UOK Study Guideline for International Students
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UOK Study Guideline for International Students http://international.uok.ac.ir UOK Study Guideline for International Students International Students Affairs Office http://international.uok.ac.ir July 2021 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 1 2. UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN ................................................................................................................. 1 3. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT .......................................................................................... 2 4. STUDYING AT UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN ...................................................................................... 4 5. FACULTIES AND PROGRAMMES ........................................................................................................... 5 5.1. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE ....................................................................................................... 5 5.2. FACULTY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE ...................................................................................... 7 5.3. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING ........................................................................................................ 9 5.4. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ..................................................................... 11 5.5. FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE .............................................................................. 13 5.6. FACULTY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ......................................................................................... 14 5.7. FACULTY OF SCIENCE ............................................................................................................... 16 7.8. BIJAR FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ...................................................................... 17 6. TUITION FEES AND COSTS OF LIVING AT UOK ............................................................................... 19 7. TUITION FEE DISCOUNTS ...................................................................................................................... 20 8. SCHOLARSHIPS AT UOK ........................................................................................................................ 21 8.1. MSRT SCHOLARSHIP ............................................................................................................... 21 8.1.1. Type A .............................................................................................................................. 21 8.1.2. Type B .............................................................................................................................. 21 8.2. UOK SCHOLARSHIP ................................................................................................................. 21 8.2.1. Full scholarship................................................................................................................. 21 8.2.2. Partial scholarship............................................................................................................. 22 9. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS................................................................................................................ 22 9.1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................ 22 9.2. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR STUDIES .................................................................. 23 i 9.3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER STUDIES ...................................................................... 23 9.4. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PHD STUDIES ............................................................................ 23 10. INITIAL REGISTRATION PROCEDURE .............................................................................................. 23 11. FINAL REGISTRATION PROCEDURE ................................................................................................. 25 12. ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ........................................................ 28 13. CONSULAR OFFICE ............................................................................................................................... 29 14. CENTER FOR PERSIAN LANGUAGE TRAINING TO NON-PERSIAN SPEAKERS ....................... 30 15. IMPORTANT RULES AND REGULATIONS ........................................................................................ 31 16. FACILITIES AND SUPPORTS ................................................................................................................ 32 16.1. CENTRAL LIBRARY ................................................................................................................. 32 16.2. CENTRAL LABORATORY ......................................................................................................... 33 16.3. SPORT OFFICE ........................................................................................................................ 33 16.4. RESTAURANTS AND CANTEENS .............................................................................................. 35 16.5. CENTER FOR COUNSELLING .................................................................................................... 35 16.6. HEALTH CENTER .................................................................................................................... 35 16.7. INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER ..................................................................... 36 16.8. CSIRT CENTER ........................................................................................................................ 36 16.9. TEJARAT BANK ...................................................................................................................... 36 16.10. FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING CENTER ............................................................................. 36 16.11. SECURITY OFFICE ................................................................................................................. 36 17. ACCOMMODATION ............................................................................................................................... 37 18. KURDISTAN PROVINCE........................................................................................................................ 37 19. CITY OF SANANDAJ .............................................................................................................................. 39 ii 1. Introduction Internationalization of higher education is a global educational strategy so that it is nowadays no longer an option, rather a necessity. International students are an important part of this strategy being considered by the majority of International and Iranian universities. In order to appropriately direct International Students of the University of Kurdistan in the fields of education, academic, research, accommodation, food, this guideline has been prepared. This guideline tends to deliver required information to international students so that they can easily register, participate in classes, conduct research, get graduated, and enjoy their time during their studies. The International Affairs Department of the University of Kurdistan (UOK) proudly claims that our university is one of the most important leading Iranian universities in terms of internationalization and providing a joyful and academic environment for international students. 2. University of Kurdistan The University of Kurdistan started its activities as a comprehensive university in 1991. Since then a great range of courses at various levels have been added to the university’s graduate and postgraduate programme lists. Currently, University of Kurdistan has over 13000 students (6 percent international), of which over 30 percent are postgraduate students. University of Kurdistan has an autonomous college (Pardis), 8 faculties and 50 departments offering 208 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Moreover, UOK employs approximately 400 full-time academic members. In addition, over 380 part-time teaching staff are employed and the number of administrative staff totals 385. Currently, the university has 8 research institutes and 18 academic journals and has its own publishing press with many yearly publications. Moreover, UOK has plentiful research and teaching laboratories to aid students and staff at all faculties. For more information, you can look at UOK virtual tour at http://tour.uok.ac.ir/. As a young university, The University of Kurdistan has acted successfully at national and international levels in terms of education, research and internationalization such that has been ranked as 601-800 among world universities, as 251-300 among world young universities, and as 133 among 1 Asian universities in 2021 based on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings System. The university is also among 20 top Iranian comprehensive universities. Benefits of studying at the UOK include: Utilization of a high quality educational (regular and virtual) and research environment Low tuition fee Accommodation with free transportation service Affordable student restaurants and canteens Self-governing Centre for Teaching Persian Language on-campus Self-governing consular office on-campus High cultural and linguistic diversity environment Diverse tourism, ecotourism, and historical attractions Professional