Academy of Gondishapur
32°17′N 48°31′E / 32.283°N 48.517°E
فرهنگستان گندیشاپور | |
| Type | Academy of learning |
|---|---|
| Established | 3rd century AD |
| Location | , , Sasanian Empire (modern-day Iran) |
| Campus | Urban |
The Academy of Gondishapur or Academy of Jondishapur (Persian: فرهنگستان گندیشاپور, Farhangestân-e Gondišâpur), also known as the Gondishapur University, was one of the three Sasanian centers of education (Ctesiphon, Ras al-Ayn, Gundeshapur) and academy of learning in the city of Gundeshapur, Iran during late antiquity, the intellectual center of the Sasanian Empire. It offered education and training in medicine, philosophy, theology and science. The faculty were versed in Persian traditions. According to The Cambridge History of Iran, it was the most important medical center of the ancient world during the 6th and 7th centuries. The distinguished historian of science George Sarton called Jundishapur “the greatest intellectual center of the time.”
Under the Pahlavi dynasty, the heritage of Gondeshapur was memorialized by the founding of the Jondishapur University and its twin institution Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, near the city of Ahvaz in 1955. (After the Iranian revolution in 1979, the Ahvaz university was renamed Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, but the main university kept the name Jundishapur.)