Islamic Azad University - Roudehen Branch
Higher Education - Rudehen, Tehran Province, Iran
Islamic Azad University - Roudehen Branch Employees
Islamic Azad University - Roudehen Branch Details
Following the foundation of Islamic Azad University (IAU) in large cities like Tehran, Islamic Azad University Roudehen Branch was founded on November 5, 1983 in the vicinity of capital city Tehran. This has opened up new horizons in the development of Roudehen city. The late Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Mirkhani was a benefactor who, besides his religious activities and authoring books, generously donated a building to the university to obtain the permit to establish a branch. Thanks to his generous effort, thousands of young knowledge seekers from all around the country have attended the university to reap the benefit. The first groups of students were admitted on the spring semester of the academic year 1983-84. The previous RIAU chancellors were:1. Seyed Kazem Shariatpanahi 1983 - 1986 (3 years)2. Seyed Mohammad Hosseini 1986 – 2007 (21 years)3. Dr. Gholamhossein Heidari 2007 – 2012 (5 years)4. Prof. Alireza Iranbakhsh 2012 – 2014 (2 years)Since April 14, 2014, Dr Naghi Shoja has been appointed as the fifth chancellor of RIAU. After three decades of going through the roller coaster of ups and downs, Islamic Azad University Roudehen Branch has relied on the protection of divine providence and banked on the supports of a reservoir of expert knowledge in university on its way to success. As a result of its successful academic achievements and development all through these years, the university has recently been granted the grade of "Comprehensive" which positions the university among the top IAU branches. This outstanding success in the history of Roudehen Branch, as the largest university in the eastern Tehran, has created an atmosphere to further its academic endeavors. It is now going international and has students from five different nationalities. Besides, thousands of its graduate students are now working all around the globe and this page can help make a reunion.
