University of Tehran is the symbol of higher education of Iran and the main gate of the University in central Tehran, with its specific design and architecture is in a more general sense, a logo of education in Iran.

Rooted in Jondi Shapur University which goes back over 2,000 years, the University of Tehran in its traditional form was established seven centuries ago. During the modern era, the University of Tehran evolved from a religious structure to a more modern and academic structure of higher education. Dar-ol-Fonoon College was the first engineering school in its modern form which was established almost a century ago.

The University of Tehran was inaugurated in the winter of 1934 and the academic staff of the University consists of 1,650 full-time faculty members and several hundred part-time and adjunct professors and affiliated members. The university has a broad range of international adjunct faculty members and employs 3,000 personnel who work at the different offices, institutes and centers.

This university has 19,000 undergraduate and 13,000 graduate students and 6 colleges with a total of 39 faculties and 120 departments at its 7 campuses located in the cities of Tehran, Qom and Karaj as well as its Kish International Campus (in Kish Island). The University of Tehran, as the main research University of the Country, offers more than 300 post graduate programs.

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.

University of Tehran enjoys the best rank among the Iranian universities, based on the well-known international ranking institutes. According to Times Higher Education System (THES) in the Year 2009, University of Tehran was ranked 368 among the best universities in the world. The University of Tehran ranked 112th in Engineering & IT, 183th in Natural Sciences, and 298th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine in the world.

Internationalization is one of the most important goals of the University of Tehran. It is sought through the improvement of standards of the research and education at the high international levels, moving to the edge of knowledge, increasing the international cooperation and presence, increasing exchange programs and increasing the number of foreign students.

Regarding these fact, lots of foreign students are interested to study at University of Tehran and currently more than 1000 foreign students from different countries around the world study there.

For more information about the university, please visit its website: https://ut.ac.ir/en

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