BNUT - Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

The 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 located in Babol, Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran. The school was founded in 1970 by the Iranian philanthropist, Seyed Hossein Fallah Noshirvani.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 (UMZ) 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.Today, 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:· Basic Science· Chemical Engineering· Civil Engineering· Electrical and Computer Engineering· Materials and Industrial Engineering· Mechanical EngineeringThese faculties are subdivided into 24 educational departments and offer undergraduate, master's, and PhD degree programs. The university is also the base for several interdisciplinary research centers that are among the top in the country, which focus on nanotechnology, fuel cells, renewable energy, sea-based energy, high-voltage substations, intelligent systems, and metal forming....