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Shahid Chamran University is located in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province in the southwest of Iran. The history of our university dates back to the sixth century A.D. when it was the Academy of Gundishapur. It was then the intellectual center of the Sassanid Empire. In 1955 the first nucleus of the modern university was formed as …

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The university research activities are focused on conducting intra-university projects and extra-university research projects, and the main goal is to create favorable conditions for the application and commercialization of scientific research productions. Moreover, the 5- year perspective of the university is to conduct research mega projects and communicating with the industry and the labor market.

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After years of gradual growth and development, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz has now a total of 32,933 sq. m. teaching space, 13,725 sq. m. for cultural buildings, 42,182 sq. m. for a sports complex, 59,825 sq. m. for dormitories, and 47,465 sq. m. for accommodating and recreation services.

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In 2002, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz began to accept international students in various disciplines in accordance with its internationalization mission and now the number of our international students is growing increasingly. This university has made it convenient for international applicants (scholarships and non-scholarships) from the countries of the region to apply for various study programs in the university.

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Office of the Dean of the Faculty:

Tel.: +98 61 3333 1216

Fax: +98 61 3333 7411

The Dean's Adviser for International Affairs:

Dr. Seyyed Morteza Afghah

Tel.: +98 912 617 4547

E.mail: m.afghah@scu.ac.ir

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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

After the establishment of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences in 1975, it was in 1979 that this faculty embarked on its first students' admission in the B.A. course of sociology. In 1990, sociology was replaced with teaching social sciences, and as the department requested in 1998, it was named research in social sciences instead of teaching social sciences. The department started graduate students' admission shortly after it was allowed to run M.A. courses of sociology in 2003.The department ran Ph.D. coursesin 2017.

The educational orientation of the social sciences department is towards various sociological issues in both undergraduate and graduate courses and also Iran's social concerns in Ph.D. courses.

However, the research orientation of the department is towards issues like:

-Investigating the status of social capital in Khuzestan and the reasons behind its erosion

-Investigating the social consequences of emigration from Khuzestan

-Looking into the future of Khouzestan demography

-Investigating the reasons behind and consequences of violent crimes in Khuzestan

-Investigating the reasons behind a decline in social trust among citizens

-Investigating the consequences of uneven urban development

-Investigating the reasons behind and social consequences of dust storm in Khuzestan

-Investigating marriage sociology in Khuzestan

-Investigating the consequences of carrying firearms by people and using them in different ceremonies

-Investigating the status of cultural citizenship in Khouzestan

-Investigating the conditions of female heads of the household in Khuzestan

-Investigating the status of drugs and addiction in Khuzestan

-Analyzing underage marriages and then the following divorces

The majors of the department:

Sociology studies, sociology planning, sociology, sociology of social issues in Iran.

Four associate professors, one assistant professor, and two instructors form the faculty members of the department. 251 undergraduates, 41 graduates, and 9 Ph.D. students are currently studying in the department.