History of Faculty of Geography

The Department of Geography with 3 faculty members was officially established in 2006 with the acceptance of students in Natural Geography in undergraduate program of studies at Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. After the establishment of Golestan University and its separation from Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources in 2008, seven geography departments as well as other departments of the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and Faculty of Sciences joined the newly founded Golestan University. The department of Geography now has 10 full-time faculty members in different sub-disciplines in 2 undergraduate and 3 postgraduate program of studies.

The status of the fields or sub-disciplines in the undergraduate program of studies in the department of geography

Educational and Research Facilities of the Department of Geography

1- Launching a cartography and map reading workshop in 2011

2. Launching remote sensing workshop and GIS in 2011

3- Launching the scientific- research journal of Geographic Spatial Improvement in 2010

Ongoing and current activities:

- Launching the field of Tourism Planning in postgraduate program of studies

- Launching the field of Environmental Hazards in postgraduate program of studies

- Launching Applied Geography Ph.D.

- Launching Journal of Rural Development Management