University of Isfahan

The University of Isfahan (UI) is a state-operated comprehensive university on Hezar Jarib Avenue in Isfahan, Iran, founded in 1946 as the Isfahan Higher Medical Institute and formally raised to university status in 1968.伊斯法罕大学（University of Isfahan，简称 UI）是伊朗中部伊斯法罕市赫扎尔贾里布大街的一所国立综合性大学，1946 年以伊斯法罕高等医学院起步，1968 年正式升格为大学。

It teaches across fourteen faculties and about sixty departments, offering 71 undergraduate fields, 185 master's fields and 119 doctoral fields to roughly 18,000 students, just over half of them undergraduates.学校设有 14 个学院和约 60 个系，开设 71 个本科领域、185 个硕士领域和 119 个博士领域，在校学生约 18000 人，其中本科生略多于一半，研究生约占四成八。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 1201-1400 band, one of several international tables in which it represents Iran's system of comprehensive public universities.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位于第 1201-1400 位区间，是它代表伊朗综合性公立大学体系出现的多张国际榜单之一。

History

• The university was founded in a city that served as the Safavid capital from 1598 until the Afghan invasion of 1722, and Isfahan's madrasas, including the Chahar Bagh Madrasa, gave it a long academic tradition.这所大学诞生于一座在 1598 年至 1722 年陷落前一直是萨法维王朝首都的城市，伊斯法罕的神学院，包括查哈尔巴格神学院，为它提供了悠久的学术传统。
• The idea of a university in Isfahan originated in 1939 among a group of physicians at Amin Hospital, who proposed a higher medical school for a city that had long been a centre of Persian learning.在伊斯法罕创办大学的构想始于 1939 年，阿明医院的一批医生提议为这座长期作为波斯学术中心的城市建立一所高等医学院，以满足当地需求。
• The hospital's board of directors approved the plan in 1946 and created the Isfahan Higher Medical Institute, the institution from which the university directly descends.医院董事会于 1946 年批准该方案并创建伊斯法罕高等医学院，这所学院正是伊斯法罕大学的直接前身。
• In September 1946 a notice signed by Dr. Jelveh, then caretaker of the Isfahan Province Health and Medical Treatment Department, appeared in local newspapers and invited prospective students to enrol.1946 年 9 月，由时任伊斯法罕省卫生与医疗事务部门负责人贾尔韦赫博士署名的招生启事刊登在当地报纸上，面向未来的学生招生。
• The university dates the institute's establishment to 30 Azar 1325 in the Solar Hijri calendar, equivalent to 21 December 1946, and records that its first classroom was borrowed from Sadi High School.学校将学院的创立日期定为太阳历 1325 年阿扎尔月 30 日，即 1946 年 12 月 21 日，并记载其第一间教室借用自萨迪中学，这一日期见于学校官方校史。
• Sadi High School, which had a relatively well-equipped laboratory at the time, supplied the institute with laboratory space and a hall for dissection, allowing practical teaching from the outset.萨迪中学当时拥有设备较为齐全的实验室，为学院提供了实验室和一间解剖教学厅，使实践教学从开办之初便得以进行。
• On 16 Bahman 1325, equivalent to 5 February 1947, Dr. Hakemi was appointed the institute's first head, giving the new school an administrative structure within weeks of its founding.1325 年巴赫曼月 16 日，即 1947 年 2 月 5 日，哈凯米博士被任命为学院首任院长，使这所新学校在创立数周内便有了行政架构。
• Rising enrolment led to a move to larger premises in 1950, the same year the Isfahan Medical Faculty was established as the city's first faculty-level institution.学生人数增长促使学院于 1950 年迁往更大的校舍，同年伊斯法罕医学院成立，成为该市第一个学院级机构，这为后来多学院结构的形成奠定了基础。
• A faculty of literature was created soon afterwards and joined the medical faculty in building a full university, and both eventually moved to the main campus on Hezar Jarib Avenue.不久后文学院成立，并与医学院一道推动学校向完整大学发展，两者最终都迁入位于赫扎尔贾里布大街的主校区。
• In 1347, or 1968, several faculties were merged and the institution was formally raised to university status under the name University of Isfahan.1968 年即太阳历 1347 年，多个学院合并，学校正式升格为大学，定名伊斯法罕大学，学校由此从单一医学院转变为覆盖多个学科的大学。
• In 1968 the university adopted an emblem designed by Dr. Hossein Yaghini on the order of President Motamedi, and the design has remained its visual signature.同年，学校采用由侯赛因·亚吉尼博士按校长莫塔梅迪的指示设计的校徽，这一图案此后一直是学校的视觉标识。
• The university then broadened its curriculum in the humanities, engineering and medicine, turning a former medical school into a comprehensive institution with faculties in the sciences and social sciences.此后学校扩展人文学科、工程与医学课程，使一所昔日的医学院转变为涵盖理学与社会科学的综合性大学。
• In 1985 the medical sciences were separated into an independent institution, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, leaving the University of Isfahan with sciences, engineering, humanities and social sciences.1985 年，医学学科分离出去，另组独立的伊斯法罕医科大学，伊斯法罕大学则保留理学、工程、人文与社会科学。
• After 1985 the university concentrated its resources on chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology and civil engineering, which became the core of its teaching and research.分拆之后，学校把资源集中于化学、物理、数学、生物学与土木工程，这些学科成为其教学与科研的核心。
• Graduate education expanded from the 1990s onward, and postgraduates now form 48 percent of the student body, a share reflecting the growth of master's and doctoral programmes.研究生教育自 1990 年代起不断扩大，如今研究生占在校生的 48%，这一比例反映出硕士与博士项目的增长。
• In the 2000s the university organised research around seven science poles and ten research institutes, which sit alongside the teaching faculties.2000 年代，学校围绕七个科学极点和十个研究所组织科研，这些机构与教学学院并行运转。
• International enrolment grew in the 2010s, and the university now counts 256 international students and runs a Persian language centre for foreign learners.2010 年代国际招生扩大，学校目前有 256 名国际学生，并为外国学习者开设波斯语中心。
• By 2020 it listed fourteen faculties, spanning chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, engineering, literature, theology, foreign languages, geography and sport sciences.到 2020 年，学校设有 14 个学院，涵盖化学、物理、生物学、数学、工程、文学、神学、外语、地理与体育科学。
• When QS placed the university in the 1201-1400 band for 2027, the result came nearly six decades after its formal elevation and underlined the long institutional life of the 1946 medical institute.当 QS 将该校列入 2027 年世界大学排名第 1201-1400 位区间时，这一结果距其正式升格已近六十年，凸显了从 1946 年医学院一路延续下来的悠久建制史。

Academics

• The Faculty of Sciences groups chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics and statistics, and geology, and it supplies much of the university's basic-science teaching.理学院下设化学、物理、生物学、数学与统计学以及地质学，承担了学校大部分基础科学教学，这些学科也为工程与生命科学等专业提供基础课程。
• Engineering is taught in the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transportation, and the Faculty of Computer Engineering, a structure that separates computing from the older engineering disciplines.工程学科分布在工程学院、土木工程与运输学院以及计算机工程学院，这一结构把计算机学科与历史更久的工程学科区分开来，反映了计算机学科在伊朗高校中的独立化。
• The Faculty of Literature and Humanities, the Faculty of Foreign Languages and the Faculty of Theology and Ahl al-Bayt Studies carry the university's language, literary and religious programmes.文学与人文学院、外国语学院以及神学与圣裔研究学院承担学校的语言、文学与宗教课程。
• Social sciences are spread across the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, the Faculty of Education and Psychology, and the Faculty of Geographical Sciences and Planning.社会科学分布在行政科学与经济学院、教育与心理学院以及地理科学与规划学院。
• The remaining faculties cover sport sciences and biological science and technology, giving the university a footprint in applied life science as well as in the traditional disciplines.其余学院涉及体育科学以及生物科学与技术，使学校在传统学科之外也进入应用生命科学领域。
• At undergraduate level the university offers 71 fields, and at graduate level it lists 185 master's fields and 119 doctoral fields, all taught on a full-time basis.在本科阶段学校开设 71 个领域，在研究生阶段则列出 185 个硕士领域和 119 个博士领域，全部以全日制方式授课。
• Total enrolment stands at about 18,000, of whom 52 percent are undergraduates and 48 percent postgraduates, a balance that reflects the weight of its graduate programmes.在校学生总数约 18000 人，其中 52% 为本科生，48% 为研究生，这一结构反映出学校研究生项目的分量。
• The teaching staff numbers about 630, all of them domestic faculty according to QS, and the student-faculty ratio is given as 20.9.教师队伍约 630 人，按 QS 的统计全部为伊朗籍本土教师，师生比列为 20.9。
• Admission is selective, and undergraduates are drawn from the top 10 percent of candidates in the national university entrance examination administered by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.招生具有选拔性，本科生来自科学与研究技术部组织的全国大学入学考试中成绩最好的前 10% 考生。
• Students come from across Iran's thirty provinces, and the university describes itself as one of the country's top ten comprehensive institutions.学生来自伊朗全部三十个省份，学校自称为全国十所顶尖综合性大学之一。
• Research is organised through seven science poles and ten research institutes, which pursue specialised work alongside the faculties and supervise many doctoral students.科研通过七个科学极点和十个研究所组织，这些机构与学院并行开展专门研究，并指导众多博士生。
• The Persian Language Centre teaches Persian to foreign students and supports the university's international enrolment, which includes 256 students from outside Iran.波斯语中心为外国学生教授波斯语，并支撑学校的国际招生，目前有 256 名来自伊朗境外的学生。
• The university maintains scholar exchanges and joint training with Chinese institutions, including Communication University of China and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.学校与中国院校保持学者交流与联合培养，其中包括中国传媒大学和广东外语外贸大学。
• Its Chinese department teaches Mandarin and hosts Chinese students in Isfahan, a link reinforced by visits from the Chinese embassy's cultural office.学校的中文系教授汉语并在伊斯法罕接待中国学生，中国大使馆文化处的来访进一步巩固了这一联系。
• The university's press has issued more than 1,000 book titles, adding a publishing arm to its teaching and research.学校出版社已出版超过 1000 种图书，在教学与科研之外增添了出版职能。
• The academic portfolio is deliberately comprehensive, combining laboratory sciences and engineering with humanities, theology, economics, psychology and sport.学校的学科布局刻意保持综合性，把实验室科学和工程与人文学科、神学、经济学、心理学及体育结合在一起。
• Doctoral candidates work within the faculties and research institutes, and the science poles provide additional capacity for collaborative projects that cut across departmental lines.博士生在学院与研究所内开展研究，科学极点则为跨系合作项目提供了额外容量。

Campus

• The main campus occupies about 300 hectares at Azadi Square, a site large enough to hold the central administration, most faculties and their laboratories.主校区位于自由广场，占地约 300 公顷，校园规模足以容纳中央行政机构、大多数学院及其实验室。
• Its address is Hezar Jarib Avenue, one of the main arteries of Isfahan, and the campus is identified with that street in official documents and rankings.校址位于伊斯法罕主要干道之一的赫扎尔贾里布大街，官方文件与排名资料都以这条街标识该校，因此校名常与这条大街一同出现。
• The campus lies close to Soffeh Mountain, the rocky ridge south of the city that provides a distinctive backdrop to the university's buildings.校园靠近城市南部的岩石山脊索费山，这座山为学校建筑提供了独特背景。
• A second campus stands in Khansar, a small city to the northwest of Isfahan province, and extends the university's reach beyond the provincial capital.第二校区设在伊斯法罕省西北部小城罕萨尔，把学校的影响范围延伸到省会之外。
• Khansar is about two and a half hours from Isfahan by road, far enough that the two campuses operate as distinct academic communities.罕萨尔距伊斯法罕陆路约两个半小时，距离之远使两个校区形成各自独立的学术社区。
• Isfahan is Iran's third-largest city, with a metropolitan population above two million, and its urban fabric stretches along the Zayandeh Rud between the Zagros mountains and the central desert.伊斯法罕是伊朗第三大城市，都会区人口超过两百万，城市肌理沿扎因德鲁德河展开，介于扎格罗斯山脉与中部沙漠之间。
• Isfahan stands at about 1,600 metres above sea level and has a dry climate with cold winters and hot summers, a setting that shapes daily student life.伊斯法罕海拔约 1600 米，气候干燥，冬季寒冷、夏季炎热，这一环境塑造了学生的日常生活。
• The Zayandeh Rud, crossed by historic bridges, is the defining natural feature of the city and shapes the setting in which students live and travel.扎因德鲁德河上横跨着多座历史桥梁，是这座城市最具标志性的自然特征，也塑造了学生生活与出行的环境。
• Naqsh-e Jahan Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the heart of the city, measures about 160 by 560 metres and places one of the finest ensembles of Persian architecture within reach of the campus.位于城市中心的伊玛目广场是联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）世界遗产，长约 560 米、宽约 160 米，把波斯建筑最精美的建筑群之一置于校园可达范围之内。
• Naqsh-e Jahan Square was laid out under Shah Abbas I in the early seventeenth century and is framed by the Imam Mosque, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, the Ali Qapu palace and the Grand Bazaar.伊玛目广场由沙阿阿巴斯一世在 17 世纪初规划，四周环绕着伊玛目清真寺、谢赫洛特芙拉清真寺、阿里卡普宫和大巴扎。
• Si-o-se-pol, completed in 1602, carries thirty-three arches across roughly 300 metres and remains the most celebrated bridge on the Zayandeh Rud.三十三孔桥于 1602 年建成，全长约 300 米，拥有三十三个桥拱，至今仍是扎因德鲁德河上最负盛名的桥梁。
• The Khaju Bridge, built around 1650 under Shah Abbas II, is another Safavid crossing that serves as a gathering place.哈朱桥约建于 1650 年沙阿阿巴斯二世时期，是另一座萨法维时期的桥梁，也是市民聚集的场所。
• The Zayandeh Rud rises in the Zagros mountains and terminates in the Gavkhouni wetland southeast of Isfahan, a basin that defines the city's geography.扎因德鲁德河发源于扎格罗斯山脉，最终注入伊斯法罕东南的加夫胡尼湿地，这一流域塑造了城市的地理格局。
• Iranian university guides describe the University of Isfahan as the largest university in central Iran by age and range of disciplines, a claim resting on its 300-hectare site and broad faculty structure.伊朗的高校指南把伊斯法罕大学描述为中部伊朗历史最久、学科范围最广的大学，这一说法依据的是其 300 公顷校园与广泛的学院结构，这一描述也说明主校区为何是学校的核心。
• The main campus is distinct from Isfahan University of Technology, which lies outside the city and specialises in engineering and agriculture, and from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, created in 1985.主校区不同于位于城外、以工程与农业见长的伊斯法罕理工大学，也不同于 1985 年独立设置的伊斯法罕医科大学。
• Isfahan and its suburbs host more than 72 universities and higher-education institutions, making the city one of Iran's densest academic centres.伊斯法罕及其郊区拥有超过 72 所大学与高等教育机构，这使伊斯法罕成为伊朗高教资源最集中的城市之一。
• Within the city the University of Isfahan is one of several public institutions, but its central site and comprehensive mandate give it a recognisable identity among them.在伊斯法罕市内，伊斯法罕大学是若干公立院校之一，但其中心校址与综合性使命使它在其中具有鲜明身份。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Isfahan is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a result published in 2026.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，伊斯法罕大学被列入第 1201-1400 位区间，该结果于 2026 年正式发布。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 likewise place it in the 1201-1400 band, matching its QS position.泰晤士高等教育（THE）2027 年世界大学排名同样把该校列入第 1201-1400 位区间，与 QS 的位置一致。
• U.S. News and World Report ranks it 1,380th in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities list, a numerically precise position within the same broad tier.美国新闻与世界报道（U.S. News）在 2026-2027 年全球最佳大学榜单中把该校排在第 1380 位，在同一大区间内给出了更精确的名次。
• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, compiled by ShanghaiRanking, does not include the University of Isfahan in its main ranking.由软科编制的 2026 年世界大学学术排名主榜未收录伊斯法罕大学。
• Its strongest showing in THE came in the 2021 edition, when it reached the 801-1000 band, well above its later position.该校在泰晤士高等教育排名中的最佳表现出现在 2021 年版，当时进入第 801-1000 位区间，明显高于其后来的位置。
• THE also placed it in the 801-1000 band in 2019 and 2020, a period of stability before its later slide down the table.泰晤士高等教育排名还在 2019 年与 2020 年把该校列入第 801-1000 位区间，形成了一段稳定期，此后其名次才逐步下滑。
• The CWTS Leiden Ranking placed it 765th in 2019 on the P indicator, which measures the proportion of a university's publications among the top 10 percent most cited.莱顿大学科学技术研究中心（CWTS）排名在 2019 年按 P 指标把该校列在第 765 位，该指标衡量一所大学的论文进入全球被引前 10% 的比例。
• Leiden had placed it 776th in 2018 and 797th in 2017, a gradual climb that peaked in the 2019 table.莱顿排名在 2018 年列第 776 位，2017 年列第 797 位，呈现逐步上升并在 2019 年榜单达到峰值的轨迹。
• QS ranks it 288th in Asia and 69th in Southern Asia, and its petroleum engineering programme appears at 151-160 in the 2024 subject ranking.QS 把该校排在亚洲第 288 位、南亚第 69 位，其石油工程学科在 2024 年学科排名中位列第 151-160 位，石油工程是该校在 QS 学科榜上最受关注的项目之一。
• QS also assigns it a place in the 1501+ band of its Sustainability Ranking, a comparatively modest result alongside its academic standing.QS 还在其可持续发展排名中把该校列入 1501+ 区间，与其学术地位相比这一结果较为温和。
• OpenAlex records 37,587 works and 705,175 citations for the university, evidence of a research base concentrated in the sciences and engineering.开放学术数据库 OpenAlex 收录该校 37587 项成果和 705175 次引用，显示其研究基础集中于理学与工程。
• An Iranian university profile records 23,395 domestic articles and 15,400 ISI-indexed articles produced by its researchers, a volume consistent with its broad faculty base.一份伊朗高校资料记载该校研究人员发表了 23395 篇国内论文和 15400 篇 ISI 索引论文，这一数量与其广泛的学院基础相称。
• It belongs to the same public network as Tehran University, Sharif University of Technology and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, each with a different disciplinary profile.它与德黑兰大学、谢里夫理工大学和马什哈德菲尔多西大学同属公立大学体系，但各自的学科侧重不同。

Student life

• Student life is shaped by a student body of about 18,000, split 52 percent undergraduate and 48 percent postgraduate, with a gender ratio of roughly 61 to 39.学生生活围绕约 18000 名学生展开，其中 52% 为本科生、48% 为研究生，男女比例约为 61 比 39，本科与研究生规模大致相当。
• Students come from all thirty of Iran's provinces, and the mix of regional backgrounds gives the campus a national rather than purely local character.学生来自伊朗全部三十个省份，不同地域背景的交汇使校园具有全国性而非纯粹地方性的气质。
• The 256 international students are a small minority, and the Persian Language Centre and the Chinese department provide the main structured bridges to them.256 名国际学生只占少数，波斯语中心与中文系为他们提供了主要的语言与组织衔接渠道。
• The Chinese department teaches Mandarin and has hosted Chinese students, and the Chinese embassy's cultural office has visited the campus to discuss exchanges.中文系教授汉语并接待中国学生，中国大使馆文化处也曾到访校园商讨交流事宜。
• The Faculty of Sport Sciences supports teaching and training in physical education, and sport is one of the organised dimensions of student life.体育科学学院支持体育教学与训练，体育运动是学生生活中较有组织性的一个维度。
• Isfahan's historic centre gives students access to Naqsh-e Jahan Square, the bazaars and the Safavid bridges, which function as places of recreation as well as tourism.伊斯法罕历史中心让学生可以前往伊玛目广场、巴扎与萨法维桥梁，这些场所既是旅游景点，也是融入学生日常生活的休闲空间。
• The main campus on Hezar Jarib Avenue is connected to the historic core by one of Isfahan's principal arteries, bringing the bazaars and Safavid monuments within a short journey.位于赫扎尔贾里布大街的主校区通过伊斯法罕一条主要干道与历史核心区相连，使学生能在短途出行内抵达巴扎与萨法维时期的古迹。
• The Khansar campus offers a smaller and more distant setting, and students assigned there experience a different rhythm from the main campus in the provincial capital.罕萨尔校区规模更小、位置更远，被安排在那里的学生体验到与省会主校区不同的生活节奏。

Notable people

• Mohammad Khatami, president of Iran from 1997 to 2005, studied Western philosophy at the University of Isfahan and graduated with a bachelor's degree before entering national politics.1997 至 2005 年任伊朗总统的穆罕默德·哈塔米曾在伊斯法罕大学学习西方哲学并取得学士学位，随后进入国家政治舞台。
• Khatami's election in 1997 opened the reform era of Iranian politics, and his connection to Isfahan is one of the university's most cited alumni facts.哈塔米 1997 年的当选开启了伊朗政治的改革开放时期，他与伊斯法罕的联系是该校最常被提及的校友事迹之一。
• Nusrat Bhutto, born in Isfahan, was First Lady of Pakistan from 1971 to 1977 as the wife of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and later served as a federal minister.努斯拉特·布托出生于伊斯法罕，1971 至 1977 年作为佐勒菲卡尔·阿里·布托的妻子担任巴基斯坦第一夫人，后来在巴基斯坦联邦政府中出任联邦部长。
• Houshang Golshiri, the fiction writer, critic and editor, studied at the university and became a leading figure of modern Persian prose.小说家、评论家与编辑胡尚格·戈尔希里曾在该校学习，后来成为现代波斯语散文的代表人物。
• Ata'ollah Mohajerani, Iran's minister of culture from 1997 to 2000, is also counted among its graduates.1997 至 2000 年任伊朗文化部长的阿塔奥拉·莫哈杰拉尼也被列为该校毕业生之一。
• Hrant Markarian, who studied at the university, later led the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, a diaspora party with a long history.曾在该校学习的赫兰特·马尔卡良后来领导历史悠久的侨民政党亚美尼亚革命联合会。
• Farideh Firoozbakht, a mathematician known for her work on prime numbers and the Firoozbakht conjecture, was an alumna of the university.以素数研究和菲鲁兹巴赫特猜想闻名的数学家法里德·菲鲁兹巴赫特是该校培养的校友。
• Fatemeh Shayan, a political scientist and winner of the tenth International Farabi Award, completed part of her higher education at Isfahan.政治学者、第十届国际法拉比奖得主法蒂玛·沙扬曾在伊斯法罕完成部分高等教育。