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دانشگاه اروميه | |
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Former name | Westminster Medical College, Urmia College, University of Urmia |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1879–1915; 1965–present |
| Affiliation | Westminster Hospital, Cochran Memorial Hospital |
| President | Ahmad Alijanpour |
| Vice-Chancellor | Naser Nazariani |
| Provost | Alireza Mozaffari |
Academic staff | ~572 |
Administrative staff | ~637 |
| Students | 15,000 |
| Undergraduates | 14,000 |
| Postgraduates | up to 1,000 |
| Location | ,, 37°39′24.82″N44°59′12.42″E / 37.6568944°N 44.9867833°E /37.6568944; 44.9867833 |
| Campus | Urban & Suburban |
| Athletics | several teams |
| Colors | turquoise and white ; |
| Website | www |
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Urmia University (Persian:دانشگاه ارومیه,Daneshgah-e Orumiyeh) (also known as theUniversity of Urmia) is a public university inWest Azerbaijan province,Iran. The main campus of Urmia University is in Nazlu (or Nazloo), in the vicinity ofUrmia. It has six campuses, seven schools, more than 14,000 students, and research centers including Microelectronic, Antenna and Microwave Laboratory, Nanotechnology, MEMS, and Artemia. Urmia University also has two satellite campuses inKhoy andMiyandoab city. Nazlu campus of Urmia University is the biggest university campus in size in the northwest of Iran. Urmia University is ranked as one ofIran's "Grade A" universities byMinistry of Science, Research and Technology.
Urmia University is founded in the location of New Westminster Medical College (also known for its affiliated Old Westminster Hospital) which was established byJoseph Plumb Cochran in 1879 in the city of Urmia.[1][2] The Westminster Medical College is considered as the first attempt to establish a higher education institution in Urmia. Cochran, an American citizen who was born in Urmia toPresbyterian missionary parents, and he spent his entire professional life in developing the medical college and hospital in Urmia.[3][4] The website of Urmia University credits attempts of Cochran for "lowering the infant mortality rate in the region".[1] Cochran also established the first modern Western hospital in Iran.[3]
The medical faculty Cochran established was joined by several other American medical doctors including Dr. Wright, Dr. Homlz, Thomas Langdon van Norden (1802–1871), and Emma T. Miller.[1] They lived their entire life inUrmia. S. Oshana Badal (1853–1911) was the first graduate student of the school in 1883.[1] After graduation, Badal briefly went toEdinburgh,Scotland at the request of Cochran to extend his knowledge.[1] When Badal returned he was the firstassistant physician of Cochran.[1] Two princes of theQajar dynasty visited the Westminster Medical College,Mozaffar-ad-Din in the winter of 1890; andNaser-ad-Din Shah.[1] The certificates of the graduates from Westminster Medical College were jointly signed by Cochran andMozaffar ad-Din Shah. This college continued to educate students in medical science and after the death of Cochran in 1905 due totyphoid fever, Badal took over the school until his death in 1911 also from typhoid fever.[1] The school was briefly namedCochran Memorial Hospital after his death.[1]
Harry P. Packard (1874–1954) took over the full responsibilities of the hospital and college around 1906, until the closure in 1915.[1][5][6] American doctors Laura McComb Muller and Wilder P. Ellis joined Packard, prior to the closure of the school.[1] In 1909, Emma T. Miller left the college and Urmia.[1]
In 1907, Samuel Clement built a New Westminster Hospital in the inner city of Urmia.[1] The office of Joseph Plume Cochran and his medical college within the wooden building are preserved in the city campus of Urmia University.
The formal foundation for current Urmia University was laid in 1965 when theAgricultural College of Rezaeiye was established. Shabani was appointed as the first consular of the newly established college. In 1969, Jafar Rassi was appointed as chancellor to continue the expansion of the University. In 1970, the Iranian Ministry of Science assigned further development of the college to the university. An agreement was signed between the Iranian government and theNear East Foundation in the United States to establish a four-year program. Later, Dr. Rassi was appointed as the new consular of the college. Dr. Rassi, the longest-serving consular of Urmia University till date, established the Animal Science and Science Departments. Under his leadership, the college started a four-year program of bachelor's degree. He also established a partnership with European and American schools to establish an 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 as the University of Rezaeye in 1977.
After the 1979Iranian Revolution, the name of the university was changed to Urmia University.[7] In 1980, the faculty of Medical Science was established. As part of the Iranian Ministry of Health,Urmia University of Medical Sciences detached itself from the main school in 1985. The Faculty of Humanitarian Science was established in 1989 and Faculty of Engineering was established in 1990.[7][8][9]
Urmia University has six campuses, all of which are located in West Azarbaijan Provence. The main campus is located inNazlu on the 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) road from Urmia toSerow. Here is a list of all campuses:
One of the buildings of Urmia University is the Wooden Building, the oldest building in the city campus, formally the Westminster Medical College building.
In the present day, most of the major buildings of Urmia University are in Nazlu campus (also spelled as Nazloo):
Urmia University consists of eleven schools including:
| President | Tenure | Alma mater | Speciality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Plumb Cochran | 1878–1899 |  New York Medical College | Medicine[3] |
| S. Oshana Badal | 1900–c. 1905 |  Westminster Medical College | Medicine[1] |
| Harry Phineas Packard | 1906–1915 | University of Denver | Medicine[1][10][5] |
| Shabani | 1965–1969 | ||
| Jafar Rassi | 1969–1979 | Cornell University | Education |
| Javad Farhoudi | 1980–1982 |  University of Southampton | Hydraulic Structures Engineering |
| Ali Sarafraz Yazdi | 1983–1986 | University of Birmingham | Chemistry |
| Seyyed Mehdi Razavi Rouhani | 1986–1996 | University of Tehran | Veterinary Science |
| Rahim Hobbenaghi | 1997–2001 | University of Tehran | Veterinary Science[11] |
| Goudarz Sadeghi-Hashjin | 2001–2005 |  Utrecht University | Pharmacology |
| Hassan Sedghi | 2006–2014 |  University of New South Wales | Solid State Physics |
| Rahim Hobbenaghi | 2014–2021 | University of Tehran | Veterinary Science[11] |
| Ahmad Alijanpour | 2021–present | University of Tehran | Forestry |
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