UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI
Overview of the University
University of Mohaghegh Ardabili (UMA), which is named after the honor of Ardabil’s great scholar Allameh Mohaghegh Ardabili, is a public university for training and research in the variety of areas of Basic Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, New Technologies, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
It is the most prominent academic institution in the region and according to some national and international formal reports; it is one of the fastest-growing universities in Iran.
The main campus of the university is located on the east side of the beautiful Shorabil Lake in Ardabil. Three other campuses are in Namin, Moghan, and Meshgin Shahr.
The university is now organized into 8 Faculties that offer a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in a variety of fields. The students come from different parts of the country.
Within a climate that is inclusive, open, and diverse, UMA is, and will continue to be, the University of Choice for students seeking high quality. UMA will keep on its attempts to build a foundation for civic responsibilities, individual skills, and professional success.
Currently, UMA has five faculties in the main campus and one faculty in each of Namin, Meshgin Shahr, and Moghan Campus with about 12920 students, 354 faculty members and 317 staff. It now offers more than 263 majors, 59 PhD programs, 125 Master programs, 71 Bachelor programs, and 8 Associate programs.
UMA has managed to occupy a niche among 31 universities nationwide with both “very high” research activity and ‘notable community engagement” as reported by national authorities.
SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Shahrood University of Technology (SUT) was established in 1973 as the first university in Semnan province and currently is the only technological university in the province. SUT currently has 11,000 students and 302 faculty members who are studying and doing scientific research activities in 187 different programs including 43 under graduate, 107 Master and 37 PhD majors.
Shahrood University of Technology is composed of 16 faculties, one E-learning center and four campuses (Pardis) including: 1) Central, 2) Engineering and New Technology, 3) Agricultural Engineering, and 4) Educational Mine.Recently, Shahrood University of Technology was ranked the sixth among 17 technical universities by Islamic World Science Citation Center. Currently, Dr. MohammadMehdi Fateh is the president of Shahrood University of Technology, who is an academic member in the Department of Robotic and Power Engineering.
University Strategies
Education: Education based on research, improving education quality, quantitative expansion based on needs of the country, product and demand oriented.
Research: Solving challenges in the country, moving toward knowledge horizons, demand oriented, new technologies, entrepreneurship and improving university’s scientific rank.
Management: Planning, having specialized committees, responsibility, managing coordination, integrated control, public relation and automation improvement.
Cultural and student affairs: Improving religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, ethics, national unity, being critic and accepting criticism.
TASHKENT MEDICAL ACADEMY
Tashkent Medical Academy was founded on the basis of abolished 1st and 2nd Tashkent State Medical Institutes through the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan I.A.Karimov №UP – 3629 as of 19 July 2005.
Tashkent Medical Academy is a leading medical university in the Republic of Uzbekistan for training in the field of medicine. Since 2005, we are preparing specialists of the most humane profession in the world. During the years of fruitful Academy has become one of the leading medical schools in the Republic of Uzbekistan, with certainty declare itself on the international medical arena and boldly compete with more established universities.
In the structure of the Academy 6 faculties: treatment, medical-pedagogical, medical-prophylactic, medical-biological and nursing higher education.
Tashkent Medical Academy – a higher educational institution of the modern type of high scientific and pedagogical potential, a wide range of educational communication, extensive network of international contacts, a high level of social vocation training. In recent years, multiplies the best traditions of the academy, open new avenues of education undergraduate and master’s degree, protected thesis, improving the material and technical base.
BUKHARA ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Bukhara engineering-technical institute of high technologies has been transformed by the decision number 214 of the Cabinet of Republic Uzbekistan from July, 25th, 2011, on basis of Bukhara technological institute food and light industry with a aim of further perfection of preparation experts meeting modern requirements of market economy, and also strengthening of personnel resource base in the field of high technologies of industrial and processing branches of Republic.
There are 4 faculties at the institute:
Light and textile industry;
Technique and technology of oil and gas;
Automation of technological processes;
Food technology.
Bukhara Engineering-Technological Institute was created by the Decision of the President of Republic of Uzbekistan from April, 15th, 2013 behind number of PD-1954 on the basis of Bukhara engineering technical institute of high technologies, with a view of the further perfection of education of the experts meeting modern cases of market economy, and also strengthening of personnel resource base in the field of high technologies of industrial and processing branches of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
18 departments are engaged in preparation of highly skilled specialists in 8 fields of study of a bachelor degree and in 6 fields of study of master degree.
Total number of students is 5429, 5270 of which are bachelors and 159 are masters. Teaching staff consists of 338 teachers-professors. Due to good scientific potential of the institute, BETI provides the region with highly qualified specialists in the field of engineer-technologists.
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA HABANA
A casi trescientos años de existencia, la Universidad de La Habana, es una institución que atesora una riqueza patrimonial, histórica y científica reconocida. Desde su fundación en 1728 y hasta la actualidad, ha transitado por las más diversas corrientes de pensamiento y los más difíciles avatares de la historia cubana.
Misión:
La Universidad de La Habana es una institución de excelencia, cuya trayectoria tricentenaria, vinculada a la historia patria y a los proyectos y realizaciones que definen su progreso, le confieren la condición de Alma Mater de la educación superior cubana de la cual constituye uno de sus símbolos más preciados.Su misión para el período proyectado es:“Contribuir al desarrollo económico, social, cultural y político, a través del despliegue de los procesos de formación continua de profesionales integrales; ciencia, tecnología e innovación y extensión universitaria.Trabaja permanentemente por la excelencia académica, la pertinencia social y la gestión eficaz y eficiente de los procesos universitarios, apoyados en una fuerte proyección nacional e internacional. Se distingue por el lugar relevante que ocupa en la ciencia y la cultura nacional y por su claustro de alta calificación y prestigio, que junto a estudiantes y demás trabajadores, expresa su decidido compromiso con la sociedad socialista, aportando a su sostenibilidad y su prosperidad”.
FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD
Vision
The Ferdowsi University of Mashhad strives to be one of the top universities in Iran in terms of scientific developments, developments in the theoretical and technological areas as well as maintaining its Iranian and Islamic identity. It ranks in the top ten universities in the Islamic world, and ranks in the 500 top universities worldwide.
Mission
The mission of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad as the best university in the East of Iran is to educate the citizens and their leaders for the society according to the divine principles of Islam and by relying on the existing highly qualified scientific centers of excellence in a wide range of fields, plus the human and social capital and professional ethics that exist here at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. The university tries to train creative, committed, and professional citizens and knowledgeable and capable researchers. The mission is accomplished when the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad can meet the needs of the society and maintain its cultural excellence by utilization of advanced technologies, compliance with international standards, and collaboration with scientific and cultural centers. The Ferdowsi University of Mashhad tries to advance the frontiers of knowledge both nationally and internationally.
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
The University of Dar es salaam is the oldest and biggest public university in Tanzania. It is situated on the western side of the city of Dar es salaam, occupying 1,625 acres on the observation hill, 13 kilometers from the city centre.
It was established on 1st July 1970, through parliament act no. 12 of 1970 and all the enabling legal instruments of the constituent colleges. Prior to 1970, the university college, Dar es Salaam had started on 1st July 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. It had only one faculty- the faculty of Law, with 13 students.
In 1963 it became a constituent college of the university of East Africa together with Makerere University College in Uganda and Nairobi University College in Kenya. Since 1961, the University of Dar es Salaam has grown in terms of student intake, academic units and academic programmes.
UDSM Vision
“to become a reputable world-class university that is responsive to national, regional and global development needs through engagement in dynamic knowledge creation and application.”
UDSM Mission
“the unrelenting pursuit of scholarly and strategic research, education, training and public service directed at attainment of equitable and sustainable socio-economic development of Tanzania and the rest of Africa.”
M.AUEZOV SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Created in 1998 by the merger of Southern Kazakhstan Technical University (Iužno-Kazahstanskij Tehnieeskij Universitet) (1943) and Southern Kazakhstan Humanities University named after M.Auezov (Iužno-Kazahstanskij Gumanitarnij Universitet im. Auezova)(1968).