Islamic Azad University of Gorgan is a member of Azad (Free) universities of Iran, it is situated in the city of Gorgan in the lush and pleasant touristic province of Golestan. This university started its work with three majors and 60 students in 1988. Those three majors were civil engineering, biology and agricultural engineering. It was then situated in Gorgan's Jorjan street. Today the university has grown both in quantity and quality.