TEHRAN Last year, the Islamic Azad University's Arak Branch in Markazi Province offered 20 new masters and bachelors degree courses. The faculty, run by Dr. Navabakhsh, offered masters degree courses in computers, electronics, and anthropology.

In the upcoming year, students will also be able to take masters courses focusing on the penal code and criminology, public law, textiles, industrial management and public management.

The new bachelors degrees are, physical education, applied physics, industrial engineering, natural resources engineering, theoretical economics, educational planning, the history and civilization of Islamic nations, psychology, law, statistics, and pure chemistry.