About Shahrekord University:
Founded in 1991, Shahrekord University (SKU) serves the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, a region known as the "Roof of Iran" or "Neighbour of the Sky", as much of it is at a height of more than 2,000 metres above sea level. Shahrekord, an ancient city known until 1935 as Dehkord, is the provincial capital at a height of 2,070m.
Its earlier roots start with an affiliation to the University of Isfahan, 100km away from Shahrekord, via the Institute of Animal Husbandry created in 1975. This was followed by the Shahrekord Institute of Agriculture in 1982, which developed into a Higher Education Centre in 1988 and acquired university status in 1991.
By then it had moved into the 253-hectare campus which remains its base. There has been steady incremental growth, leading to an enrolment of 8,300 students, around a third of them postgraduates, in 2016. The Faculty of Engineering and Technology was established in 1998 with a focus on mechanical engineering, but then added electrical (2001), materials (2004) and civil (2007) engineering followed by computer science in 2013.
Other faculties include Agriculture (1982), Basic Science (1985) – incorporating biology, genetics, physics, chemistry, mathematics and statistics-, Veterinary Medicine (1989), Literature and Humanities (1995) and Natural Resources (2012) whose distinctive offerings include a BSc in fiction, offered since 2007.
There are Research Institutes for Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Water Resources, Bird Sciences, Bakhtiari Studies, and Animal Embyro Technology in SKU. In addition, there are Innovation center and Technology Units Incubator in SKU.
Shahrekord university has been eligible to participate in the prestigious and international Times higher education rankings since 2019, and during the last three years, it has upgraded its position and has an international ranking.
