Research councils are decision-making institutions regarding university policies and priorities. These councils have a hierarchical structure, headed by the "University Research Council". Dared and other councils, such as research councils of faculties, etc., are in a way a subset of it. University Of Maragheh Faculty of Engineering Civil Engineering Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical engineering Faculty of Agriculture Horticultural Sciences Plant Protection Mechanical and Biosystem Engineering Soil Sciences and Engineering Plant Prodction and Genetics Water Science and Engineering Group Research Council Faculty of Basic Sciences Cell and Molecular Biology Mathematics Chemistry Faculty of Human sciences Law Islamic Studies English Language and Literature Geography Psychohogy Physical Education Research Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics