Department of Public Relations

Department of Public Relations provides educational and research services at Bachelors level. The Department started to admit students in Bachelors degree of Public Relations in 2004. To date, there are 7 faculty members teaching and researching in the Department. The faculty members are offering the latest advances in the specific areas of Public Relations.

 

 

Degree Programmes

Currently, there is a single bachelors degree programme in Public Relations in the Department of Public Relations. However, the Department is planning to add and run five other programmes at the Master's level.

 

(Bachelors) Degree Programmes

  • Communication Science: This Bachelors programme was established in 1990. All Masters degree programmes in ATU last for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters.

 

(Masters) Degree Programmes

  • Communication Science: The Masters degree programme in Public Relations Started to admit since established in 2023. This programme is offered in ATU for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. Students have to write a Masters thesis and defend it to pass the course and receive their degree certificate.

 

 

Department Head

Dr Seyed Reza Naghibulsadat Dr Seyed Reza Naghibulsadat
Ph.D in Communication Science from Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (2002)
Faculty Member
Email Address: naghibsadat@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 2491
Research Interests: Methodology in media, Public relations, Media operations.
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Faculty Members

To date, 7 full-time faculty members are employed and collaborating with the Department in providing educational and research services to the students and researchers. Faculty members of the Department are briefly introduced below. The names are sorted alphabetically.
For more detailed information about the faculty members, you can refer to ATU's SIMAP Portal.

 


 

Dr Hosseinali Afkhami Dr Hosseinali Afkhami
Ph.D in Social Communication Sciences from University of Leeds, England (1989)
Faculty Member
Email Address: afkhami@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 2505
Research Interests: International communications, Communication science, Social communications.

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Dr Reza Saberi Dr Reza Saberi
Ph.D in Anthropology from Pune University, India (2009)
Faculty Member
Email Address: r.saberi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 2491
Research Interests: Communications, Mass communications, Research methods, Culture, Ethnicity.
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Dr Ghodsi Bayat Dr Ghodsi Bayat
Ph.D in Communication Science from Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (2013)
Faculty Member
Email Address: bayatghodsi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 2525
Research Interests: Social networking, Culture and virtual communication, Public relations.
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Dr Reza Saberi Dr Alireza Abdollahinezhad
Ph.D in Communications Science from Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (2013).
Faculty Member
Email Address: abollahinejad@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 2494
Research Interests: Journalism, Public relations, International and political communications.
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Dr Sobhan Yahyaei Dr Sobhan Yahyaei
Ph.D in Communication Science from Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (2016)
Faculty Member
Email Address: yahyaei@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 2512
Research Interests: Sociology of communications, Political communications, Public opinion.
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