History of establishment
History of establishment
The first agricultural school in Iran was established in 1279, called Falahat Mozaffari School, in the village of Chahardangeh, Tehran. After 6 years, this school was moved to Danesh Sarai Aali, and Bagh Negarestan was considered for its agricultural operations. Falahat Mozaffari School was closed in 1285 and started working again in 1296 under the name of Barzegaran Elementary School under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Works, on the lands of Sulaimaniyah Palace in Karaj (the current location of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Campus). This primary school was moved to the gendarmerie on Molavi Street in Tehran in 1301 and was closed after a short time. In the same year, the complex reopened as the Falahat School, and in 1302 it was renamed the Falahat High School and Rural Industries, which was divided into agricultural, veterinary, Noghan, and tea-making training groups. In 1313, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine joined this school and these two continued their activities under the name of Falahati Scientific Enterprises of Karaj. The above complex became the Faculty of Agriculture in 1319 and was removed from the Ministry of Agriculture in 1328 and joined the University of Tehran as one of the faculties. In 1345, the Faculty of Forestry was established next to the Faculty of Agriculture and in 1351, it was renamed the Faculty of Natural Resources. In 1975, the International Research Center for Coexistence with the Desert was established with a structure consisting of 11 research departments in the fields of humanities and natural sciences in the central unit and several research stations in the fields around the desert. In 2005, the faculties of agriculture and natural resources and the International Desert Research Center, within the framework of the new structure of the University of Tehran, established the Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• Faculty of Agriculture Economics and Development with 3 departments.
• Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering with 4 departments.
• Faculty of Natural Resources with 5 departments.
• Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology with 4 departments.
• International Desert Research Center with 1 educational group and 4 research groups.
• Independent Department of Agricultural Biotechnology.
The Soil and Water Environmental Research Institute was established in 2009 after the proposal and approval of the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology with the approval of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources. This institute is born of the joint efforts of faculty members in the departments of soil science engineering, irrigation, and development of the faculty and uses the scientific-research potential of the faculties of agriculture and natural resources of the University of Tehran. The Institute of Environmental Water and Soil Research has a council consisting of experts and thinkers who outline the policy and policy of the institute and work to implement the policies and part of the research tasks of the faculties of agriculture and natural resources.