Shiraz University

Shiraz University (Persian: Daneshgah-e Shiraz), formerly Pahlavi University, is a public research university in Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran, established in 1946 and counted among the country's top three research-oriented universities, and it is placed in the 791-800 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.设拉子大学（波斯语：دانشگاه شیراز）原名巴列维大学，是伊朗法尔斯省设拉子的公立研究型大学，1946 年设立，位列伊朗三大研究导向型大学之一，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 791-800 区间。

After the separation of medical universities from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology system, it enrols more than 20,000 students in 200 bachelor's, 300 master's, one veterinary medicine and 150 doctoral programmes.在医科院校从科学与研究技术部体系分离后，该校在 200 个本科、300 个硕士、1 个兽医学专业学位与 150 个博士项目中培养逾 20,000 名学生。

Its OpenAlex record lists 58,450 research works and 1,860,781 citations, and the university pioneered the establishment of doctoral programmes in Iran.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 58,450 项、被引 1,860,781 次；该校是伊朗博士项目的开创者。

History

• Shiraz University traces its roots to 1946, when a technical college was established to train specialists in the medical sciences through a four-year programme.设拉子大学的源头是 1946 年设立的技术学院，通过四年制课程培养医学科学专门人才。

• The institution was initially called the High Institute of Health, reflecting its early focus on public health and medical training in southern Iran.该校初名「卫生高等学院」，反映其早期在伊朗南部聚焦公共卫生与医学训练。

• In 1950 the institute developed into a medical school, the nucleus of the later university's health sciences.1950 年，学院发展为医学院，成为后来大学健康科学的雏形。

• In 1953 the Namazi School of Nursing and the Colleges of Agriculture and Arts and Sciences were established, expanding the institution beyond medicine.1953 年，纳马齐护理学校与农学院、文理学院相继成立，把学校从医学扩展到其他领域。

• The Namazi family, a prominent Shiraz merchant family, endowed medical and nursing facilities, embedding private philanthropy in the university's foundations.设拉子望族纳马齐家族捐建医学与护理设施，把私人慈善嵌入大学的根基。

• With the addition of the College of Engineering and the College of Veterinary Medicine in the 1950s and 1960s the institution became a comprehensive university.1950 与 1960 年代增设工程学院与兽医学院后，学校成为综合性大学。

• In the 1960s the university was reorganised as Pahlavi University, developed with advice from the University of Pennsylvania and modelled on American graduate education.1960 年代，学校改组为巴列维大学，在宾夕法尼亚大学顾问团的协助下发展，并以美国研究生教育为蓝本。

• The Pahlavi-era reform brought American-style departments, an emphasis on doctoral training and English-medium instruction in several faculties.巴列维时期的改革引入美式系科、对博士培养的重视，以及若干学院的英语授课。

• Shiraz University pioneered doctoral programmes in Iran, offering the country's early PhD degrees in the sciences and engineering.设拉子大学开创了伊朗的博士项目，在理科与工程领域授予该国早期的博士学位。

• After the Islamic Revolution of 1979 the university was renamed Shiraz University, dropping its association with the former dynasty.1979 年伊斯兰革命后，学校更名设拉子大学，去除与前王朝的关联。

• In 1986 medical education was reorganised nationally, and the medical faculty later separated into an independent university of medical sciences under the health ministry.1986 年全国医学教育重整，其医学院后来分离为隶属卫生部的独立医科大学。

• The separation of the medical school left Shiraz University focused on the sciences, engineering, agriculture, humanities and veterinary medicine.医学院的分离使设拉子大学聚焦理科、工程、农业、人文与兽医学。

• Through the 1990s and 2000s the university expanded graduate study and research, becoming one of Iran's leading research institutions by output.1990 与 2000 年代，学校扩展研究生教育与科研，按产出成为伊朗领先的研究机构之一。

• National rankings of Iranian universities based on scientific output place Shiraz University among the top three research-oriented institutions in the country.以科研产出为基础的伊朗大学排名，把设拉子大学列为全国三大研究导向型机构之一。

• In the first report of state universities ranking, among almost 70 institutions, Shiraz University was designated a tier-one university.在首份国立大学排名报告中，该校在近 70 所院校里被列为第一档大学。

• The university's College of Agriculture serves Fars Province's farming economy, researching crops, irrigation and arid-zone agriculture.其农学院服务法尔斯省的农业经济，研究作物、灌溉与旱区农业。

• Veterinary medicine teaching at the university, including the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programme, serves Iran's livestock sector.该校的兽医教学（含兽医学博士专业学位）服务伊朗的畜牧业。

• Engineering and science faculties expanded into materials, chemical and electrical engineering, supporting Iranian industry and infrastructure.工程与理科学院扩展到材料、化工与电气工程，支撑伊朗的工业与基础设施。

• The university's humanities and social sciences departments carry Iranian literary, historical and philosophical research, with Persian studies a particular strength.其人文与社会科学各系承担伊朗文学、历史与哲学研究，波斯研究尤具优势。

• Research centres in the sciences and engineering contribute to Iranian national programmes in energy, water and advanced materials.理科与工程领域的研究中心为伊朗在能源、水资源与先进材料方面的国家计划作出贡献。

• By the 2020s the Eram campus had consolidated the university's faculties and research centres in northern Shiraz, near the city's historic gardens.到 2020 年代，埃拉姆校区把各学院与研究中心集中于设拉子北部、毗邻城市历史园林之处。

• The College of Engineering and College of Veterinary Medicine were added in 1954, elevating the institution to university status under the Pahlavi name, followed by the Dental School and Graduate School of Electronics in 1969 and the Colleges of Law and Education in 1977, bringing the university to ten faculties by the end of the Pahlavi era.1954 年增设工程学院与兽医学院后，学校升格为大学并定名巴列维大学，1969 年继设牙科学校与电子学研究生院，1977 年再设法学院与教育学院，至巴列维时代末大学已设十个学院。

• In 1960 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi invited University of Pennsylvania president Gaylord P. Harnwell to Iran, whose report A Pattern for a New University in Iran led Penn to supervise Pahlavi University's American-style reorganisation, with Isa Sedigh implementing Ivy League models from 1962 and Kent State University joining the partnership during the chancellorship of Houshang Nahavandi.1960 年穆罕默德·礼萨·巴列维邀请宾夕法尼亚大学校长盖洛德·P·哈恩威尔赴伊朗，其报告《伊朗新大学模式》促成宾大主导巴列维大学的美式改组，1962 年起伊萨·西迪格着手推行常春藤模式，后在侯尚·纳哈万迪任校长期间肯特州立大学也参与合作。

• Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel laureate in Chemistry and Peace, came to Nowruz in 1975 at the invitation of the Iranian Society of Chemists to address the first Iranian Congress of Chemists held at Pahlavi University, making it the first Iranian university to host a Nobel laureate lecturer and to receive international-level accreditation for its degrees.两度获化学奖与和平奖的诺贝尔奖得主莱纳斯·鲍林于 1975 年诺鲁孜节应伊朗化学会之邀，在巴列维大学举行的首届伊朗化学家大会上演讲，使该校成为伊朗首所接待诺奖得主讲学的大学，也是伊朗首所获国际级学位认证的大学。

• After the 1979 revolution the universities were closed for three years in the Cultural Revolution of 1980 to 1987 to Islamize higher education, and in 2004 the Electronic Industries College founded in 1968 was separated as Shiraz University of Technology, one of several institutions seeded by the maternal university which also includes Hormozgan, Persian Gulf in Bushehr and Yasouj universities.1979 年革命后，大学在 1980 至 1987 年文化革命中关闭三年以伊斯兰化高等教育，2004 年原 1968 年设立的电子工业学院独立为设拉子理工大学——这是由这所「母大学」派生的多所院校之一，其余还包括霍尔木兹甘、布什尔的波斯湾与亚苏季等大学。

• The Mulla Sadra Library, established in 1961 as the central library, occupies an 11,000 square metre four-storey building and is considered the only hub for basic science resources in southern Iran, and the Kharazmi Library opened in 1992 with 7,220 square metres and a capacity of 700 readers, holding one of the richest engineering collections in the country.1961 年设立的穆拉·萨德拉图书馆为中央图书馆，建筑面积 11,000 平方米、四层，被誉为伊朗南部唯一的基础科学文献枢纽，1992 年开放的哈拉兹米图书馆面积 7,220 平方米、可容 700 人，藏有伊朗最丰富的工程文献之一。

• The Eram campus is the second-largest in Iran, initially designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki who also designed the World Trade Center, on land donated by Shirazi tycoons Mohammad Namazi and Zabihollah Ghorban, with Iranian visual artists Parviz Tanavoli and Sohrab Sepehri adding works during the 1968 Shiraz Arts Festival and Finnish Aalto University contacting the university in 2016 over Alvar Aalto's 1969 museum design drafts.埃拉姆校区为伊朗第二大校园，初由曾设计世界贸易中心的美国建筑师山崎实设计，用地由设拉子富商穆罕默德·纳马齐与扎比霍拉·古尔班捐献，1968 年设拉子艺术节期间伊朗视觉艺术家帕尔维兹·塔纳沃利与索赫拉布·塞佩赫里增饰艺术元素，2016 年芬兰阿尔托大学就阿尔瓦·阿尔托 1969 年的博物馆设计草案与该校联系。

• Notable faculty include physicist Yousef Sobouti who founded the Abu Reihan Observatory in 1975 in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania astronomer Robert H. Koch, Shahla Solhju one of Iran's first female professional astronomers who became its co-director in 1976, and stem-cell biologist Hossein Baharvand who directs the Royan Institute, alongside former ministers Mostafa Moeen and Reza Malekzadeh who introduced a similar trustee system for other Iranian universities.知名教师包括 1975 年与宾夕法尼亚大学天文学家罗伯特·H·科赫合作创建阿布·雷汉天文台的物理学家优素福·索布提、1976 年出任该台共同主任的伊朗首批女天文学家之一莎赫拉·索尔胡、执掌罗扬研究所的干细胞生物学家侯赛因·巴赫尔万德，以及后来为伊朗其他大学引入类似理事会制度的前部长穆斯塔法·穆因与礼萨·马莱克扎德。

Academics

• Teaching is organised in faculties of science, engineering, agriculture, veterinary medicine, arts and humanities, social sciences and education.教学由理学、工程、农业、兽医、人文艺术、社会科学与教育等学院承担。

• The Faculty of Sciences covers physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and geology, anchoring the university's research output.理学院覆盖物理、化学、生物、数学与地质，是学校科研产出的支柱。

• The Faculty of Engineering teaches civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical and computer engineering, with laboratories shared with Iranian industry.工程学院教授土木、机械、电气、化工与计算机工程，实验室与伊朗产业共用。

• The Faculty of Agriculture researches crop science, soil and water management, and arid-zone farming suited to Fars Province's climate.农学院研究作物学、土壤与水资源管理，以及适应法尔斯省气候的旱区农业。

• The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine offers Iran's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programme and postgraduate training in animal health.兽医学院开设伊朗的兽医学博士专业学位与动物卫生领域的研究生培养。

• The Faculty of Arts and Humanities carries Persian language and literature, history, philosophy and foreign languages, with Persian studies a national reference.人文艺术学院承担波斯语言文学、历史、哲学与外语教学，其波斯研究为全国参照。

• The Faculty of Social Sciences and Education covers economics, political science, sociology and psychology, training Iranian teachers and researchers.社会科学与教育学院覆盖经济学、政治学、社会学与心理学，培养伊朗教师与研究人员。

• More than 20,000 students are enrolled, with 150 doctoral programmes managed after the university pioneered PhD study in Iran.在校学生逾 20,000 名，管理 150 个博士项目——该校是伊朗博士教育的开创者。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 58,450 research works and 1,860,781 citations, concentrated in chemistry, physics, engineering and agriculture.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 58,450 项、被引 1,860,781 次，集中于化学、物理、工程与农业。

• Research centres in nanotechnology, water resources and materials science support national programmes and postgraduate training.纳米技术、水资源与材料科学领域的研究中心支撑国家计划与研究生培养。

• International collaboration in the sciences connects Shiraz University to research partners in Europe and Asia, despite sanctions constraints.理科领域的国际合作把设拉子大学与欧洲和亚洲的研究伙伴相连，尽管受制裁制约。

• The university library system holds Persian-language collections alongside scientific journals, supporting research across the faculties.大学图书馆兼收波斯语馆藏与科学期刊，支撑各学院的研究。

• Doctoral training in the sciences and engineering produces researchers for Iranian universities, research institutes and industry.理科与工程领域的博士培养为伊朗的大学、研究机构与产业输送研究人员。

• The College of Agriculture's experimental farms and greenhouses support field research on cereal, fruit and pistachio crops in Fars Province.农学院的试验农场与温室支撑法尔斯省谷物、水果与开心果作物的田间研究。

• Persian language and literature teaching at the university draws students from across Iran and abroad, serving the study of Iranian classical heritage.其波斯语言文学教学吸引伊朗各地与海外学生，服务伊朗古典遗产的研究。

• The university's continuing education and language centres serve professionals and international students in Shiraz.其继续教育与语言中心服务设拉子的专业人士与国际学生。

Campus

• The main Eram campus lies in northern Shiraz at coordinates of 29.61031 degrees north and 52.53113 degrees east, near the city's historic gardens.主校区埃拉姆位于设拉子北部，坐标为北纬 29.61031、东经 52.53113，毗邻城市的历史园林。

• The campus takes its name from the adjacent Eram Garden, a classical Persian garden listed among Iran's cultural heritage sites.校区得名于相邻的埃拉姆园，一座列入伊朗文化遗产名录的古典波斯园林。

• Campus buildings combine mid-century American-influenced architecture with later Iranian additions, reflecting the university's Pahlavi-era reorganisation.校园建筑把二十世纪中叶受美国影响的建筑与后来伊朗式的增建结合，反映其巴列维时期的改组。

• Faculties, research centres, laboratories and student residences are distributed across the Eram campus in northern Shiraz.各学院、研究中心、实验室与学生宿舍分布于设拉子北部的埃拉姆校园。

• The university's agricultural research fields and greenhouses occupy land beside the campus, supporting crop and irrigation trials.该校的农业研究田与温室占用校园旁的土地，支撑作物与灌溉试验。

• Shiraz's historic monuments, including Persepolis nearby and the tombs of the poets Hafez and Saadi, give students a culturally rich setting.设拉子的历史遗迹——近旁的波斯波利斯以及诗人哈菲兹与萨迪的陵墓——为学生提供了文化丰厚的环境。

• The campus is linked to central Shiraz by the city's road network and bus services, and Shiraz International Airport connects it to Iranian and regional cities.校园经城市路网与公交连接设拉子市中心，设拉子国际机场则可通往伊朗及区域内各城市。

• Laboratory buildings for chemistry, physics and engineering host experimental research supported by national funding.化学、物理与工程的实验楼，承载国家经费支持的实验研究。

• Student dormitories and dining facilities serve the campus population, with additional housing in the city's northern districts.学生宿舍与餐饮设施服务校园人群，城市北部各区另有住所。

• The university's location in Fars Province places it at the centre of Iran's historical heartland, with archaeological and agricultural fieldwork nearby.身处法尔斯省使该校位于伊朗历史腹地的中心，考古与农业田野工作就在附近。

Reputation

• Shiraz University is placed in the 791-800 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.设拉子大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 791-800 区间。

• THE World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 801-1000 band.2027 年度 THE 世界大学排名将其列于 801-1000 区间。

• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities survey ranks it 1,081st worldwide, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places it in the 701-800 band.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将其列于世界第 1,081，2026 年软科世界大学学术排名（ARWU）将其列于 701-800 区间。

• Iranian rankings based on scientific output place it among the country's top three research-oriented universities, alongside Tehran and Sharif.以科研产出为基础的排名将其列为伊朗三大研究导向型大学之一，与德黑兰大学、谢里夫理工大学并列。

• In the first national ranking of state universities, among almost 70 institutions, Shiraz University was designated a tier-one university.在首份国立大学排名中，该校在近 70 所院校里被列为第一档大学。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 58,450 research works and 1,860,781 citations, led by chemistry, physics, engineering and agriculture.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 58,450 项、被引 1,860,781 次，以化学、物理、工程与农业为首。

• The university pioneered doctoral education in Iran, a distinction that underpins its reputation as a research institution.该校是伊朗博士教育的开创者，这一殊荣奠定其研究型机构的声誉。

• Persian language and literature scholarship at Shiraz is a national reference, supported by the city's literary heritage.其波斯语言文学研究为全国参照，背后是这座城市的文学遗产。

• Its agricultural and veterinary research serves Fars Province's farming and livestock economy, anchoring its regional standing.其农业与兽医研究服务法尔斯省的农业与畜牧经济，支撑其区域地位。

Student life

• The university does not adopt a formal Latin motto, and its identity rests on the 1946 founding and its pioneering role in Iranian doctoral education.该校不采用正式的拉丁文校训，其身份奠基于 1946 年建校与其在伊朗博士教育中的开创角色。

• Student life centres on the Eram campus, with dormitories, dining halls and sports facilities serving a largely residential community.校园生活以埃拉姆校区为中心，宿舍、食堂与体育设施服务以住校为主的社群。

• Shiraz's literary heritage, from Hafez and Saadi to the city's gardens, shapes student cultural life and weekend excursions.从哈菲兹、萨迪到城中园林的设拉子文学遗产，塑造着学生的文化生活与周末出行。

• Student organisations run scientific societies, cultural weeks and Nowruz celebrations through the Iranian academic year.学生组织按伊朗学年节奏举办科学社团活动、文化周与诺鲁孜节庆祝。

• Sports programmes in football, volleyball and wrestling use the campus grounds, with inter-faculty competitions each year.足球、排球与摔跤等体育项目使用校园场地，每年举办院际比赛。

• Field trips to Persepolis, Pasargadae and the Fars countryside connect students in history, archaeology and agriculture to the region's heritage and land.前往波斯波利斯、帕萨尔加德与法尔斯乡野的实地考察，把历史、考古与农业学生与本地区的遗产和土地相连。

• Ramadan and religious observances structure the campus calendar, with mosque and religious society activities through the year.斋月与宗教节庆构成校园日历节点，清真寺与宗教社团全年活跃。

• International students, particularly in Persian language programmes, add a small but visible international dimension to campus life.国际学生（尤其在波斯语项目中）为校园生活增添了虽小却可见的国际维度。

• Graduation ceremonies and the annual commemoration of the university's founding structure the academic calendar in Shiraz.毕业典礼与每年对建校的纪念，构成设拉子的学年日程节点。

Notable people

• The Namazi family of Shiraz endowed the medical and nursing schools of the 1950s, embedding private philanthropy in the university's early decades.设拉子的纳马齐家族捐建了 1950 年代的医学与护理学校，把私人慈善嵌入大学的早年。

• Hafez and Saadi, the classical Persian poets whose tombs lie in Shiraz, give the university's host city its enduring literary identity.哈菲兹与萨迪——长眠设拉子的古典波斯诗人，赋予这所大学所在城市持久的文学身份。

• Faculty of the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering lead Iranian research programmes in chemistry, materials and water resources.理学院与工程学院的教师主导伊朗在化学、材料与水资源方面的研究计划。

• The university's Persian literature scholars produce editions and studies of classical Persian texts used across Iranian universities.该校的波斯文学学者整理出版古典波斯文献的校勘本与研究，为伊朗各大学所用。

• Agricultural researchers at the university work on cereal, pistachio and fruit crops suited to Fars Province's semi-arid climate.该校的农业研究者研究适应法尔斯省半干旱气候的谷物、开心果与水果作物。

• Veterinary graduates of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programme serve Iran's livestock farms and veterinary services.兽医学博士项目的毕业生服务伊朗的牧场与兽医服务。

• Doctoral alumni of the university hold faculty positions at Iranian universities and research institutes across the country.该校博士校友在伊朗各地的大学与研究机构任教或从事研究。

• Engineering alumni work in Iranian energy, water and construction firms, applying the university's applied research tradition.工程校友任职于伊朗的能源、水利与建筑企业，践行该校的应用研究传统。

• The university's Pahlavi-era reorganisation, advised by the University of Pennsylvania, brought American-trained faculty who shaped its research culture.该校巴列维时期的改组由宾夕法尼亚大学献策，带来塑造其研究文化的美式训练师资。

• Graduates in the humanities and social sciences staff Iranian schools, media and cultural institutions, extending the university's intellectual reach.人文与社会科学毕业生任职于伊朗的学校、媒体与文化机构，延展该校的思想影响。