its name was Kar University. After the Iran revolution in 1979, this university was halted until 1987. HSU was reestablished with a new name. The Tarbiat Moallem University of Sabzevar was working and growing until 2011. In this year this university was renamed to Hakim Sabzevari University. HSU offers 139 bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. programs to more than 9,200 male and female students studying under about 280 faculty members in 10 departments. HSU is known as the dynamic in science and the leading in development university in Iran. Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences is one of the most prestigious public universities in Khorasan province. MEDSAB was established in 1975. In 1986, School of nursing was founded in Sabzevar. MEDSAB offers 20 programs to more than 2000 students in medical fields. This university has more than 200 faculty members. There are 5 hospitals and 4 schools in this university. The city is home to the Islamic Azad University of Sabzevar (IAUS), founded in 1985 in response to increasing demands for a higher education center in the region; expansion and development have always continued within the university. IAUS is one of the most private universities in Khorasan province. Currently, there are about 6,500 students studying in three campuses. Sabzevar University of New Technology is the youngest public university in Khorasan province. SUNT was established in 2011. The main objective of this university on teaching and transferring new technology for women students. SUNT offers modern bachelors programs to more than 1000 female students studying in one department. SUNT is known as the third generation universities in Iran. Climate Sabzevar has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk). Historical places Notable people Ali Shariati Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Hadi Sabzavari Al-Bayhaqi Husayn Kashifi Abul-Fazl Bayhaqi Ali Divandari Ali-Akbar Furutan Rouzbeh Cheshmi Sayed Hassan Amin Mohammad Khordadian Mirza Muhammad Kamil Dehlavi Behzad Nabavi Mahmoud Anbarani Abd al-A'la al-Sabzevari Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi Rezai family Cyrus Ghani Amir Shahi Sabzavari Mohammad Khorramgah Mohammad Parvin Gonabadi Mohammad Bagher Sabzevari Fakhreddin Hejazi Mohammad Salari Kulū Isfandiyār Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani Arash Sobhani Ali Salehabadi Habib Rezaei Iraj Mehdian Mohammadreza Davarzani Mohammad Hashem Mirza Afsar Hasan Reyvandi Hedayat Hashemi Saeed Soltampour Hamid Sabzevari Gholam-Ali Beski Hossein Torabi Hassan Lahooti Ghasem Ghani Hossein Golestani Transportation Sabzevar is located on the country's transportation highway and passes through roads 44, 87 and the freeway under construction from shrine to shrine. Also, the Turkmenistan-Quchan-Sabzevar transit highway leads from