University of Mohaghegh Ardabili was initially established as Ardabil Junior College of Agriculture in 1978 with enrollment of 30 students pursuing its educational activities. In 1991, it separated from the University of Tabriz and qualified into an autonomous center for High Education. At the same time as the Congress of Ardabili Holy Commemoration was held in 1996 and with the approval of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, the name was changed to University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.
Currently, this university is the only state comprehensive university in province with 420 faculty members, more than 400 staff members, more than thirteen thousand and five hundred domestic students, more than one thousand and five foreign students from Iraq, Syria, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Nigeria, 9 faculties, 3 research centers, 3 Research institutes, 16 research cores, one center for innovation and development of technology units, 26 scientific – research journals which is trying to take valuable steps to expand the educational and research activities. There are 315 fields of study approved by the University's Extension Council including 69 PhD, 168 Master, 77 Bachelor, and 3 Associate programs.
The research institutes including Water Management, Health and Safety of Agricultural Production Research Center, and Water Engineering and Mineral Waters Research Center and the research centers containing Health Promotion Research Center, Energy Management and Medicinal Plants Biotechnology Research Center.
University Centers includes: language academy, Persian Language Center for International Students, health and wellness center, Azerbaijan cultural research center, central laboratory, Ardabil Science History Museum.

UMA’s Current Achievements

• - Received the “Serv Award” (Sarve Medal) of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology by the chancellor of the university
• - Being among the most effective engineering universities in the world
• - Being one of the most cited universities of top 1% of the world
• - Presence in the international rankings of The Times, Green Metric, Europe, US News, Shanghai, Leyden and D8
• - Achieving the second place in the Times global ranking among the universities of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
• - Achieving the first place in the field of materials engineering, the sixth place in the field of agriculture and the seventh place in the field of energy engineering in Shanghai

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