Yazd University (YU, Persian: دانشگاه یزد‎) is a public research university in Yazd, Iran. It is a major state-funded research center in central Iran and the academic center of Yazd province and was the first comprehensive institute of higher education established after the 1979 Islamic revolution.[1] It is also the principal heir to the former University College Yazd (Persian: دانشسرای عالی یزد‎).[1] Yazd University is considered to be among the top 10 comprehensive universities in Iran and it is among 200 best world's young universities[2].