Introduction

The Faculty of Basic Sciences was established in 1983. It has five departments: Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Educational Group of Statistics. Biology department is active in biochemistry, biophysics, genetics and plant biology. Chemistry department has four branches: Analytical, Organic and Inorganic chemistry and chemical physics. The activity in geology department is concerned with: structural geology and tectonics, engineering geology, economic geology and petrology. Mathematics department is engaged in pure and applied mathematics. All departments of the faculty give admission to students at M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels. The faculty has 50 permanent academic staff members (two full professors, seven associate professors and 41 assistant professors). Over 30 well-known professors also cooperate with the faculty as invited instructors. There are seventeen well-equipped laboratories in the faculty. The facilities in the lab include XRD,  XRF, CHN, NMR, 90 & 500.

The faculty offers good computer and internet services. It has over 63 personal computers and 10 laser-jet printers. There is a library in the faculty with over 2000 books, 500 M.Sc. Theses and 60 Ph.D. dissertations. The library also receives some periodicals. It offers easy and convenient access to a range of Materials through CD-ROM databases.

Dean: Dr. A. Uromeie
Deputy Dean for  Education : Dr. A. Mashaei
Deputy Dean for Reasearch : Dr. S.M.B. Kashani
Deputy Dean for Finance and Administration : Dr. M. Ghaderi