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University of Tehran(UT)
دانشگاه تهران
Dāneshgāh-e Tehran

University of Tehran (UT) coat of arms
Motto میاسای ز آموختن یک زمان
Motto in English Rest not a moment from learning
Established 1934 by Dr. Sayyed Mahmoud Hessaby[1]
Type Public
Endowment US$ 518 million[2]
Chancellor Dr. Farhad Rahbar
Vice-Chancellor Dr. Mahmoud Kamarei
Admin. staff 3,243
Students 39,922
Undergraduates 18,843
Postgraduates 21,069
Location Tehran, Iran
Colours Blue
Affiliations FUIW
Website ut.ac.ir
University of Tehran logo
University of Tehran Entrance

The University of Tehran (Persian: دانشگاه تهران), also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest modern university. Based on its historical, socio-cultural and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching profile, UT has been nicknamed "The mother university of Iran" (Persian: دانشگاه مادر). The university offers 111 bachelor degree programs, 177 masters' degree programs, and 156 Ph.D. programs.[3] The school's renowned undergraduate and graduate engineering programs require that prospective applicants take a comprehensive entrance exam. Only candidates scoring in the top one percent or better are offered admission.[4]

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[edit] History

Main article: History of the University of Tehran

In 1928, Professor Mahmoud Hessaby proposed to the Minister of Education, the Late Ali Asghar Hekmat, that Iran establish a comprehensive institute that would cover most of the sciences.

Hekmat, in collaboration with the French-born architect Andre Godard and his team of European architects, ultimately designed what would become the master plan of the university's main campus.

In 1934, the formerly males-only university opened its doors to women as part of the country's sweeping universal education policy.[5] The school was officially inaugurated that same year.

In 1986, the Iranian parliament, known as the Majlis of Iran, stipulated that the university's overcrowded College of Medicine be separated into the independent Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), and that TUMS be placed under the leadership of the new Ministry of Health and Medical Education. With over 13,000 current students, TUMS remains the best medical school in Iran.

[edit] Colleges

At present, UT comprises 40 faculties, institutes, as well as centers of research and education. The university consists of seven campuses:

  1. The central Pardis campus, on Enghelab Ave, is the oldest and best known of the campuses.
  2. North Kargar Campus is where most of the dormitories are located.
  3. Karaj campus [1] of agriculture and natural resources
  4. Varamin College
  5. Kish College
  6. Qom College [2]
  7. Choka Campus

[edit] Former Campuses

  1. Karaj Campus, which, until 1981, was known as the University of Tehran School of Finance and Commerce. It was subsequently renamed as the Allameh Tabatabaii University.

[edit] Research & Facilities

The University of Tehran hosts many cultural and academic activities on the national and international levels. UT enjoys the cooperation of foreign countries in holding international conferences, seminars and workshops. In 2008, close to 1,000 UT professors and graduate students have taken part in international conferences with university funding. Furthermore, UT regularly hosts many delegations and professors from abroad.

University of Tehran is appointed as a Center of Excellence (fa:قطب علمی) by Iran's Ministry of Science and Technology in the fields of "Evaluation and improvement of irrigation networks", "Breeding and Biotechnology of trees", "Farming, Grading and Biotechnology", "Applied Electromagnetic Systems", "Land Logistics", "Sustainable Urban Planning and Development", "Architectural Technology", "Biological Control of Pests and Plant Diseases", "Rural Studies and Planning", "High-Performance Materials", "Control and Intelligent Processing", "Sustainable Management of Watershed", "Applied Management of Fast Growing Wood Species", "Surveying and Disaster Management", "Engineering and Infrastructure Management", "Oil and Gas".[6]This appointment is based on national standing based on research achievements and invested funding in the mentioned topics.Fifteen percent of the country’s Centers of Excellence, as recognized by the government, are located at the University of Tehran, which along with more than 40 research centers ensure UT’s commitment to research. Together, over 3,500 laboratories are active in these centers and in the faculties. In addition, the University of Tehran publishes more than 50 scientific journals, some of which have the ISI index.

The Central Library and Documentation Center of the University of Tehran has been a member of the International Federation of Library Associations and institutions (IFLA) since 1967. The Central Library is the largest academic library in Iran. The library compliments the 35 specialized libraries based at different faculties, all with the aim of advancing the research goals of the University. Currently the Central Library and Documentation Center is offering its services to more than 65 thousand members. It hosts more than 5,000 users daily. The library offers its resources under 13 main collections (most of which have been donated by distinguished professors of the University). The manuscript collection of the University of Tehran includes over 17,000 volumes of manuscripts in Persian, Arabic and Turkish. The library also hosts a state of the art center for the preservation of manuscripts. The University of Tehran Press (UTP), which focuses on publishing academic books, has published over 5,000 books up until today, and currently publishes on average more than one book per day. UTP has over 96 distribution agents throughout the country as well as one in Afghanistan.[7]

[edit] Endowment

University of Tehran is a public university and its funding is provided by the government of Iran. For the top ranks of the national university entrance exam, education is free in all public universities. The people with ranks below the normal capacity of the universities will be required to pay part or all of the tuition. In 2011 University of Tehran with an amount equivalent to 800 million dollars got the highest budget among all universities in Iran.[8]

[edit] Emblems

The emblem of the University of Tehran, which was designed by Dr. Mohsen Moghadam, a late faculty member of the Faculty of Fine Arts, is based on an image, which can be found in the stucco relief and seals of the Sasanid period. In this case, it is a copy from a stucco relief discovered in the city of Ctesiphon.

The seal symbolized ownership. In the Sassanid period, these seals were used in stucco reliefs, coins, and silver utensils as a family symbol. Since the alphabet of Sasanid Pahlavi’s script was used in these badges, they have the nature of a monogram as well.

The motif is placed between two eagle wings. One can also find these motifs in other images of this period, such as in royal crowns, particularly at the end of the Sasanid period. Crowns with these seals have been called “two-feather crowns” in The Shahnameh. The motif between the wings was made by combining Pahlavi scripts. Some scholars have tried to read these images. The script is in the form of “Afzoot” (Amrood), which means plentiful and increasing.[9]

[edit] Main entrance

The University of Tehran main entrance was designed in 1965 by Korosh Farzami, one of the students of the faculty of Fine Arts of the University. The structural engineer was an Armenian-Iranian by the name of Simon Sarkissian.For the importance of the University, this gates have gradually become the symbol of Iran's Higher Education system. University of Tehran gates are depicted on the reverse of the Iranian 500 rials banknote.[10]

[edit] Faculties

Entrance to the College of Fine Arts. The main campus' architecture was largely inspired by early 20th century European designs.
The state-of-the-art building for College of Engineering in Amir Abaad Campus

Initially University of Tehran included six faculties:

Later more faculties were founded:

In 1992, the faculties of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacology seceded to become the Tehran University of Medical Sciences but is still located at the main campus (The central Pardis).

[edit] Institutes

University of Tehran also co-ordinates several major institutes:

  • Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Institute of Geophysics
  • The International Research Center for Coexistence with Deserts
  • Institute of History of Science [5]
  • Institute for North American and European Studies [6]
  • Institute of Electrotechnic
  • Center for Women's Studies [7]
  • Applied Management Research Center [8]
  • Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute
  • Vehicle, Fuel, and Environment Research Institute
  • Turbo Machine Institute
  • Institute of Petroleum Engineering
  • Water Institute
  • The Research Institute of Energy Planning and Management
  • The Engineering Optimization Research Group
  • Biomaterial Research Institute
  • Advanced Material Research Institute
  • Inorganic Material Research Institute

[edit] World rankings

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU/Shanghai Ranking)[14]

2011: International rank : 301-400, National rank : 1
2010: International rank : 401-500, National rank : 1
2009: International rank : 402-501, National rank : 1

QS World University Rankings[15]

2010: International rank : 401-450, National rank : 1
2009: International rank : 368, National rank : 1
2008: International rank : 401-500, National rank : 1
2007: International rank : 539, National rank : 2

Webometrics Ranking of World Universities[16]

2011: International rank : 708, National rank : 1
2010: International rank : 899, National rank : 1
2009: International rank : 987, National rank : 1
2008: International rank : 1083, National rank : 1
2007: International rank : 1463, National rank : 1

SCImago rankings[17]

2011: International rank : 321, National rank : 1
2010: International rank : 473, National rank : 1
2009: International rank : 308, National rank : 1

[edit] Political role

UT's central mosque has been a center for religious and political activity in Tehran during the past 30 years.

University of Tehran's central place in Iranian elite circles has made it the setting for many political events and cultural works.

Perhaps, to historians, the University of Tehran is most notably remembered for its key roles in the political events of recent history. It was in front of the same gates of this school that The Shah's army opened fire on dissident students, killing many and further triggering the 1979 revolution of Iran. It was there and 20 years later in July 1999 that, albeit, a much smaller number of dissident students confronted the police.

University of Tehran (UT) has always been a bastion of political movement and ideology. At UT the leaders of the country deliver some of their most potent speeches often on Friday during prayers. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the main campus of the university and its surrounding streets have been the site for Tehran's Friday prayers.

The political and social role of University of Tehran in the Iranian domestic arena has continued to be so pronounced that in November 2005 (to February 2008) a senior Islamic scholar became chancellor of the university, replacing Dr. Faraji-dana (professor of electrical engineering faculty). Ayatollah Abbasali Amid Zanjani (عباسعلی عميد زنجانی) is a professor in Law, is known for his strong ties to Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1979 revolution, and had spent time in the Shah's prisons before the Islamic Revolution. In February 2008, an Iranian economist, Dr. Farhad Rahbar, a former vice president of Iran and head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran, became the new (31st) chancellor of the university.

One hundred and nineteen faculty members of the University of Tehran are said to have resigned on June 15, 2009 to protest the attack on university dorms in the wake of contested 2009 presidential elections:[18] although clear follow-up data is hard to establish, it seems that most or all resignations were not accepted.

[edit] Notable people

See also: List of University of Tehran people

[edit] Picture gallery

  • School of Engineering Main Building known as Faculty of Engineering Building

  • School of Engineering Main Building seen in the far

  • The new School of Engineering state-of-the-art buildings in Amir Abad campus

  • School of Fine Arts

  • School of Fine Arts

  • School of Fine Arts

  • School of literature and Humanities. The campus architecture has influences from the architecture of Persian antiquity (compare to Persepolis)

  • School of literature and Humanities in snow

  • School of Economics Building

  • School of Economics Building

  • School of Economics Building

  • Opening Ceremony of the Faculty of Medicine with Reza Shah.

[edit] See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: University of Tehran

[edit] References

  1. ^ University of Tehran, Dr. Mahmoud Hessaby
  2. ^ http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/149763/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86
  3. ^ "University of Tehran" (in (Persian)). Ut.ac.ir. http://ut.ac.ir/en/main-links/overview.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-16. 
  4. ^ http://eng.ut.ac.ir/N_ADMISSION.asp
  5. ^ Lorentz, J. Historical Dictionary of Iran. 1995. ISBN 0-8108-2994-0
  6. ^ http://ut.ac.ir/fa/contents/Ut_Excellence/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C.%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C.%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87.%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86.html
  7. ^ http://ut.ac.ir/en/contents/UT-OverView/Libraries-Publication/Libraries.and.Publication.Center.html
  8. ^ http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/149763/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86
  9. ^ Logo of the University of Tehran
  10. ^ http://www.cbi.ir/default_en.aspx
  11. ^ http://www.hessaby.com/
  12. ^ "Graduate Faculty of Environment". Env.ut.ac.ir. http://env.ut.ac.ir/. Retrieved 2011-09-16. 
  13. ^ "University of Tehran - Colleges & Faculties-Faculty of World Studies" (in (Persian)). Ut.ac.ir. http://ut.ac.ir/en/contents/Worl-Studies/Faculty.of.World.Studies.html. Retrieved 2011-09-16. 
  14. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities". ARWU. http://www.arwu.org. Retrieved 2011-09-16. 
  15. ^ "University of Tehran". Topuniversities. http://www.topuniversities.com/university/1089/university-of-tehran. Retrieved 2011-09-16. 
  16. ^ "Ranking Web of World universities: Home". Webometrics.info. http://www.webometrics.info. Retrieved 2011-09-16. 
  17. ^ http://www.scimagoir.com/pdf/sir_2009_world_report.pdf
  18. ^ "Tehran University's Faculty Resigns En Masse - The Daily Dish - The Atlantic". Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com. 2009-06-15. http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/tehran-universitys-faculty-resigns-en-masse.html. Retrieved 2011-09-16. 

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