Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch

The Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch (Persian: دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي واحد رشت) is an Iranian university in Rasht, Gīlān Province. It was founded on 1 September 1982.^[1]

Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch

دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد رشت
Motto	آرمان ایرانی برای جهانی شدن
Type	Private
Established	1982
Chancellor	Dr. Mohammad Doostar
Academic staff	240 (2021)
Administrative staff	261 (2021)
Students	12000 (2021)
Location	Rasht , Gilan , Iran
Campus	550,000 m² (main compus)
Website	http://iaurasht.ac.ir

Chancellors

Chancellors of The Islamic Azad University of Rasht.^[2]

Name	Position	Year
A. Kamali	Assistance Professor	1982-1984
N. Zargham	Assistance Professor	1984-1988
S. Farzaneh	-	1988-2001
R. Simbar	Professor	2001-2007
A. Mir Ebrahimi	Assistance Professor	2007-2012
M. Soror-aldin	Professor	2012
B. Daneshian	Associate Professor	2012-2014
A. Amirtemoori	Professor	2014-2017
A. Chirani	Associate Professor	2017-2020
M. Doostar	Associated Professor	now

Vice-Chansellors

• Alireza Seydavi (Research)^[3]
• Shahram Gholamrezaei (Education)^[4]
• Ghasem Ghasemi (Student)^[5]
• Soheil Shokri (Financial & Planning)^[6]

Schools and Departments

• Management and Accounting^[7]
• Basic Science^[8]
• Nursing and Midwifery^[9]
• Agriculture Science^[10]
• Engineering^[11]
• Human Science^[12]

Faculty members in Google Scholar

• Dr Shahab Shariati^[13]
• Alireza Amirteimoori^[14]
• Hossein Fallah-Bagher-Shaidaei^[15]
• All members in Google Scholar ^[16]

Journals

• Iranian Journal of Optimization (DOAJ),^[17][18] BASE,^[19]
• Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science^[20]
• International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development^[21]
• Journal of ornamental plants^[22]
• مطالعات برنامه ریزی سکونتگاههای انسانی^[23] (in Persian)

Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch in International Ranking institutions

• IAU Rasht in Scopus^[24]
• IAU Rasht in Google Scholar^[25]
• IAU Rasht in Webometrics^[26]

Year	Webometrics
	International	National	IAU
2016 July	3432	89	12
2016 January	9937	179	55
2015 July	11018	196	68
2015 January	13304	210	72

Year	ISC[27]
	National	IAU
2013-14	-	13[28]
2011	-	14
2010	-	19

Year	uniRank[29]
2016	107