Babol Noshirvsni University of Technology, Iran

The Scientific Collaborations and International Affairs of Babol Noshirvani University of Technology has been established in 2009 and started its activity seriously in the same year as an independent directorate under the direct supervision of the chancellor of the university. It provides the required fields for developing internal and external relations and academic cooperation between universities and it has progresses in this trend. To gain the educational goals, at the first place, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (BNUT) has arranged agreements to establish close relationship with overseas universities, under these titles:

– Undertaking exchange programs for the faculty members and students with outstanding international universities and research centers, for the purpose of education, research, sabbatical studies and joint activities;

– Promoting the international and scientific letters of understanding between the university and leading international scientific centers and universities;

– Making provision for the faculty members in order to participate in national and international scientific events and sabbatical studies;

– Arranging mutual workshops and conferences with its national and international partners;

– Introducing the scientific and technical aptitudes of the university to educational and research institutions throughout the world.

This office also attempts to build ties with outstanding and talented Iranian professors who are working at foreign academic institutions in order to promote joint scientific activities with their peers within the country. As the 4th ranked technical university in Iran (according to Scimago Institutes Ranking), BNUT has always had the concern of developing new techniques, machines, tools, etc in accordance to the necessities of the community.

The university complex is constructed on 11 hectares of land benefiting 5 schools, namely Mechanical Eng., Electronics & Computer Eng., Civil Eng., Chemical Eng., and Basic Sciences. Four interdisciplinary research centres, namely: Metal Forming, Fuel and Biofuel Cells, Nanotechnology and High Voltage substations.

Mechatronics is the cooperation of mechanics, electronics and computer sciences. Due to the connection of the three areas of expertise, data is gained via sensors. In the working group Agro Mechatronics, we are concerned with potential capabilities of mechatronics in agriculture with the aim of optimizing the consumption rate of resources as well as process efficiency. Therefore, we aim to put our theoretical and practical knowledge into practice as well as the fact that we can easily have access to field studies in Mazandarn province farms to have a great impact in this still new field of study.