Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, sometimes also referred to as Noshirvani Institute of Technology or NIT, is a public research university and Institute of Technology in Babol, Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran, 20 km south of the Caspian Sea. The university is an influential center for academic research in Iran, due to which it has been consistently ranked among the top schools in the country. BNUT is currently ranked 1st among all Iranian universities according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings. THE has also ranked BNUT between 351st and 400th among world universities, 55th among the world’s young universities, as well as 43rd among Asian universities. BNUT is home to nearly 200 faculty members and 6000 undergraduate and graduate students, and is organized into six following faculties, all of which emphasize on science and technology:
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology was established in 1970 by Seyed Hossein Fallah Noshirvani, who dedicated the complex to the people of Babol as a public engineering school. However, during the early years, the complex served primarily as a training center for technical instructors who would teach at community colleges in fields related to engineering. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the school merged with the University of Mazandaran to become a College of Engineering and changed its curriculum to offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering. In 2005, following public demand and supported by donations from people of Babol, the institution started a process of independence from UMZ, during which it was temporarily referred to as “Noshirvani Technical and Education Complex”. Since March 2008, BNUT has been an independent public university under the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology.
Ranking
Considering Times higher education world university ranking 2018, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology has been ranked 1st in Iran and 301–350th in the world. Moreover, it has been ranked 201–250th in the engineering category. The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings announces Babol Noshirvani University of Technology as the 55th young university of the world. According to ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019, NIT has been ranked 101-150 among world universities in Mechanical Engineering and also 201-300 in Chemical Engineering. In 2018, SciVisions University Ranking, Noshirvani University of Technology took 2nd place among all the national universities after University of Tehran. Round University Ranking has ranked Noshirvani University of Technology as the 6th university of Iran and 506th among world universities in 2018. In 2018, ShanghaiRanking's ranking NIT stands as the 7th university of Iran. In 2019, the U.S. News & World Report ranked NIT Engineering Sciences 231st among world universities. Noshirvani University of Technology stands as the 11th university of the country and 584th among world universities according to 2016 SCImago institutions rankings. Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science announces a list of world's most effective universities every year. NIT has been ranked as the 6th top university of technology in the country among top 1% universities of the world in June 2015. Islamic World Science Citation Database has announced a list of most effective universities of Iran based on scientific diplomacy in 2012-2014. Babol Noshirvani university of technology has been ranked 3rd among all the technical universities of Iran in such field after Isfahan university of technology and Sharif university of technology. Islamic World Science Citation Database has published the Ranking Universities and research Centers of Iran 2014-15, Babol Noshirvani university of technology has been ranked 6th among all technical universities of Iran after Amirkabir University of Technology, Sharif University of Technology, Iran University of Science and Technology, Isfahan University of Technology and khaje nasir toosi.
Administration
Chancellor: Javad Vaseqi Amiri, Professor of Civil Engineering, since 2014
Vice-Chancellor for University: Kurosh Sedighi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Chancellor of International Campus: Mousa Farhadi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Vice-Chancellor for Education: Mohammad Bakhshi Jooybari, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Vice-Chancellor for Research and Technology: Majid Taghizadeh, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Vice-Chancellor for Administrative and Financial: Sayyed Hashem Rasouli, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Vice-Chancellor for Student: Mohammad Reza Hassanzadeh, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Vice-Chancellor for Cultural and Social: Abolfazl Ranjbar Noei, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Schools
Major faculties of the university:
Department of Science
In this Department, There are several undergraduate and graduate programs in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. The Department with 28 highly experienced research-active faculty, is known for cutting edge multidisciplinary research as well as teaching excellence aimed at providing students with the necessary scientific foundation for studies in related fields and at creating the next generation of scientists in Iran.
The Chemical Engineering School began its activity with accepting students at undergraduate level. The school is organizing new students' admission continuously in undergraduate, master and PhD. Faculty members in the college consist of nine permanent members. 80 ISI articles and 76 conferences articles and five applied research projects are achievements of the school and for the first time in the world modern controlled dream lab stablished in November 2015 by Aria Arabzadeh and Dr.ahmad sajedi in corporation of hypnology and narcosis restricted by NIT.
This School is one of the most equipped academic centers in the country with extraordinary academic staffs and 17 focused laboratories. Each year, many research and industrial projects in application areas stage to be implemented by academic members and students in this college. Currently, this School is attempting to organize new student’s admission continuously in undergraduate, master and PhD. Electrical and Computer Engineering department is well known for its scientific breakthroughs, it can be seen from number of laboratories, industrial projects, international papers and citations.
Dean of Faculty: Assist. Prof. Sayed Asghar Gholamian
The School of Mechanical Engineering with experienced personnel, which contains faculty members and experts, is of the most active scientific centers that has begun its activity with accepting students in undergraduate level. Each year, many research and industrial projects in application areas stage to be implemented by academic staffs and students in this college. Currently, the School of Mechanical Engineering is attempting to organize new student s admission continuously in undergraduate, master and PhD. Holding two conferences about Fluid Dynamics and Manufacturing Dynamics, 126 ISI articles and 56 scientific research and 100 conferences articles and 10 applied research projects are achievements of this college in the past year.
Dean of Faculty: Assist. Prof. Mohammad hassan Ghasemi
Academic staff:7 Professor, 10 Associate Prof, 23 Assistant Prof, 2 Lecturer and 1 PhD Candidate
Researchers: Six Professor, seven Associate Prof, eight Assistant Professor and 20 Postgruadute Students
In 2018, the Nanotechnology Research Institute Telegram bot, designed as the only specialized nanotechnology bot by , a member of the Nanotechnology Research Institute.
In 2019, the Nanotechnology Research Institute was chosen as the excellence center of nanotechnology in the water and Dr. Mohsen Jahanshahi was elected chairman of the excellence center.
Student activism
Student activist Sayed Ziaoddin "Zia" Nabavi attended the university as an engineering student before being banned from higher education for his anti-government political activities. Along with other banned students, he formed the Council to Defend the Right to Education to defend their rights to continue attending university. Following his participation in "Green Revolution" protests following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed reelection, Sayed Ziaoddin Nabavi was arrested along with his wife, and he is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence on charges of "creating unease in the public mind".
