University of Tabriz

The University of Tabriz (Persian: Dāneshgāh-e Tabriz) is a public university in Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran, and the second-oldest university in the country after the University of Tehran.大不里士大学（波斯语 Dāneshgāh-e Tabriz）是位于伊朗西北部东阿塞拜疆省省会大不里士的一所公立大学，也是继德黑兰大学之后伊朗历史第二悠久的大学。

It was founded in 1947 as the University of Azarabadegan and is funded by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, with admission for Iranian applicants through a national entrance examination.该校于 1947 年以阿塞拜疆大学之名创办，经费由伊朗科学、研究与技术部提供，本国考生须通过全国统一入学考试方可录取。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 686th in the world, and it is widely regarded as one of the ten most selective universities in Iran.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列世界第 686 位，并被普遍视为伊朗最严格选拔的十所大学之一。

History

• Higher education in Tabriz goes back to the Rab'-e Rashidi, an international centre of learning founded around 1300 by Rashid al-Din Hamadani, vizier of the Ilkhanate.大不里士的高等教育可追溯至拉施德丁学院，这是一座约 1300 年由伊尔汗国宰相拉施德丁·哈马达尼创办的国际学术中心。
• The modern university was created after the Iranian parliament passed the "Establishment of Universities in the Cities" act, and its first teaching activities began in 1946.现代意义上的该校是在伊朗议会通过《在各城市设立大学法》之后创建的，其最早的教学活动始于 1946 年。
• It formally opened in 1947 as the University of Azarabadegan with faculties of Medicine, Agriculture and Pedagogy, becoming the second-oldest university in Iran.该校于 1947 年以阿塞拜疆大学之名正式开办，设医学、农业与师范三个学院，成为伊朗第二古老的大学。
• Khanbaba Bayani, a scholar of Persian literature trained at the Sorbonne, served as the university's first chancellor from 1947 to 1950.毕业于巴黎索邦大学的波斯文学学者汗巴巴·巴亚尼，于 1947 至 1950 年担任该校首任校长。
• Manouchehr Eghbal, a physician trained at the Académie Nationale de Médecine, was chancellor from 1950 to 1952 and later served as Prime Minister of Iran.曾就读于法国国家医学科学院的医学家曼努切赫尔·埃格巴尔，于 1950 至 1952 年任校长，其后出任伊朗首相。
• Mohsen Hashtroodi, a mathematician who had studied at the Sorbonne, led the university from 1952 to 1953 and was known for his work on non-Euclidean geometry.曾在索邦大学求学的数学家莫赫森·哈什特鲁迪于 1952 至 1953 年执掌该校，以非欧几何研究著称。
• After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the University of Azarabadegan was renamed the University of Tabriz, the name it has kept since.1979 年伊斯兰革命后，阿塞拜疆大学更名为大不里士大学，此名沿用至今。
• In 1985, under an act of the Islamic parliament, all medical faculties and centres in Iran were separated from their parent universities, and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences became an independent institution.1985 年，依伊斯兰议会通过的法案，伊朗所有医学院系与中心从原属大学中分离，大不里士医科大学自此成为独立机构。
• Several universities in northwestern Iran branched off from the University of Tabriz, among them Mohaghegh Ardabili University, the University of Maragheh and the University of Bonab.伊朗西北部的若干大学由大不里士大学衍生而来，其中包括莫哈盖格·阿尔达比勒大学、马拉盖大学与博纳布大学。
• Between 2008 and 2012 the university served as a full member of the Administrative Board of the International Association of Universities.2008 至 2012 年间，该校担任国际大学协会行政理事会正式成员。
• The Aras International Campus was developed as a branch to host fee-paying and international students, expanding the university's reach towards the Aras Free Zone near the border.阿拉斯国际校区作为分校发展起来，用于招收自费生与国际学生，使该校的影响力延伸至靠近边境的阿拉斯自由区。
• The Khaje Nasireddin Toosi Observatory, named after the thirteenth-century Persian polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, was established on campus to support astronomy research.以十三世纪波斯博学家纳西尔丁·图西命名的哈杰·纳西尔丁·图西天文台设于校园内，用于支持天文学研究。
• The university's academic reputation grew steadily through the twentieth century, and by 2021 it enrolled about 24,000 students supported by more than 800 academic staff.该校的学术声誉在二十世纪持续提升，到 2021 年在读学生约 24,000 人，教学人员超过 800 人。
• The current chancellor, Mohammad Taghi Alemi, was appointed by the Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology, who described the university as a national academic asset.现任校长穆罕默德·塔基·阿莱米由伊朗科学、研究与技术部部长任命，部长称该校为国家学术资产。
• As part of its recent expansion the university added the Faculty of Engineering – Emerging Technologies, its newest engineering faculty, alongside older faculties such as Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.作为近年扩张的一部分，该校新设「工程—新兴技术学院」，为其最新的工程类学院，与原有的化学与石油工程学院等并存。
• The Faculty of Agriculture at Ahar and the Faculty of Planning and Environmental Sciences were added as the university broadened its teaching beyond its original three founding faculties.随着教学范围超出最初的三个创始学院，该校陆续增设阿哈尔农学院以及规划与环境科学学院。
• So strong is its historical role in the region that the university is often described as the mother university of northwestern Iran, having trained the first cohorts of scientists for the surrounding provinces.该校在区域内的历史作用十分突出，常被称为伊朗西北部的「母大学」，为周边各省培养了最早一批科学家。
• In 1941 the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran brought foreign troops into Tabriz, a turbulent period that shaped the young university's early years.1941 年英苏对伊朗的占领使外国军队进驻大不里士，这段动荡时期影响了这所新办大学的最初岁月。
• Iran's nationalisation of its oil industry in 1951 and the political upheaval that followed coincided with the university's early growth during the 1950s.1951 年伊朗将石油产业收归国有及其后的政治动荡，恰与该校在 1950 年代的早期发展同时发生。
• The White Revolution launched in 1963 and the industrial expansion of the 1960s brought new state resources to the university's science and engineering faculties.1963 年发起的白色革命与 1960 年代的工业扩张，为该校的理科与工科学院带来了新的国家资源。
• After the 1979 revolution the university was reorganised along new national lines, and in 1980 the outbreak of the Iran–Iraq War further disrupted academic life in the region.1979 年革命后该校按新的国家方针重组，1980 年两伊战争的爆发进一步扰乱了该地区的教学生活。

Academics

• The university has about 22 main departments grouped into around nineteen faculties, spanning the natural sciences, engineering, agriculture, the humanities and the social sciences.该校设有约 22 个主要教学单位，归属约十九个学院，覆盖自然科学、工程、农业、人文与社会科学。
• Its faculties include the Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, the Faculty of Civil Engineering, the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.其学院包括化学与石油工程学院、土木工程学院、电气与计算机工程学院以及机械工程学院。
• Other faculties are the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, the Faculty of Physics, the Faculty of Chemistry, the Faculty of Biology and the Faculty of Natural Sciences.其他学院还有数学科学学院、物理学院、化学学院、生物学院与自然科学学院。
• The Faculty of Economics, Management and Business, the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Education and Psychology cover the social sciences side of the university.经济管理与商业学院、法律与社会学院以及教育与心理学院则构成该校的社会科学部分。
• The university teaches roughly 14,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students, giving a total student body of more than 24,000 from across Iran.该校本科在读学生约 14,000 人，研究生约 7,000 人，全校学生总数超过 24,000 人，来自伊朗各地。
• About 800 academic staff teach at the university, of whom roughly 750 hold doctorates, and 195 are full professors, 315 associate professors and 270 assistant professors.该校教学人员约 800 人，其中约 750 人拥有博士学位，包括 195 名正教授、315 名副教授与 270 名助理教授。
• Undergraduate admission is limited to roughly the top 3 per cent of candidates in the national entrance examination, and to about the top 1 per cent for the most competitive fields.本科录取仅限全国入学考试中排名约前 3% 的考生，竞争最激烈的专业则需跻身前 1%。
• The University of Tabriz is recognised as a Centre of Excellence in six fields: geographical studies of northwestern Iran, biology, mechatronics, molecular plant breeding, new materials and clean chemistry, and photonics and plasma.该校在六个领域被认定为卓越研究中心：伊朗西北部地理研究、生物学、机电一体化、分子植物育种、新材料与清洁化学，以及光子学与等离子体。
• Research centres on campus include the Centre of Excellence in Mechatronics Systems, the Centre for Applied Physics and Astronomical Research and the Biotechnology Centre for Pharmaceutical Herbs.校内科研中心包括机电一体化系统卓越中心、应用物理与天文研究中心，以及药用植物生物技术中心。
• The Center of Control Systems houses laboratories for artificial intelligence, model predictive control, robotics and advanced process control, while a Geographic Research Centre studies the region's environment.控制系统中心设有用于人工智能、模型预测控制、机器人与先进过程控制的实验室，另设有地理研究中心研究本地区环境。
• The university operates a Central Laboratory and a Central Library, and it publishes a range of scientific journals across the basic sciences, the humanities and engineering.该校设有中心实验室与中心图书馆，并在基础科学、人文与工程领域出版多种学术期刊。
• The university maintains around 90 memoranda of understanding with universities abroad and hosts more than 1,100 international students, notably through the Aras International Campus.该校与海外大学签订约 90 份合作备忘录，并通过阿拉斯国际校区等渠道招收超过 1,100 名国际学生。
• It has signed cooperation agreements with partner institutions such as Sharif University of Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Kharazmi University and Allameh Tabatabai University for joint research and student exchange.该校与谢里夫理工大学、阿米尔卡比尔理工大学、哈拉兹米大学与阿拉梅·塔巴塔巴伊大学等院校签署合作协议，开展联合研究与学生交流。
• The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association and the Eurasian Silk Road Universities Consortium, networks that link universities across Iran, the Caucasus and Central Asia.该校是高加索大学协会与欧亚丝绸之路大学联盟的成员，这些网络连接伊朗、高加索与中亚的大学。
• Its strongest research areas include civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, polymer and chemical engineering, physics and mathematics, with engineering subjects being especially competitive.其优势研究领域包括土木、电气与机械工程，高分子与化学工程，物理与数学，其中工程类专业竞争尤为激烈。
• The university was among the first in Iran to establish broad doctoral programmes and today offers master's and doctoral degrees in most of its faculties.该校是伊朗最早开设广泛博士培养项目的大学之一，如今在多数学院均提供硕士与博士学位课程。
• Its Faculty of Persian and Foreign Languages and its Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science serve students in the humanities and sports fields respectively.其波斯与外国语学院以及体育与运动科学学院，分别面向人文领域与体育领域的学生。
• The university's research is organised through dedicated centres and centres of excellence, with the mechatronics and applied physics groups among its internationally recognised strengths.该校科研通过专门中心与卓越中心组织，其中机电一体化与应用物理团队是其具有国际认可度的优势方向。

Campus

• The main campus occupies a large site along 29 Bahman Boulevard in Tabriz, in the eastern part of the city's university district, with an official postal address at 5166616471.主校区位于大不里士二十九日大道沿线的大片区域内，地处该市东部高校区，官方邮编为 5166616471。
• In addition to the main campus the university maintains three satellite campuses: the Aras International Campus, Miyaneh Technical College and Marand Technical College.除主校区外，该校还拥有三个分校区：阿拉斯国际校区、米亚内技术学院与马兰德技术学院。
• Taken together these campuses give the University of Tabriz the second-largest campus area of any university in Iran, after Isfahan University of Technology.这些校区相加，使大不里士大学的校园总面积在伊朗各大学中位居第二，仅次于伊斯法罕理工大学。
• The main campus lies at approximately 38.08 degrees north and 46.29 degrees east, in the city of Tabriz near the eastern shore of Lake Urmia basin.主校区约位于北纬 38.08 度、东经 46.29 度，地处大不里士市，邻近乌尔米耶湖盆地东侧。
• The central laboratory and the observatory are among the campus facilities, and the university also supports the establishment of schools in smaller cities across the region.中心实验室与天文台均属校园设施，该校还支持在区域内较小城市设立附属学校。
• The Aras International Campus is located in the Aras region near Iran's northwestern border, close to the Aras Free Zone and the border crossings with Azerbaijan and Armenia.阿拉斯国际校区位于伊朗西北边境附近的阿拉斯地区，靠近阿拉斯自由区以及与阿塞拜疆、亚美尼亚的边境口岸。
• The Miyaneh and Marand technical colleges serve students in the smaller towns of East Azerbaijan, extending the university's teaching reach beyond the capital of the province.米亚内与马兰德两所技术学院为东阿塞拜疆省内较小城镇的学生服务，使该校的教学覆盖超出省会城市。
• The University of Tabriz also acts as a support hub for universities in northwestern Iran, having helped to found institutions such as Mohaghegh Ardabili University, the University of Maragheh and the University of Bonab.大不里士大学同时充当伊朗西北部各大学的支持中心，曾协助创建莫哈盖格·阿尔达比勒大学、马拉盖大学与博纳布大学等院校。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Tabriz is placed 686th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，大不里士大学位列世界第 686 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 701 to 800 bracket globally.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。 ^[1]
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026 to 2027 the university is placed 663rd in the world.在 2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名中，该校位列世界第 663 位。
• The university did not enter the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, compiled by ShanghaiRanking, although it had been placed in the 901 to 1000 band in earlier editions.该校未进入由上海软科编制的 2026 年世界大学学术排名，不过在此前若干版本中曾位列第 901 至 1000 档。
• The OpenAlex database records about 46,667 research works associated with the university, with some 1,550,432 citations.OpenAlex 数据库为该校收录约 46,667 篇研究成果，被引用约 1,550,432 次。
• Within Iran the University of Tabriz has long ranked among the top ten universities and was placed fifth among comprehensive universities in national assessments.在伊朗国内，大不里士大学长期位列前十，并在全国评估中位居综合性大学第五。
• In 2021 sixteen of its faculty members were counted among the top one per cent of the world's most cited scientists.2021 年，该校有 16 位教师入选全球被引次数最高的前 1% 科学家之列。
• In 2025 the university was ranked 650th to 700th in the world by the NTU Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers and 535th by the University Ranking by Academic Performance.2025 年，该校在台湾大学「世界大学科研论文绩效排名」中位列世界第 650 至 700 名，在学术表现大学排名中位列第 535 名。
• Its research output places it among the most productive universities in Iran, with roughly 22,900 national and 19,600 international articles recorded by Iranian scientific databases.其科研产出使其跻身伊朗最多产的大学之列，据伊朗科研数据库记载，该校发表国内论文约 22,900 篇、国际论文约 19,600 篇。
• In 2025 SCImago placed the university around 5238th in the world overall, while a regional league table put it 225th in Asia.2025 年 SCImago 将该校整体列于世界第 5238 名左右，另有区域榜单将其列为亚洲第 225 名。

Student life

• The University of Tabriz does not carry a widely circulated formal motto, and its public identity rests instead on its long tradition of rigorous science teaching.大不里士大学没有广泛流传的正式校训，其公共形象主要建立在严格的理科教学传统之上。
• The university is known for demanding grading standards, and its students often have lower grade point averages than their peers at other Iranian universities.该校以严格评分著称，其学生的平均绩点往往低于其他伊朗大学的同龄人。
• Student associations organise cultural, religious and academic events, and the university marks national academic occasions with public lectures and commemorations.学生社团组织文化、宗教与学术活动，该校也以公开讲座与纪念活动庆祝国家级学术节点。
• The international student community, concentrated at the Aras International Campus, numbers more than 1,100 and comes from neighbouring countries and beyond.国际学生群体主要集中在阿拉斯国际校区，人数超过 1,100 人，来自邻国及其他地区。
• Sports facilities and student teams take part in Iranian inter-university competitions, complementing the university's physical education and sports science programmes.该校的体育设施与学生队伍参加伊朗校际比赛，与体育及运动科学课程相互补充。
• The Khaje Nasireddin Toosi Observatory and the university's science museums offer students outreach and observation activities beyond the standard curriculum.哈杰·纳西尔丁·图西天文台与该校科学博物馆为学生提供课程之外的天文科教与观测活动。
• The main campus on 29 Bahman Boulevard places students within reach of the cultural life of Tabriz, a historic city known for its bazaars and its position on the Silk Road.位于二十九日大道的主校区使学生得以接触大不里士的文化生活，这座历史名城以集市与丝绸之路要冲的地位著称。
• Campus life reflects the university's regional role, with students from all Iranian provinces and a strong presence from the Azerbaijani-speaking northwest.校园生活体现该校的区域性角色，学生来自伊朗各省，其中来自阿塞拜疆语系西北地区者尤为众多。
• Annual ceremonies mark the start of the academic year and the university's national standing, drawing scholars and officials from across Iran to the Tabriz campus.年度典礼标志着学年的开始与该校的国家地位，吸引伊朗各地学者与官员前往大不里士校园。

Notable people

• Samad Behrangi, a teacher, writer and social critic, is one of the university's best-known alumni and a leading figure of twentieth-century Persian children's literature.教师、作家与社会批评家萨马德·贝赫兰吉是该校最知名的校友之一，也是二十世纪波斯儿童文学的领军人物。
• Mehdi Bakeri, who studied at the university, became a chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and was killed during the Iran–Iraq War.曾就读于该校的迈赫迪·巴克里曾任伊斯兰革命卫队高级指挥官，并在两伊战争中阵亡。
• Ali Saeedlou, an alumnus, served as Vice-President of Iran, while Ali Abdolalizadeh, also an alumnus, was the country's Minister of Housing.校友阿里·赛义德卢曾任伊朗副总统，另一位校友阿里·阿卜杜拉利扎德曾任住房部长。
• Ali Akbar Entezami, a chemist and alumnus, is often described as the father of polymer science in Iran for his pioneering work on polymer chemistry.化学家、校友阿里·阿克巴尔·恩泰扎米因其在高分子化学领域的开创性工作，常被称为伊朗高分子科学之父。
• Kaveh Madani, an alumnus and water-resources expert, served as Deputy Head of Iran's Department of Environment and later led international water research institutes.校友、水资源专家卡韦赫·马达尼曾任伊朗环境部副部长，其后领导多所国际水资源研究机构。
• Azim Gheychisaz, an alumnus, is a noted Iranian mountaineer who has climbed several of the world's highest peaks.校友阿齐姆·盖切萨兹是伊朗著名登山家，曾登顶世界多座高峰。
• Hooshang Amirahmadi, a political analyst and alumnus, founded and presided over the American-Iranian Council, a policy research organisation.政治分析家、校友胡尚·阿米拉赫马迪创办并主持了美国—伊朗理事会这一政策研究机构。
• Ebrahim Rezaei Babadi, an alumnus and politician, served as governor-general of Kermanshah Province.校友、政治家易卜拉欣·礼萨伊·巴巴迪曾任克尔曼沙赫省省长。
• Adela Mohseni, an Afghan women's rights activist, is among the university's international alumni known for her advocacy work.阿富汗妇女权利活动家阿德拉·穆赫塞尼是该校国际校友之一，以其倡导工作闻名。
• Khanbaba Bayani, the university's first chancellor, was a scholar of Persian literature and helped to shape the young institution's early curriculum.该校首任校长汗巴巴·巴亚尼是波斯文学学者，参与了这所新办院校早期课程体系的塑造。
• Manouchehr Eghbal, a chancellor in the early 1950s, went on to become Prime Minister of Iran, illustrating the university's early links with national politics.1950 年代初期任校长的曼努切赫尔·埃格巴尔其后出任伊朗首相，体现了该校早期与国家政治的紧密联系。
• Mohammad Taghi Alemi, the current chancellor, is an academic appointed to lead the university's continued expansion in research and international cooperation.现任校长穆罕默德·塔基·阿莱米是一位学者，受命领导该校在研究与国际合作方面的持续扩展。