Gorgan University
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© Gorgan University |
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Established | 1957 |
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Type | Public |
President | Abdolhosein Taheri |
Faculty | 120 |
Students | 2,800 |
Location | Gorgan, Golestan Province, Iran |
Campus | Urban |
Athletics | ? teams |
Website | www.gau.ac.ir |
Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, a.k.a. Gorgan University is a university in Golestan Province of Iran.
First founded in 1957 as the Junior College of Forestry and Range Management (مدرسه عالي منابع طبيعي گرگان), the university was among the first specialized agricultural universities of Iran.
Today the university has 10 Colleges, training 2800 students in bacehlors, masters, and PhD levels. The university has an exchange student program with Astrakhan State University in neighboring Russia.
The university is located in the historical city of Gorgan in the green and touristic province of Golestan (formerly the eastern part of Mazandaran province).