# Sahand University of Technology

Tabriz University of Technology (Sahand) (Persian: دانشگاه صنعتی تبریز) Tabriz University of Technology (TUT) as the first technical university in Iran after Islamic revolution was established in 1989 in Tabriz County. TUT offers over 20 BSc programs and more than 100 engineering, science, and technology graduate programs. More than half of students are enrolled in post-graduate programs including MSc and PhD.
At the moment, 32 research centers in various areas including Petroleum and Gas, Advanced Materials, Polymer, Environment, Nanotechnology, Stem Cells, Renewable Energy, ICT, Biotechnology, Mineral Processing, Structures, Automotive, Medical Engineering, and Productivity are focusing on industrial problems. 400 research projects have been conducted, including increasing oilfield extraction coefficients, building solar power plants, producing biotechnology products, and registering several international and more than 200 national patents. An excellence pole of styrene polymers is the only active scientific hub in the field of polymer engineering in the northwestern region of the country, which focuses on research in the fields of polymers and styrene materials and interdisciplinary approaches.
The University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center houses dozens of companies and technology units. Furthermore, SUT’s academic staff and students have been awarded Energy Globe World award, Green Productivity Specialist of APO, the country top professor award in 2010 and 2018, the country top researcher award in 2011 and 2017, the Iranian academy of science distinguished young researcher awards in 2011 and 2017, membership of 7 faculty members in specialized higher education committees of the country, as well as student rewards received by student teams.
On the base of the Shanghai Ranking Report, SUT has been ranked among the top 150 or 200 universities in the field of metallurgical engineering, among the top 400 universities in the field of chemical engineering, and the top 500 universities in science and energy engineering from 2018 to 2020 in a row.

## History

Tabriz University of Technology (TUT) as the first technical university in Iran after the Islamic revolution was established in 1989 in Tabriz. SUT offers over 20 BSc programs and more than 100 graduate programs in engineering, science, and technology.

## Academics

At the moment, 32 research centers in various areas including Petroleum and Gas, Advanced Materials, Polymer, Environment, Nanotechnology, Stem Cells, Renewable Energy, ICT, Biotechnology, Mineral Processing, Structures, Automotive, Medical Engineering and Productivity are focusing on industrial problems.

## List of Departments

* Faculty of Basic Sciences for Engineering
* Faculty of Chemical Engineering
* Faculty of Civil Engineering
* Faculty of Electrical Engineering
* Faculty of Materials Engineering
* Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
* Faculty of Mining Engineering
* Faculty of Polymer Engineering
* Faculty of Petroleum Engineering
* Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

## Research Centers

* Research Center for Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology
* Biotechnology Research Center, Sahand University of Technology
* Petroleum Research Center, Sahand University of Technology
* Reactor & Catalysis Research Center, Sahand University of Technology
* Environmental Engineering Research Center, Sahand University of Technology
* Nanotechnology Research Center, Sahand University of Technology
* ICT Research Center, Sahand University of Technology
* Research Center of Advanced Materials, Sahand University of Technology
* Hydrometeorology & Seismic Engineering Research Center???????, Sahand University of Technology