page_title: Yazd
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Yazd / Education
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Innenhof der Universität Yazd. (Übernahme von der iranischen Wikipedia.) فارسی: قسمتی از حیاط ساختمان معاونت آموزشی دانشگاه یزد.اصول طراحی ساختمانهای دانشگاه یزد بر اساس معماری خانه های حیاط مرکزی،شکل گرفته است.
context_page_description: Yazd, formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located 270 km southeast of Esfahan. At the 2011 census, the population was 529,673, and it is currently the 15th largest city in Iran. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
  Because of generations of adaptations to its desert surroundings, Yazd has a unique Persian architecture. It is nicknamed the "City of Windcatchers" from its many examples. It is also very well known for its Zoroastrian fire temples, ab anbars, qanats, yakhchals, Persian handicrafts, handwoven cloth, silk weaving, Persian cotton candy, and its time-honored confectioneries. Yazd is also known as City of Bicycles, because of its old history of bike riders, and the highest amount of bicycles per capita in Iran. It is reported that bicycle culture is entered and developed from Yazd, in contacting with the European visitors and tourists in the last century.
context_section_description: The University of Yazd was established in 1988. It has a college of architecture specializing in traditional Persian art and architecture. Yazd and its nearby towns contain the following institutes of higher education:
  Yazd Science and Research
  University of Yazd
  Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
  Payam e Nour University of Yazd
  Yazd Institute of Higher Education (ACECR)
  Islamic Azad University of Bafq
  Islamic Azad University of Maybod
  Islamic Azad University of Yazd
  Yazd Sampad Information Center
  Yazd Science and Technology Park
  Applied Science University of Yazd
  Imam Java University College
  Barazande muqadam High School (Tizhushan)
  Shahid Sadoughi High School (Tizhushan)
  Shahid Sadoughi Middle School (Tizhushan)
  Farzanegan Middle School (Tizhushan)
  Bahadori High School
  Farzanegan High School (Tizhushan)
  Iranshahr High School
caption: University of Yazd
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