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Urmia City

Urmia is a city in Northwestern Iran and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province. Urmia is the 10th most populated city in Iran with a population of about 600,000.
Urmia is situated on a fertile plain called Urmia Plain, on western side of Lake Urmia and eastern side of Turkish border and marginal range of mountains.
Urmia is the trade center for a fertile agricultural region where fruit (Specially Apple and Grape) and Tobacco are grown.

                    Urmia municipality square

Higher Education of Urmia

Urmia was an important center for higher education approximately a century ago, indeed, medical faculty of Urmia which was built by Joseph Cochran and a team of American medical associates in 1878, is the first University of Iran. Unfortunately the faculty became shut down even before establishment of first official university of Iran, University of Tehran.
Nowadays Urmia has become a considerable educational city. The city owns state and private universities and institutes listed below.

Universities in Urmia:

Programs and student population of UCA

At present, the College offers degree programs in Accounting, Industrial Management, Business Administration, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), The student population is about 1400. The graduates of the university can take part in the National Entrance Examinations for graduate programs held by the Iranian Educational Testing Organization.

Student Admission

The students are admitted to this college through entrance exam conducted by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. The affiliated groups are:

1) Accounting

2) Management

3) Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)