University of Sistan and Baluchestan (USB)

The University of Sistan and Baluchestan (USB) is an Iranian public university headquartered in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The second largest university in Iran is the province's largest university. It has two campuses in Iranshahr and Chabahar. The University of Sistan and Baluchestan was founded in 1974 originally named the University of Sistan and Baluchestan in Zahedan with the initial opening of the Faculty of Engineering and enrolments in Road and Construction Engineering. It did not take long for the university to become a higher education hub in the region. The subsequent expansions were the Faculty of Nautical Science in Chabahar in 1978, the Faculty of Agriculture in Zahedan in 1978 (later moved to Zabol), and the Faculty of Basic Science in Zahedan in 1989.