Arak University

Arak University

دانشگاه اراک Danushgah-e Arak
Type	Public
Established	1971
President	Dr. Saeid Hamidi
Location	Arak , Markazi Province , Iran
Website	www.araku.ac.ir

Arak University is the oldest state university of Markazi Province located in Arak city. The university has been founded in 1971 as The College of Marjan (مدرسه ی عالی مرجان, Midresh-e i 'alâm Mirjan) with partnership of the University of Tehran and Tehran Tarbiat Moallem University. In 1989 the college attained university status. The university currently offers degrees in seven faculties in 135 fields for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Right now, Arak University is the largest governmental university of the Markazi Province and more than 12000 students are enrolled in its Bachelor, Master and PhD programs and more and more than 300 full-time professors are working in 7 faculties of the Arak University.

Faculties[]

1- Faculty of Science http://sci.araku.ac.ir/
The Dean of the Faculty of the Engineering is Mr Azizallah Azad. The faculty of Science includes the following departments:
- Department of science
- Department of math

Faculty of Science

2- Faculty of Engineering http://eng.araku.ac.ir/
The Dean of the Faculty of the Engineering is Dr. A. Barati. The faculty of Engineering includes the following departments:
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Industrial Engineering
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Department of Computer Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

3- Faculty of Human Science http://sci.araku.ac.ir/
The faculty of Human Science includes the following departments:
- Department of Persian Language & Literature
- Department of Arabic Language & Literature
- Department of English Language & Literature
- Department of Theology and Islamic Studies
- Department of History

Faculty of Human Science

4- Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources http://www.agr.araku.ac.ir/
The faculty of Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources includes the following departments:
- Department of Agricultural Machinery
- Department of Water Engineering
- Department of Animal Science
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Department of medicinal plants

Agriculture Farm

5- Faculty of Sport Sciences
- Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences

6- Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages

7- Faculty of Art

• Alumni

Many people have graduated since this university has been established. Nowadays famous professors Akbar Zendehbam (optics professor), Bejan Farokhi Senejani (theoretical physicist, professor), Kamran Moayedi (full professor) and are members of the science faculty. They have expertise in bend loss research for optical fibers.