“Urmia University”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Urmia University is founded in the place of Westminster Medical College in the city of Urmia, which was founded by Joseph Cochran in 1878. Westminster College is considered the first attempt to establish higher education institution in Urmia. Dr. Cochran an American citizen who born in Urmia spent whole of his professional life in developing the medical college and hospital in Urmia.^[1]

The website of Urmia University credits attempts of Cochran for "lowering the infant mortality rate in the region" [https://web.archive.org/web/20070608120732/http://www.urmia.ac.ir/intro.htm] and for founding one of Iran's first modern hospitals (Westminster Hospital) in Urmia. The medical faculty Cochran established was joined by several other American medical doctors including Drs. Wright, Homlz, van Nourdon, and Miller. They lived for whole of their life in Urmia.

The certificates of the graduates from Westminster Medical College were signed jointly by Dr. Cochran and King Mozaffar-edin Shah. This college continued to educate medical science until the death of Dr. Cochran in 1905. The office of Dr. Cochran and his medical college in wooden building are preserved in city campus of Urmia University. The university website honored Cochran and his team's work saying:

Later re-establishment and developments (1965-)

The formal foundation for current Urmia University was in 1965, when the Agricultural College of Rezaeiye was established. Mr. Shabani was appointed as the first consular of the newly established college. In 1969, Jafar Rassi was appointed as chancellor to continue expansion of the University. In 1970 Iranian Ministry of Science assigned further development of the college to university. An agreement was signed between Iranian government and Near East Foundation in United State to establish four-year program. Later Dr. Rassi appointed as the new consular of the college. Dr. Rassi, the longest serving chancellor of Urmia University till now, established the Animal Science and Science Departments. Under his leadership the college started four-year program of bachelor's degree. He also established partnership with European and American schools to establish exchange of scholars. He planned the expansion in Nazlu Campus which is now the primary location for the University. With the new developments the complex was renamed University of Rezaeye in 1977. After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the name of the university was changed to Urmia University. In 1980, the faculty of Medical Science was established. As part of Iranian Ministry of Health Urmia University of Medical Sciences detached from the main school in 1985. The Faculty of Humanitarian Science was established in 1989 and Faculty of Engineering established in 1990.^[2]^[3]

Campuses

Urmia University has six campuses, all of them are located in West Azerbaijan Provence. The main campus is located in Nazlu on the {{Convert|11|km|mile}} road from Urmia to Serow. Here is the list of all campuses:

Buildings

One of the famous building of Urmia University is Wooden Building, which is the oldest building in the city campus. In present-day most of the major building of Urmia University are in Nazlu campus are

Schools

The School of Engineering at Urmia University initiated its work as a technical school providing associate-degree (A.S.) programs in the fields of Electronics and Civil Engineering. The major aim of founding this school was to promote science and technology in different engineering trends and offer technical services for industries at provincial scale. After recruiting experienced and qualified faculty members, in 1988, the school officials admitted BS students in Civil Engineering and Electronics. The school was promoted into the Faculty of Engineering after establishing the field of Mechanical Heat and Fluid in 1991.^[4]

Master’s and PhD programs in Electronics were launched in 1995 and 1997, respectively. The ECE extended its activities with admitting students in Master of Telecommunication in 2001, PhD in Telecommunication in 2012, Master of Electronics with Micro-Nano Electronics System strand in 2013, and PhD in Electronics-Power in 2014. The Department of Computer Software Engineering joined other departments in 2002 and initiated its activities in higher education with providing MS programs in Computer Networks and PhD in Computer Networks in 2009 and 2012, respectively. The major objective of the undergraduate program is to raise students’ academic standards and qualify them so that they end up taking positions in the academia, industry, and government. The graduate program of ECE emphasizes integrated circuit design in a wide variety of subjects. Graduates of ECE collaborate with their professors to conduct research projects, and turn the department to one of the leading electrical engineering departments in Iran. The graduate program offers Master of Science and PhD degrees. The graduate program is run jointly with the collaboration of Micro-electronics Research Center & Urmia MEMS Center. The research projects involve the investigation of a broad spectrum of theoretical and real-world problems. Some of ECE's main research areas are listed below: Analog Integrated Circuits, Digital Integrated Circuits, VLSI, Data Converters, RF, Image sensors, Learning, Pattern Recognition and neural networks, MEMS and Micromachining.^[4]^[5]

The Faculty of Science began its activity in 1979 with accepting students in two fields of physics education and plant sciences. It is situated in Nazlou Campus and is one of the important educational and research centers of Urmia University.^[6]

The Faculty of Chemistry was founded in 2017 and began its formal functioning together with two major departments. M.Sc. Chemistry courses have been held in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry department since October 1997 and admitted PhD students in Organic Chemistry since February 2003.^[7]

The Faculty of Literature and Humanities was founded in 1988 with the establishment of the Department of Persian Language & Literature in an area of 1378 square meters in one of the best regions in Urmia.^[8]

The Faculty of Agriculture is one of the oldest schools of Urmia University. Ayndanshkdh first higher education institution in West Azerbaijan Province in 1965 by the University of Tehran and headed by Mr. Shaibani by accepting 40 students in associate degree in the garden area of 15 hectares could be established Shd.danshjvyany who were willing to bachelor’s degree in School Agriculture Karaj affiliated to Tehran University to continue his studies. In 1968 with the approval of the Board of Trustees of the College of Agriculture, the College, the University of Tehran was independent. In 1969, an agreement between the names of the Near East Foundation and the Ministry of Culture to increase the period of time of two years, signed a four-year program’s Dean J. Rassi Grftnd.dr 1969 with the creation of the field of animal husbandry, the Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Urmia renamed. Given that the School of Veterinary Medicine in 1975 and in 1977 the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine and Nursing were added.^[9]

Faculty of Economics and Management, as an educational and research center, was established in 2007. This faculty aims to produce, transfer, and expand the knowledge in the realm of economics and to train human resources who are expert in the fields of economics, financial accounting, and management.^[10]

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was established in 1975. Currently, this long-established faculty enjoys the cooperation of 56 Academic members (15 Professors, 19 Associate Professors, and 22 Assistant Professors), 10 lab technicians, and 31 employees and accepts Iranian as well as international students in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, DVSc/PhD, and Master of Science (MSc) programs.

The Faculty of Arts began its activities in 2002 by admitting 25 students in the field of Urban Engineering which was within the Faculty of Engineering. In 2004 with the approval of honorable authorities and former minister of Housing and Urban Development, Hedayat School Building which is of historical significance was awarded to Urmia University in order to establish the faculty. The Faculty of Arts was established in this historical building and started running two undergraduate programs, namely Architecture and Urban Engineering.

After gaining approval in 1997, the Faculty of Natural Resources was founded in 2002 at Urmia University with the dedicated efforts of well-informed, committed, and compassionate staff. Ever since, the undergraduate program has been offered in Natural Resources Engineering Rangeland and Watershed Management.

The establishment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department at Urmia University dates back to 1990 when it began offering an undergraduate program. Since 2003, it has admitted several faculty members and postgraduate student in the management of sport organizations, motor learning, and exercise physiology which has turned the department to be one of the most vibrant physical education departments in Iran. In 2010, the efforts put by the faculty members and university authorities accelerated the activities carried out by the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences. In 2011, the faculty was transferred to Nazloo Campus.

Research centers

Presidents

Notable alumni

History

Westminster Medical College (1878-1905)