Isfahan University of Technology

The Isfahan University of Technology (IUT, Persian: دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان) is a public university in Isfahan Province, Iran, founded in 1974 with assistance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and beginning teaching in 1977.伊斯法罕科技大学（Isfahan University of Technology，简称 IUT，波斯文：دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان）是伊朗伊斯法罕省的公立大学，1974 年在美国麻省理工学院的协助下创办，1977 年开始教学。

It offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programmes across the four disciplines of engineering, basic sciences, agriculture and natural resources, organised in 14 faculties and departments.该校在工程、基础科学、农业与自然资源四大学科开设本科、硕士与博士课程，设有 14 个学院与系所。

IUT has about 11,000 students and 600 academic staff, was the first Iranian university to join CERN, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 620th in the world.伊斯法罕科技大学约有 11,000 名学生与 600 名教研人员，是首所加入欧洲核子研究组织（CERN）的伊朗大学；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 620 位。

History

• The university was founded in 1974 as the Isfahan branch of the Aryamehr University of Technology, in a period of rapid expansion of Iranian higher education under the Pahlavi monarchy.该校于 1974 年作为「阿亚梅赫尔理工大学」的伊斯法罕分校创办，正值巴列维王朝时期伊朗高等教育快速扩张的阶段。
• Its site was made possible by a gift of approximately two million square metres, or 500 acres of land, granted in 1974 by the locally prominent Boroumand family.其校址来自当地望族博鲁曼德家族于 1974 年捐赠的约 200 万平方米（约 500 英亩）土地。
• The six Boroumand brothers - Abdolghaffar, Abdolrahman, Abdolrahim, Abdolkarim, Abdolrashid and Abdollah - provided in 1974 the land that became the university's campus.博鲁曼德家族的六兄弟——阿卜杜勒加法尔、阿卜杜勒拉赫曼、阿卜杜勒拉希姆、阿卜杜勒卡里姆、阿卜杜勒拉希德与阿卜杜拉，于 1974 年捐出了后来成为校园的这片土地。
• In the years before 1974, 60 top Iranian students received royal scholarships to pursue doctorates at the top ten universities in the United States as part of preparing the future faculty.在 1974 年建校之前的数年间，60 名伊朗优秀学生获得皇室奖学金，前往美国排名前十的大学攻读博士，以此作为未来师资的储备。
• IUT was established in 1974 with assistance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and its campus was designed and planned on models drawn from MIT and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, now the University of Illinois at Chicago.该校于 1974 年在麻省理工学院的协助下建立，其校园亦参照麻省理工学院与伊利诺伊大学芝加哥环区校区（今伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校）的模式规划与设计。
• The university began its academic activities in 1977 with around 800 students enrolled in five departments.1977 年，该校开始教学活动，在五个系招收约 800 名学生。
• After the Islamic Revolution of 1979 the institution was renamed, taking the name Isfahan University of Technology, and it remains a state university supervised by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.1979 年伊斯兰革命之后，该校更名为伊斯法罕科技大学，此后一直是由科学与研究技术部监管的国立大学。
• Plans conceived in the 1970s to make the institution the largest university in the Middle East were never achieved because of the political changes that followed the revolution of 1979.该校在 1970 年代提出的成为中东最大大学的计划，因 1979 年革命之后的政治变动而始终未能实现。
• Mohammad-Ali Najafi served as president of the university from 1980 to 1981, an early leadership period that coincided with the consolidation of the institution after the revolution.穆罕默德-阿里·纳杰菲于 1980 至 1981 年担任该校校长，这一早期领导期恰与革命后学校的整合时期重合。
• Enrolment grew from about 800 students in five departments in 1977 to around 10,000 across fourteen departments, and later to approximately 11,000 students.该校在校生从 1977 年五个系的约 800 人，增长到十四个系的约 10,000 人，其后更增至约 11,000 人。
• Between 2011 and 2015 the university did not appear in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, before returning to international rankings in the following years.2011 至 2015 年间，该校未出现在世界大学学术排名中，其后数年才重新进入国际排名。
• Following the revolution of 1979 the university was placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, which has remained its governing body ever since.1979 年革命之后，该校归入科学与研究技术部的监管之下，该部此后一直是其主管部门。
• The Subsea Research and Development Center at IUT carried out the design and implementation of the first Iranian submarine and the first national radar project.该校的海底研究与开发中心承担了伊朗首艘潜艇以及首个全国性雷达项目的设计与实施。
• The university was the initiator of the Isfahan Science and Technology Town, one of the leading technology parks in the Middle East, linking IUT with regional industry.该校发起创建了伊斯法罕科技城——中东地区领先的科技园区之一，把学校与区域产业连接起来。
• IUT has carried out about 2,000 research projects with different national industrial bodies, reflecting its position at the heart of Isfahan's industrial complexes.该校已与国内各类工业机构开展了约 2000 个科研项目，体现出其深处伊斯法罕工业集群核心的地位。
• Iran's Ministry of Science and Technology appointed IUT as a Centre of Excellence in fields including Risk Management and Natural Hazards, Nano Technology in Environment, and Steel Technology.伊朗科技部将伊斯法罕科技大学认定为若干领域的卓越中心，包括风险管理与自然灾害、环境纳米技术以及钢铁技术。
• Further Centres of Excellence at the university cover Algebra Science, Sensor and Green Chemistry, Soil and Water Pollution, and Oil-seed Crops.该校的卓越中心还涵盖代数科学、传感器与绿色化学、土壤与水污染，以及油料作物等领域。
• In 2018 the Islamic World Science Citation Center ranked IUT fourth among Iranian universities and institutes of higher education, after Amirkabir University of Technology and before Iran University of Science and Technology.2018 年，伊斯兰世界科学引文中心把该校列为伊朗高校与科研机构第四位，排在阿米尔卡比尔理工大学之后、伊朗科技大学之前。
• IUT became the first Iranian university to gain membership in CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, marking a milestone in the country's scientific internationalisation.该校成为首所加入欧洲核子研究组织（CERN）的伊朗大学，标志着该国科学国际化的一座里程碑。
• Prof. Dr. Seyed Mehdi Abtahi was appointed as the university's president, succeeding earlier leadership that included Dr. Seyed Zafarollah Kalantari.赛义德·迈赫迪·阿卜塔希教授获任命为该校校长，接替此前包括赛义德·扎法兰拉·卡兰塔里博士在内的领导层。

Academics

• IUT comprises 14 faculties and departments and offers study at all three levels of Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy.该校设有 14 个学院与系所，开设理学士、理学硕士与哲学博士三个层次的培养。
• The university's four principal disciplines are engineering, basic sciences, agriculture, and natural resources, spanning the technical and applied fields.该校的四个主要学科为工程、基础科学、农业与自然资源，横跨技术及应用领域。
• Its academic units include a College of Agriculture with ten departments, nine engineering departments, three basic science departments and one natural resources department with three divisions.其教学单位包括下设十个系的农学院、九个工程系、三个基础科学系，以及下设三个分部的自然资源系。
• IUT teaches about 11,000 full-time undergraduate and graduate students with the support of some 600 academic staff members.该校约有 11,000 名全日制本科与研究生在读，由约 600 名教研人员提供教学支持。
• Around 5,057 of its students are undergraduates, and the university's endowment has been reported at approximately 20 million U.S. dollars.其本科生约 5,057 人，捐赠基金据报约为 2,000 万美元。
• The university runs two main research centres, the Information and Communication Technology Institute and the Subsea Research and Development Center.该校运营两个主要研究中心，即信息与通信技术研究所以及海底研究与开发中心。
• Additional affiliated research centres include the Center for Advanced Computing Services, the Center for Research in Applied Statistics and Stochastic Systems and the Network Security Center.其他附属研究中心还包括先进计算服务中心、应用统计与随机系统研究中心以及网络安全中心。
• Further affiliated centres are the Research Center for soil-less cultivation, the Steel Research Center and the Under Water Research Center.其他附属研究中心还有无土栽培研究中心、钢铁研究中心与水下研究中心。
• The university's teaching and research are closely tied to industry, and its curriculum is defined partly by the needs of the national industrial bodies with which it works.该校的教学与科研同产业紧密相连，其课程在一定程度上依据与之合作的国内工业机构的需求来设定。
• Its engineering departments cover fields such as civil, mechanical, electrical, computer, materials, chemical, mining and industrial engineering, supported by laboratories and workshops.其工程系涵盖土木、机械、电气、计算机、材料、化工、采矿与工业工程等领域，并配备实验室与实习车间。
• The university's Centre of Excellence designations and its research centres underpin graduate training and doctoral research in the applied sciences.该校的卓越中心认定与其研究中心为应用科学领域的研究生培养与博士研究提供支撑。
• Iranian students enter IUT chiefly through the national university entrance examination, and the university maintains strong ties with the Isfahan Science and Technology Town for entrepreneurship training.伊朗学生主要通过全国大学入学考试进入该校；学校与伊斯法罕科技城保持紧密联系，以开展创业培训。
• The connection between IUT and the Isfahan Science and Technology Town strengthens cooperation with regional industry, supports curriculum design based on industrial needs and gives students experience of solving real problems.该校与伊斯法罕科技城的联系强化了与区域产业的合作，支撑依据产业需求设计课程，并让学生获得解决实际问题的经验。
• The university offers programmes that prepare students and graduates to become entrepreneurs, alongside its traditional engineering and agricultural education.除传统的工程与农业教育外，该校还开设培养学生与毕业生成为创业者的相关课程。
• Its academic profile combines the inheritance of its MIT-inspired foundation with a contemporary focus on technology transfer and applied research.该校的学术面貌既承袭其受麻省理工学院启发的建校传统，又聚焦当代的技术转移与应用研究。
• IUT's nine engineering departments cover fields such as civil, mechanical, electrical, computer, materials, chemical, mining, industrial and textile engineering, supported by extensive laboratories and workshops.该校的九个工程系涵盖土木、机械、电气、计算机、材料、化工、采矿、工业与纺织工程等领域，并配备完备的实验室与实习车间。
• The College of Agriculture, with ten departments, is one of the university's oldest units and reflects its founding emphasis on agricultural science alongside engineering.下设十个系的农学院是该校历史最久的单位之一，体现其建校之初在工程之外对农业科学的重视。
• IUT's curricula are organised so that students in engineering, basic sciences and agriculture can progress from the bachelor's degree to the master's and doctoral levels within the same institution.该校的课程安排，使工程、基础科学与农业等学科的学生能在同一所学校内从本科一路读到硕士与博士。

Campus

• The university occupies a total area of about 2,300 hectares, of which 400 hectares have been dedicated to the main campus.该校占地总面积约 2,300 公顷，其中 400 公顷用于主校区。
• The main campus is located about 20 kilometres north-west of the city of Isfahan, the capital of Isfahan Province in central Iran.主校区位于伊朗中部伊斯法罕省省会伊斯法罕市西北约 20 公里处。
• The self-contained campus resembles a small town, incorporating all the educational and research buildings as well as residential facilities within its grounds.这座自成体系的校园宛如一座小镇，校内容纳了全部教学与科研建筑以及生活设施。
• Modern dormitories on campus house more than 5,000 students, while residential quarters provide academic staff with semi-detached houses.校内现代化宿舍可容纳 5,000 多名学生，教师住宅区则为教研人员提供半独立式住宅。
• To serve students and staff the campus also offers a health service centre together with shopping, sports and recreation centres.为服务师生，校园内还设有医疗服务中心以及购物、体育与娱乐中心。
• Its location at the heart of industrial complexes has provided an opportunity to strengthen the industrial development of the city of Isfahan and of Iran.校区地处工业集群核心，为增强伊斯法罕市乃至伊朗的工业发展提供了契机。
• Close to the campus stands the Isfahan Science and Technology Town, one of the leading technology parks in the Middle East, founded with the university as its initiator.校园紧邻伊斯法罕科技城，这是中东地区领先的科技园区之一，由该校作为发起方参与创建。
• The campus and its grounds lie at approximately 32.65 degrees north and 51.67 degrees east.校园及其地块位于北纬约 32.65 度、东经约 51.67 度。
• The layout of the campus and its buildings reflects the models of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle on which its planning was based.校园及其建筑的布局反映了学校规划所依据的麻省理工学院与伊利诺伊大学芝加哥环区校区的模式。
• The expansive, low-density campus with extensive green space stands in contrast to the dense historic fabric of the city of Isfahan.这座开阔、低密度的校园拥有大片绿地，与伊斯法罕市密集的历史城区形成对照。
• Isfahan, the city nearest the campus, is one of Iran's historic centres and a major industrial city, giving students access to internships and research partnerships with regional firms.距校园最近的伊斯法罕是伊朗的历史名城与重要工业城市，为学生提供实习机会以及与区域企业开展研究合作的可能。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the Isfahan University of Technology is placed 620th in the world, its principal ranked position in the global tables.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，伊斯法罕科技大学位列世界第 620 位，这是其在全球榜单上的主要排名位置。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places the university in the 701 to 800 bracket worldwide, after the 601 to 800 band in which it appeared in 2026.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列于世界第 701 至 800 区间，其 2026 年则位于第 601 至 800 区间。 ^[1]
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026 to 2027 places IUT 1,030th in the world, among a comparatively small group of ranked Iranian institutions.2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名将该校列为世界第 1,030 位，位列少数被收录的伊朗院校之中。
• The university does not appear in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking.该校未出现在上海软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名中。
• The OpenAlex database attributes 33,273 works to IUT with 1,536,844 citations, reflecting a substantial research output in engineering and the applied sciences.OpenAlex 数据库为该大学收录 33,273 篇成果、被引用 1,536,844 次，体现出其在工程与应用科学领域相当可观的科研产出。
• In the Times Higher Education ranking for 2024 to 2025 IUT's general national rank was 12 and its rank in Asia was 133.在 2024 至 2025 年泰晤士高等教育排名中，该校的全国综合名次为第 12 位，亚洲名次为第 133 位。 ^[2]
• According to the subject categories of the Times Higher Education ranking in 2020, IUT was ranked first in the country for Agricultural, Forestry, Environmental and Marine Sciences and second for life sciences.据 2020 年泰晤士高等教育排名的学科分类，该校在农业、林业、环境与海洋科学领域位居全国第一，在生命科学领域位居全国第二。
• In the U.S. News rankings of 2016 the university held a national rank of 3 and an international rank of 547, after holding a national rank of 3 and an international rank of 472 in 2015.在 2016 年《美国新闻与世界报道》排名中，该校全国名次为第 3、国际名次为第 547；2015 年其全国名次亦为第 3、国际名次为第 472。
• According to the Round University Ranking, IUT has been ranked the first Iranian university in Research and International Diversity and third overall among 11 Iranian universities assessed.据「圆桌大学排名」（RUR），该校在科研与国际多样性方面位列伊朗高校第一，并在受评的 11 所伊朗大学中综合排名第三。
• IUT was the first Iranian university to gain membership in CERN, an achievement that underscores its standing in the physical sciences.该校是首所加入 CERN 的伊朗大学，这一成就凸显其在物理科学领域的地位。

Student life

• While the university has no formal Latin motto, its founding mission has been described as training skilled engineers and agricultural specialists to serve Iran's development.该校虽然没有正式的拉丁文校训，但其建校使命被描述为培养服务于国家发展的熟练工程师与农业专门人才。
• Students study within a self-contained campus community of about 11,000 people, with more than 5,000 living in on-campus dormitories.学生在一个约 11,000 人的自成体系校园社群中学习生活，其中 5,000 多人住在校内宿舍。
• Campus life is supported by sports and recreation centres, a health service centre and shopping facilities, all provided within the university grounds.校园生活由校内提供的体育与娱乐中心、医疗服务中心以及购物设施予以支持。
• In line with its engineering and agriculture focus, much of student activity revolves around technical projects, laboratories and work with the region's industrial bodies.与其工程与农业的办学重点相一致，学生活动多围绕技术项目、实验室以及与区域工业机构的合作展开。
• The university's connection with the Isfahan Science and Technology Town gives students opportunities to work on real industrial problems and to receive entrepreneurial training.该校与伊斯法罕科技城的联系为学生提供了解决真实工业问题以及接受创业培训的机会。
• IUT educates students from across Iran, with the campus serving as a residential community in a suburban setting near one of the country's historic cities.该校招收来自伊朗各地的学生，校园作为一处位于该国历史名城的郊区住宿社群而运作。
• The campus's own housing, health, shopping and sports amenities make it a largely self-sufficient student environment distinct from the dense urban life of Isfahan.校园自有的住宿、医疗、购物与体育设施，使其形成相对于伊斯法罕密集城市生活而言相对自足的学生环境。

Notable people

• Amir Faghri, a distinguished professor of engineering and former dean at the University of Connecticut, was one of the founding faculty members and administrators who established IUT in 1977.阿米尔·法格里是康涅狄格大学的杰出工程学教授、前工学院院长，也是 1977 年参与创建该校的创始教研人员与管理人员之一。
• Mohammad-Reza Aref, an electrical engineer and politician who served as Vice President of Iran under President Mohammad Khatami, was a faculty member at IUT until 1994.穆罕默德-礼萨·阿雷夫是电气工程师、政治家，曾在哈塔米总统任内出任伊朗第一副总统，他直至 1994 年都是该校的教研人员。
• Mohammad-Ali Najafi, a mathematician and politician, served as president of IUT from 1980 to 1981 and later as Minister and then Vice-President for Planning and Budget, and as Mayor of Tehran until 2018.数学家、政治家穆罕默德-阿里·纳杰菲于 1980 至 1981 年任该校校长，后历任部长、计划与预算组织副主席，并至 2018 年任德黑兰市长。
• Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, an adviser to former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and briefly Vice President of Iran, holds a bachelor's degree from IUT in electrical engineering.伊朗前总统艾哈迈迪-内贾德的顾问、曾短暂担任伊朗副总统的埃斯凡迪亚尔·拉希姆·马沙伊，拥有该校电气工程学士学位。
• Hamid Baqai, an Iranian politician who headed the presidential centre from 2011 to 2013 and served as a senior adviser to President Ahmadinejad, holds a bachelor's degree in information technology from IUT.2011 至 2013 年任总统中心负责人、并担任艾哈迈迪-内贾德总统高级顾问的伊朗政治家哈米德·巴盖，拥有该校信息技术学士学位。
• Mohammad Tabibian, an economist who served as deputy director of Iran's Planning and Budget Organization and helped draft the country's first and second five-year plans, taught at IUT.经济学家穆罕默德·塔比比安曾任伊朗计划与预算组织副主席，并参与起草该国第一与第二个五年计划，他曾在伊斯法罕科技大学任教。
• Ahmad Shirzad, a reformist member of the sixth Iranian Parliament and a leading figure in the Islamic Iran Participation Front, teaches physics at IUT.伊朗第六届议会改革派议员、「伊斯兰伊朗参与阵线」重要人物艾哈迈德·希尔扎德，在该校教授物理学。
• The Boroumand brothers, six members of a locally prominent family, donated the land on which the university was built, making its founding possible.博鲁曼德家族的六兄弟是当地望族成员，他们捐出了大学赖以建立的土地，使建校得以实现。
• Prof. Dr. Seyed Mehdi Abtahi has served as president of the university, carrying forward its mission as a leading public technological university in Iran.赛义德·迈赫迪·阿卜塔希教授担任该校校长，延续其作为伊朗领先公立技术大学的使命。
• Sixty Iranian students who received royal scholarships to pursue doctorates in the United States before the university opened formed the core of its early academic workforce.在该校开办之前获得皇室奖学金赴美攻读博士的 60 名伊朗学生，构成了其早期师资的核心。
• Dr. Seyed Zafarollah Kalantari, an earlier president of IUT, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology advisers who helped plan the institution, were instrumental in shaping its early direction.该校早前的一位校长赛义德·扎法兰拉·卡兰塔里博士，以及协助规划建校的麻省理工学院顾问，在塑造其早期发展方向上发挥了关键作用。