Islamic Azad University of Gorgan (also known as Azad University of Gorgan) is a campus of Islamic Azad University

Islamic Azad University

Islamic Azad University is a private chain of universities in Iran.Headquartered in Tehran, Iran, the Islamic Azad University was founded in 1982 and currently has an enrollment of 1.5 million students, making it the world's third largest...

 system in Iran

Iran

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The university came of age under the direction of Prof. Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi

Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi

Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi , , founder of Islamic Azad University of Gorgan, has been an ex-visiting professor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States before....

, who was the first University Chancellor during 1988-2000.

This university started its work with three majors (Civil Engineering

Civil engineering

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

, Biology

Biology

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 and Agricultural Engineering

Agricultural engineering

Agricultural engineering is the engineering discipline that applies engineering science and technology to agricultural production and processing...

) and 60 students in 1988. It was then situated in Gorgan

Gorgan

Gorgan Some east of Gorgan is the Golestan National Park. The city has a regional airport and several universities. Gorgan Airport was opened in September 2005.-Etymology:...

's Jorjan street. Since then, the university has grown both in quantity and quality.