Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani University

What Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani University does

Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani University is a private non-profit higher education institution established in 1996 in Isfahan, Iran, operating under license from the Office of Expansion of Higher Education of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. It serves prospective and enrolled students through seven faculties covering Management, Accounting and Economics; Technical, Engineering and Artificial Intelligence; Educational Sciences, Counseling and Psychology; Biological Sciences and Technology; Foreign Languages and International Relations; Islamic Studies, Jurisprudence and Law; and Art and Architecture. Academic offerings span associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, including 31 doctoral programs across fields such as microbiology, financial economics, industrial engineering, and English language teaching.

The institution runs an integrated internal technology stack — educational management, LMS, library OPAC, conference management, administrative automation, virtual meeting rooms, nutrition management, and email — built on the ashrafi.ac.ir domain family and supplemented by access to ~250 international databases and ~2.2 million Latin ebooks via the Daneshlink digital library partnership. Revenue is generated primarily through tuition across degree programs, with a secondary revenue line from paid registrations at academic conferences, including the First National Conference on Convergence of Administrative Sciences and Engineering in the Age of AI and the First National Conference on Modern Methods in Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics.

The university's broader ecosystem includes two affiliated entities — Pioneer Danesh School (K-12) and the Traditional Medicine Think Tank — plus an external network of research partners such as the Pasteur Institute of Iran, the National Research Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, and the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC). Distribution is campus-based in the Sepahanshahr district of Isfahan, with digital channels (official website, Telegram, Eitaa Messenger) supporting top-of-funnel awareness and academic events serving as a mid-funnel recruitment and engagement mechanism.

Name

Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani University

Legal name

Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani University

Website

https://ashrafi.ac.ir

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani University is a private non-profit university in Isfahan, Iran, delivering associate-to-doctoral education across seven faculties to domestic students, and operating an integrated digital campus stack plus a growing academic conference franchise.

Ownership category

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Business and Secretarial Schools (61141)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Engineering & Technology Institutes (Comprehensive) (EDAHAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Business & Global Management Schools (EDAHAHAJ), Islamic Colleges & Sharia/Fiqh Institutes (EDAHAKAI)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Academic degree programs
• University education
• E-learning platforms
• Academic conferences

Headquarters

HQ city

Esfahan

HQ country

Iran

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Educational Services: As a non-governmental, non-profit higher education institution, the university generates revenue through tuition fees from students across various academic programs (associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees). It operates under the license of the Office of Expansion of Higher Education of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani University is a private non-profit higher education institution in Isfahan, Iran, offering academic degree programs at associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels across seven faculties including engineering and AI, management and economics, educational sciences and psychology, biological sciences and technology, foreign languages, Islamic jurisprudence and law, and art and architecture. It delivers on-campus instruction, e-learning, academic conferences, library services, and student support systems under license from Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

Product overview

Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani University is a higher education institution in Isfahan, Iran, offering a comprehensive academic portfolio across seven faculties including Engineering/AI, Management/Accounting/Economics, Educational Sciences/Psychology, Biological Sciences/Technology, Foreign Languages/International Relations, Islamic Jurisprudence/Law, and Art/Architecture. The university's product and service ecosystem includes internal management systems (administrative automation, educational management, e-learning, conference management, library services, virtual meeting rooms, and nutrition automation), academic conferences and events, and digital library resources through external partnerships. The institution operates as a platform-based ecosystem with multiple integrated systems for student services, academic administration, and research support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Doctoral Degree Programs Doctoral-level academic programs offered across faculties including Microbiology, Economics, Industrial Engineering, English Language Teaching, and Genetics for prospective doctoral candidates.
• Master's Degree Programs Master's-level academic programs offered across fields including civil engineering (structures, hydraulics, earthquake), computer engineering (software, AI and robotics), industrial management, marketing, strategic management, accounting, psychology, and law for prospective graduate students.
• Bachelor's Degree Programs (Continuous) Continuous (standard four-year) bachelor's degree programs spanning urban planning, electrical engineering, medical engineering, industrial engineering, computer engineering, civil engineering, microbiology, biotechnology, finance, accounting, economics, psychology, law, and English language and literature for prospective undergraduate students.
• Bachelor's Degree Programs (Discontinuous) Discontinuous bachelor's degree programs including business management, insurance management, professional computer software engineering, civil engineering, professional architecture, and restoration of historical buildings for working professionals seeking upward qualification.
• Associate Degree Programs Associate (Kardani) degree programs offered at continuous and discontinuous levels as entry-level higher education qualifications for prospective students.
• First National Conference on Modern Methods in Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics Academic conference organized by the Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technology, covering biotechnology, microbiology, bioinformatics, genetics, and interdisciplinary applications for researchers, faculty, and students.
• First National Conference on Convergence of Administrative Sciences and Engineering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Academic conference covering AI applications in management, economics, accounting, civil engineering, medical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science, including theoretical workshops for researchers and faculty.
• Daneshlink Digital Library Service Subscription-based digital library service providing students and faculty access to approximately 250 international databases, 2,200,000 Latin ebooks, ProQuest theses, Persian databases (Noormags, MagIran), and similarity/grammar tools, available via campus IP or registered off-campus access.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Iranian Probiotic and Functional Foods AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsoring organization for the First National Conference on Modern Methods in Microbiology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics.
• Biochemistry Society of IranminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic sponsor for the biotechnology and bioinformatics conference organized by the university.
• Pasteur Institute of IrancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific sponsor for the microbiology and biotechnology conference. One of Iran's premier biomedical research institutes.
• National Research Institute of Genetics and BiotechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey research partner and sponsor, providing scientific backing for biotechnology and genetics research initiatives.
• Microbiology Research CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research collaboration for microbiology conference activities.
• Islamic Azad University, ShahrekordminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic collaboration partner in conference sponsorship and scientific programs.
• Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsor for the Conference on Convergence of Administrative Sciences and Engineering in the Age of AI. Prestigious citation indexing body for Islamic world science.
• Research and Technology Deputy of Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal university unit sponsoring and organizing academic conferences.
• Shahrab Sazeh CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate sponsor for the administrative sciences and engineering conference.
• Jihad Daneshgahi IsfahanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic organization collaborating as conference sponsor.
• Rasa CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConference sponsor and potential technology partner.
• Computer Engineering Scientific AssociationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic association supporting the AI and engineering conference.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Isfahan University of Technology: Public technology-focused university in Isfahan with strong engineering, computer science, and biotechnology programs — a direct head-to-head competitor for STEM-bound students in the same city.
• Islamic Azad University: Iran's largest private higher education network with branches across the country, including Isfahan. Directly competes for the same tuition-paying student base with associate through doctoral programs across engineering, management, humanities, and law — a much larger, more established private peer in the same regulatory framework.
• University of Isfahan: Major public university in the same city offering bachelor's through doctoral programs in humanities, sciences, engineering, and management. Operates as the dominant public incumbent against which all Isfahan-based private universities must differentiate.
• Shahid Beheshti University:
• Allameh Tabataba'i University: Public university in Tehran focused on humanities, management, economics, law, and foreign languages — directly overlaps with Ashrafi's Faculty of Management/Economics and Faculty of Foreign Languages/International Relations.

Direct peers

• Shahed University: Private non-profit university in Tehran offering multi-faculty programs across engineering, sciences, humanities, and management under Ministry of Science supervision. Closest analog by structure, ownership type, and regulatory positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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