuveristy in Iran and 301 in Asia based on 2025 QS Top-Universities.
{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
Faculties
The following degrees are now offered in the university training students in bachelor's and master's degrees levels:
- Aerospace Engineering (M.S. since 2010, PhD. since 2013)
- Applied Mathematics (M.S. since 2007, PhD. since 2010)
- Chemical Engineering (M.S. since 2007)
- Civil Engineering (B.S. since 2024, M.S. since 2008, PhD. since 2013)
- Computer Engineering (M.S. since 2011)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering (B.S. & M.S. since 2004, PhD. since 2010)
- Industrial Engineering (B.S. since 2019, M.S. since 2011)
- Information Technology (B.S. since 2004, M.S. since 2010, PhD. since 2013)
- Material Engineering (M.S. since 2009)
- Mechanical Engineering (B.S. since 2022, M.S. since 2007)
- Physics (M.S. since 2010)
- Physical Chemistry (M.S. since 2008)
=Chancellors=
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Chancellor
! Tenure ! Speciality ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Jalil Moghaddasi | 2004–2010 | Chemistry | Also president of the college before the university's establishment and Shiraz University's Faculty of Chemistry master |
| Prof. Shahrokh Jam | 2010–2014 | Communications Engineering | Former head master of the Electrical Engineering Department |
| Prof. Jalil Moghaddasi | 2014–2018 | Chemistry | Also president of the college before the university's establishment and Shiraz University's Faculty of Chemistry master |
| Prof. Mohammad Mehdi Alavianmehr | 2018–2023 | Chemistry | |
| Prof. Mohammad Hossein Shafiei | 2023–2025 | Electrical Control Engineering | |
| Prof. Mohammad Javad Dehghani | 2025-Present | Communications Engineering |
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.sutech.ac.ir Official website]
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Category:Educational institutions established in 2004
Category:Buildings and structures in Shiraz
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