Editing University of Tehran

{{Short description|University in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Tehran
 | native_name            = {{lang|fa|{{nastaliq|دانشگاه تهران}}}}
 | native_name_lang       = fa
 | image                  = University of Tehran logo.svg
 | image_size             = 200px
 | caption                = [[Coat of arms]] of the University of Tehran
 | motto                  = {{lang|fa|{{nastaliq|میاسای ز آموختن یک زمان}}}}
 | mottoeng               = Waste not a moment of learning
 | type                   = [[public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | established            = 1851 ([[Dar ul-Funun (Persia)|Dar ul-Funun]])
1899 ([[Tehran School of Political Sciences]])
{{start date and age|df=yes|1934}} (Modern University)
 | founder                = [[Reza Shah]]<ref>problematic</ref><br />[[Isa Sedigh]]
 | endowment              = [[United States dollar|US$]] ~1 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]] (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=13930918001247|title=مقایسه بودجه دانشگاه‌ها در سال‌های ۹۳ و ۹۴/دانشگاه تهران همچنان در صدر اختصاص بودجه|work=FarsNews|date=10 December 2014|access-date=10 December 2014}}</ref>
 | president              = [[Mohammad-Hossin Omid]] (acting)<ref>{{cite news|title=تغییر رئیس ۲ دانشگاه مطرح کشور|url=https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/882219/%D8%AA%D8%BA%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%DB%B2-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1|work=همشهری آنلاین|date=17 September 2024|language=fa}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Tehran]]
 | country                = [[Iran]]
 | coordinates            = {{coord|type:edu_scale:10000_region:IR-EA_globe:earth|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Urban (Main Campus)
 | language               = [[Persian language|Persian]] / English
 | faculty                = ~2,000 (full-time) (2023)
 | administrative_staff   = ~3,500 (full-time) (2023)
 | students               = ~41,000 (2023) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ut.ac.ir/en/page/756/facts-and-figures|title=Facts and Figures|access-date=15 April 2016|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209233008/http://ut.ac.ir/en/page/756/facts-and-figures|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = ~20,000 (2023)
 | postgrad               = ~21,000 (2023)
 | colors                 = {{color box|#0BAEDD}} Cyan
 | affiliation            = [[ICESCO|Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]]
 | coor                   = 
 | logo                   = [[File:University of Tehran logo.png|University of Tehran logo]]
 | website                = [https://ut.ac.ir ut.ac.ir]
}}
The '''University of Tehran''' ('''Tehran University''' or '''UT''', {{langx|fa|دانشگاه تهران}}, [[Romanization of Persian|romanized]] ''Dāneshgāh-e Tehran'') is a [[Collegiate university]] and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. 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]" ({{langx|fa|دانشگاه مادر}}).  It is also the premier knowledge producing institute among all [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|OIC]] countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.researchtrends.com/issue21-january-2011/a-rebirth-of-science-in-islamic-countries/|title=A rebirth of science in Islamic countries?|publisher=Research Trends|date=26 September 2010|access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>  The university offers more than 111 [[bachelor's degree]] programs, 177 [[master's degree]] programs, and 156 [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]. programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ut.ac.ir/en/main-links/overview.htm|title=University of Tehran|language=fa|publisher=Tehran University|access-date=16 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005052636/http://ut.ac.ir/en/main-links/overview.htm|archive-date=5 October 2011}}</ref> Many of the departments were absorbed into the University of Tehran from the [[Dar ul-Funun (Persia)|Dar al-Funun]] established in 1851 and the [[Tehran School of Political Sciences]] established in 1899.

The main campus of the university is located in the central part of the city. However, other campuses are spread across the city as well as in the suburbs such as the [[Baghe Negarestan Campus]] at the central eastern part of the city, the Northern Amirabad Campuses at the central western part of the city and the Abureyhan Campus in the suburb of the capital. [[University of Tehran main entrance|The main gate of the university]] with its specific design and modern architecture (at Enghelab Street at the main campus) is the logo of the university. 
[[File:University of Tehran in Tehran map (in black).GIF|260px|thumbnail|right|University of Tehran in Tehran map (in black)]]
Admission to the university's undergraduate and graduate programs is limited to the top one percent of students who pass the [[Iranian University Entrance Exam|national entrance examination]] administered yearly by the [[Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)|Ministry of Science, Research and Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Admission|url=http://eng.ut.ac.ir:80/N_ADMISSION.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915124628/http://eng.ut.ac.ir:80/N_ADMISSION.asp|archive-date=15 September 2008|access-date=14 July 2011|website=[[University of Tehran]]|language=en, fa}}</ref>

==History==
{{main|History of the University of Tehran}}
[[File:University of Tehran Memorial Plate.jpg|thumb|left|Opening stone of University of Tehran]]
The first official step for the establishment of the present form of University of Tehran in Iran occurred on 31 March 1931 when Minister of Court [[Abdolhossein Teymourtash]] wrote [[Isa Sedigh]] who was completing his doctoral dissertation at [[Columbia University]] in New York to inquire as to requirements for the establishment of a university in Tehran.<ref>David Menashri, Education and the Making of Modern Iran (Cornell University Press, 1992) page 145</ref> Isa Sedigh regarded the letter as an invitation to outline a comprehensive scheme for the establishment of a new university.

In 1933, during the cabinet meeting, the subject was brought up. [[Hekmat E Shirazi|Ali Asghar Hekmat]], the acting minister of the Ministry of Education stated the following words there:
"''Of course, there is no doubt on the thriving state and the glory of the capital, but the only obvious deficiency is that this city has no 'university'. It is a pity that this city lags far behind other great countries of the world.''"
His words had a profound impact on everyone in the meeting, resulting in the acceptance of the proposal. Thus allocating an initial budget of 250,000 Tomans, the Ministry of Education was authorized to find a suitable land for the establishment of the university and take necessary measures to construct the building as soon as possible.
Ali Asghar Hekmat in collaboration and consultation with [[André Godard]], a French architect – who was serving the Ministry of Education as an engineer, began looking for a location for the university grounds. By the orders of [[Rezā Shāh]], the compound of Jalaliyeh garden was selected. Jalaliyeh garden was located in the north of the then Tehran between Amirabad village and the northern trench of Tehran. This garden was founded in the early 1900s during the final years of Nasir ad- Din Shah, by the order of Prince Jalal ad-dawlah.
The master plan of the campus buildings was drawn up by French architects Roland Dubrulle and Maxime Siroux, Swiss architect Alexandre Moser, as well as Andre Godard, Nicolai Markov and Mohsen Foroughi.
The University of Tehran officially inaugurated in 1934. The Amir-abad (North Karegar) campus was added in 1945 after American troops left the property as World War II was coming to an end.
The university admitted women as students for the first time in 1937.<ref>[[History of the University of Tehran#cite note-5]]</ref>

In 1935, the formerly males-only university opened its doors to women as part of the country's sweeping universal education policy.<ref name=sey10>{{cite journal|last=Shojaei|first=Seyedeh Nosrat|author2=Ku Hasnita Ku Samsu|author3=Hossien Asayeseh|title=Women in Politics: A Case Study of Iran|journal=Journal of Politics and Law|date=September 2010|volume=3|issue=2|doi=10.5539/jpl.v3n2p257|url=http://us-iran.org/sites/default/files/webform/userarticle-submissions/women_in_politics-iran.pdf|access-date=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327061122/http://us-iran.org/sites/default/files/webform/userarticle-submissions/women_in_politics-iran.pdf|archive-date=27 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Lorentz, J. ''Historical Dictionary of Iran''. 1995. {{ISBN|0-8108-2994-0}}</ref>

UT played a central role in the overthrow of the Pahlavi government in the 1978-9 revolution. University curricula, staff, and student intake were subject to major revisions in the early 1980s, as part of Iran's Cultural Revolution.<ref name=Outline>{{cite journal|title=Neither Dulati nor Khosusi: Islam, Education and Civil Society in Post-1989 Iran|journal=Iranian Studies|volume=50|issue=4|pages=575–600|author=Zep Kalb|year=2017|doi=10.1080/00210862.2017.1295345}}</ref> UT continues to constitute a central part of Iran's student movement.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Revival of the Student Movement in Post-Revolutionary Iran|journal=International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society|volume=15|issue=2|pages=283–313|author=Mehrdad Mashayekhi|year=2001|doi=10.1023/A:1012977219524}}</ref> 

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. 

==Campuses, colleges and faculties==

1. Regional Campuses:
* [[Aras International Campus]]
* [[Caspian International Campus]]
* [[Persian Gulf International Campus]]
* [[Kish International Campus, University of Tehran|Kish International Campus]]
* [[Alborz Campus]]

2. Colleges:
*College of Engineering
**Schools & Faculties:
***School of Electrical & Computer Engineering (A Prominent Lab: [https://www.esl-ut.ir/ Energy Storage Laboratory (ESL)])
***School of Mechanical Engineering
***School of Chemical Engineering
***School of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering
***School of Civil Engineering
***School of Mining Engineering
***School of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering
***School of Industrial Engineering
***School of Engineering Science
***Fouman Faculty of Engineering in [[Fuman, Iran|Fouman]]
***Caspian Faculty of Engineering in [[Rezvanshahr, Gilan|Rezvanshahr]]
*[[College of Science, University of Tehran|College of Science]]
**Schools:
***School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
***School of Geology
***School of Biology
***School of Chemistry
***School of Physics
***School of Biotechnology
[[File:University of Tehran, Fine Arts Faculty - 4.jpg|alt=Faculty of Fine Arts|thumb|College of Fine Arts]]
*[[College of Fine Arts (University of Tehran)|College of Fine Arts]]
*College of Agriculture & Natural Resources in [[Karaj]] and [[Pakdasht]]
*College of Farabi in [[Qom]]

3. Faculties
*Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies
*Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
*Faculty of Governance

Humanities Faculties:
[[File:The faculty of World Studies.jpeg|thumbnail|right|Faculty of World Studies]]
*Faculty of World Studies
*Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature
*Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences
*[[Faculty of Law and Political Science at University of Tehran|Faculty of Law and Political Science]]
*[[Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of the University of Tehran|Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies]]
*Faculty of Thought and Islamic Sciences

Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculties:
*Faculty of Economics
*Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
*Faculty of Geography
*Faculty of Psychology and Education
*Faculty of Social Sciences
*Faculty of Entrepreneurship
*Faculty of Management

===Academic institutes and centers===

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 
* Institute for North American and European Studies 
* Institute of Electrotechnic
* Center for Women's Studies 
* Applied Management Research Center
* [[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
* [http://ri.ut.ac.ir/en/home University of Tehran Research Institute (UTRI)]
* [http://stp.ut.ac.ir Science and Technology Park of University of Tehran]
*International Desert Research Center (IDRC)
*Cyberspace Research Policy Center (CRPC)

==Research and facilities==
The University of Tehran hosts cultural and academic activities on the national and international levels. Furthermore, UT hosts delegations and professors from abroad.

'''University of Tehran''' is appointed as the ''Center of Excellence'' (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".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olī|script-title=fa:عالی|trans-title=Excellence|url=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|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011220057/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|archive-date=11 October 2011|access-date=13 October 2011|website=[[University of Tehran]]|language=en, fa|quote=Research Centers:55+\n\nCenters of Excellence: 37\n\nInternational Students ( 2016-17)\n\nTotal: 1047\n\nPhD 352\n\nMaster's : 484\n\nBachelor's : 211\n\nNon-degree student 1700+\n\n--\n\nUniversity of Tehran Science and Technology Park (UTSTP)\n\nResident Companies:\n\nPre-Incubation: 155\n\nIncubation: 69\n\nPost-Incubation: 83\n\nAnchor Companies: 1\n\nProducts/Services: 780\n\nPercentage of Knowledge Workers: 75%\n\nEmployees: 2130\n\nCompanies Turnover: 7 Trillion Rials}}</ref> 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 library complements 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Libraries and Publication Center|url=http://www.ut.ac.ir/en/contents/UT-OverView/Libraries-Publication/Libraries.and.Publication.Center.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807052732/http://www.ut.ac.ir/en/contents/UT-OverView/Libraries-Publication/Libraries.and.Publication.Center.html|archive-date=7 August 2011|access-date=13 October 2011|website=[[University of Tehran]]|language=en, fa}}</ref>

==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 70 million dollars got the highest budget among all universities in Iran.<ref>{{cite web|url=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|title=بيشترين بودجه براي دانشگاه تهران|work=Tabnak|access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>

==Emblems==
The emblem of the University of Tehran is based on an image which can be found in the stucco relief and seals of the [[Sasanid]] period. 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 script|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 [[Shahnama|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.<ref>[[commons:File:Ut logo.pdf|Logo of the University of Tehran]]</ref>

==Colors==
University of Tehran's official color is University of Tehran Blue (RGB: 29,160,196).

==Main entrance==
[[File:University of Tehran main entrance 2019 2.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|University of Tehran Southern and Main Entrance Gate]]
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 and built by [[Arme Construction Company]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 June 2015|title=University of Tehran Gateway Renovated|url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/people/19156/university-of-tehran-gateway-renovated|access-date=8 October 2022|website=Financial Tribune|language=En}}</ref>

The gates are depicted on the [[Obverse and reverse|reverse]] of the Iranian 50,000 [[Iranian rial|rials]] banknote.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 March 2015|title=Tehran University Graces New 50,000 Rial Banknote|url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-business-and-markets/12473/tehran-university-graces-new-50000-rial-banknote|access-date=8 October 2022|website=Financial Tribune|language=En}}</ref>

==Faculties History==
Initially University of Tehran included eight colleges and faculties:
* College of farabi<ref>{{Cite web|title=farabi college|url=https://farabi.ut.ac.ir/en|access-date=10 October 2024|website=farabi campus|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of the University of Tehran|Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies]]
* [[College of Science, University of Tehran|College of Science]] (1934)
* [[Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran|Faculty of Letters and Humanities]]
* Faculty of [[Medicine]] (1934)
* Faculty of [[Pharmacy]] (1934)
* Faculty of [[Dentistry]] (1939)
* College of [[Engineering]] (Fanni) (1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hessaby.com/|title=Hessaby|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>
* Faculty of [[Law]] and [[Political Science]] (1942)

Later more faculties were founded:
*[[University of Tehran, College of Fine Arts|College of Fine Arts]] (1941)
* Faculty of [[Veterinary Medicine]] (1943)
* Faculty of [[Agriculture]] (1945)
* Faculty of [[Management]] (1954)
* Faculty of [[Education]] (1954)
* Faculty of [[Natural Resource]]s (1963)
* Faculty of [[Economics]] (1970)
* [[Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran|Faculty of Social Sciences]] (~1972)
* Faculty of [[Environment (biophysical)|Environment]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://env.ut.ac.ir/|title=Graduate Faculty of Environment|publisher=University of Tehran|access-date=16 September 2011}}</ref> (1975)
* [[Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Tehran|Faculty of Foreign Languages]] (1989)
* Faculty of [[Physical education]]
* Faculty of [[Geography]] (~2002)
* [[Faculty of World Studies]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fws.ut.ac.ir/ltr/Groups.aspx?Ind=-1&Id=112&LanId=2|title=Faculty of World Studies|publisher=University of Tehran|access-date=21 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521224056/http://fws.ut.ac.ir/ltr/Groups.aspx?Ind=-1&Id=112&LanId=2|archive-date=21 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> (~2007)
* Faculty of [[Entrepreneurship]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ent.ut.ac.ir/en|title=Tehran Faculty of Entrepreneurship|website=ent.ut.ac.ir|access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref>
* Faculty of [[New Sciences and Technologies]] (~2010)

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). The Central Pardis Campus, on Enghelab Ave, is the oldest and best known of the campuses.
Amir Abad Campus is where most of the dormitories are located.
Aside from physical campuses, University of Tehran also has an online campus program first started in 2003 under a project to provide online degree programs, becoming the first university in Iran to host events in regards to the development of formal national ICT.

<gallery class="center">
File:School of Civil Eng., U of Tehran.JPG|School of Engineering Main Building known as Faculty of Engineering Building
File:TUMS medicine.jpg|School of Medicine 
File:UTEH FA1.jpg|School of Fine Arts
File:UTehran college social sciences.jpg|[[Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran]]
File:TU literature.jpg|Faculty of Letters and Humanities
File:University of Tehran Stadium.JPG|The stadium of University of Tehran 
File:UTEH Econ6.jpg|School of Economics Building
File:Fanni2.jpg|The new School of Engineering state-of-the-art buildings in Amir Abad campus 
File:University of Tehran 0405.jpg|Main Library 
</gallery>

==World rankings==
{{Infobox university rankings
| ARWU_W = 401–500 | ARWU_W_year = 2023 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref>{{citation|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2020.html|publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
| CWTS_W = 142 | CWTS_W_year = 2022 | CWTS_W_ref = <ref>{{citation|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2020/list|publisher=Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
| QS_W = 368 | QS_W_year = 2024 | QS_W_ref = <ref>{{citation|title=University of Tehran : Rankings, Fees & Courses Details {{!}} Top Universities|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-tehran|publisher=QS World University Rankings|access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref>
| THE_W = 401–500 | THE_W_year = 2024 | THE_W_ref = <ref>{{citation|title=World University Rankings 2021|date=25 August 2020|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2021/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|publisher=THE Education Ltd|access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref>
| USNWR_W = 329 | USNWR_W_year = 2023 | USNWR_W_ref = <ref>{{citation|title=Best Global Universities in Iran|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/iran|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
}}

'''[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/ U.S. News & World Report]'''

[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/engineering?page=5 2018 Best Global Universities]

* Engineering: 42<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=USNEWS |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/engineering?page=5 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030180819/http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/engineering?page=5 |archive-date=30 October 2014}}</ref>


2022 Best Global Universities: #329
* Engineering: 22<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Engineering Schools in the World|access-date=23 April 2023|website=US News Education|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/engineering?page=1}}</ref>

'''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/|title=ShanghaiRanking|website=www.shanghairanking.com|access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><br />

'''2019:''' 301-400

'''2018:''' 301-400

'''2017:''' 301-400

'''2016''': 301-400

'''2015''': 201-300

'''[[Times Higher Education]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/|title=Home|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><br />
'''2016–2019''': 601–800

'''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/|title=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>

'''2017 Best Global Universities Ranking'''

*[[Engineering]]: 45
*[[Agricultural Sciences]]: 71
*[[Computer science]]: 120
*[[Materials Science]]: 117
*[[Chemistry]]: 235
*[[Biology]], [[Biochemistry]]: 307

==Libraries and museums==
As the largest academic library in Iran, the Central Library and Documentation Center of the University of Tehran includes a selection of resources in different fields of science, technology, and literature. The library holdings include over one million books, periodicals, manuscripts, microfilms, pictorial copies, historical documents and photos, lithography books, academic dissertations, scientific documents and maps, over 120,000 books in English, French, German, Russian, Italian, and other languages. Since 1967, the Central Library and Documentation Center has become a member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The library holds a set of manuscripts, including historical documents, microfilms, pictorial manuscripts, rare books, lithography books, historical photos, and handwriting of scholars and politicians. This collection includes about 17,000 volumes of manuscripts in Persian as well as other languages. The Conservation and Restoration Department of the Library houses the Specialized Lab, the Renovation Workshop, and the Special Bindery office.

==Political role==
[[File:UT mosque minaret.jpg|thumb|right|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. It was in front of the gates of this school that [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|The Shah's]] army opened fire on dissident students, killing many and further triggering the [[Iranian Revolution|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. 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 the 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(president) of the university, replacing 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 economist, 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 15 June 2009 to protest the attack on university dorms in the wake of contested [[Iranian presidential election, 2009|2009 presidential elections]]:<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/tehran-universitys-faculty-resigns-en-masse.html|title=Tehran University's Faculty Resigns En Masse|magazine=The Atlantic|date=15 September 2009|access-date=16 September 2011}}</ref> although clear follow-up data is hard to establish, it seems that most or all resignations were not accepted.

==Notable people==
{{See also|List of University of Tehran people}}
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Many of the most important figures in Iranian political, academic, and social life have been associated with the University of Tehran. Notable press alumnus include [[Hossein Towfigh]], Editor-in-Chief of ''[[Towfigh |Towfigh Magazine]]''. Politicians include the nationalist leader [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]], Ayatollah [[Mohammad Beheshti]], former Prime Minister [[Jamshid Amouzegar]], and the recent reformist President [[Mohammad Khatami]].

Academics include [[Lotfi A. Zadeh]] the inventor of fuzzy logic, Fields Medal winner [[Caucher Birkar]], [[Ali Javan]] who invented the gas laser and is ranked number 12 on the list of the top 100 living geniuses, intellectual and former Prime Minister [[Mehdi Bazargan]] and biophysicist [[Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki]].

Art figures include filmmakers [[Abbas Kiarostami]] and [[Asghar Farhadi]], actor [[Khosrow Shakibai]] and poet [[Mohammad-Taqi Bahar]].

Other notable figures include Human Rights Lawyer [[Shirin Ebadi]] who won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 2003, pioneering architect [[Heydar Ghiai]], prominent philosopher [[Hossein Nasr]], reformist cleric [[Mehdi Karroubi]], environmental activist [[Mahlagha Mallah]].

Alumni from the University of Tehran's predecessor institutions the [[Dar ul-Funun (Persia)|Dar ul-Funun]] and the Tehran School of Political Sciences include linguist [[Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda]], [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] scholar [[Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl]] and former Prime Ministers [[Mohammad-Ali Foroughi]] and [[Ali Amini]].

The School of Engineering at the University of Tehran has introduced recognized researchers all over the world, including:

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[[Babak Hassibi]]: is an electrical engineer who is the Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of [[Electrical Engineering]] and Head of the Department of [[Electrical Engineering]] at the California Institute of Technology ([[Caltech]]). He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tehran in 1989, and the M.S. and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from [[Stanford University]] in 1993 and 1996, respectively. At Stanford his adviser was [[Thomas Kailath]]. He was a Research Associate in the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University during 1997-98 and was a Member of the Technical Staff in the Mathematics of Communications Research Group at [[Bell Laboratories]] in 1998–2000. Since 2001 he has been at Caltech.

[[Mohammad Reza Aref]] is a politician and academic scholar. He was [[Vice President of Iran|First Vice President]] from 2001 to 2005 under [[Mohammad Khatami]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mardomak.org/news/aref_bio|title=Ravayat taghvimi az zendegi-naameh Mohamd Rezaa 'Aaref|date=30 January 2006|access-date=23 November 2014|website="Mardomak" مردمک [Pupil]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214120623/http://mardomak.org/news/aref_bio|archive-date=14 December 2013|url-status=usurped|language=fa|script-title=fa:روایت تقویمی از زندگی نامه محمدرضا عارف|trans-title=A chronological account of Mohammad Reza Aref's biography}}</ref> He previously served as [[Cabinet of Iran|Minister of Technology]] in Khatami's first [[Mohammad Khatami|cabinet]]. He is currently a member of [[Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution]] and [[Expediency Discernment Council]]. He is also an electrical engineer and a professor at University of Tehran and [[Sharif University of Technology]]. He was a candidate in the [[Iranian presidential election, 2013|2013 presidential election]] but withdrew his candidacy in order to give the [[Iranian reform movement|reformist]] camp a better chance to win.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

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[[Hamid Jafarkhani]]: is a Chancellor's Professor in [[electrical engineering]] and [[computer science]] at the [[University of California, Irvine]]'s [[UC Irvine Henry Samueli School of Engineering|Henry Samueli School of Engineering]]. His research focuses on [[information transfer|communications]] theory, particularly [[error correction|coding]] and [[wireless]] communications and [[computer network|networks]]. Prior to studying at the University of Tehran, he was ranked first in the nationwide entrance examination of [[Iran]]ian universities in 1984.

[[Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh]]: is an internationally recognized inventor (for his contributions to the field of ingestible sensors) and a Distinguished Professor at the [[University of New South Wales]].

[[Nader Engheta]]: is an [[Iran]]ian-[[United States|American]] scientist. He is currently the [http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v52/n05/ne.html H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], USA, affiliated with the departments of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Bioengineering, and Physics and Astronomy.

[[Kaveh Pahlavan]]: is a professor of ECE and CS at the [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]], he is renowned for his pioneering research in [http://www.wpi.edu/Campus/Faculty/Awards/Scholar/2011bo244.html Wi-Fi Technology and wireless Indoor-Geolocation.] and [[body area network]]ing. He is the Director of the [http://www.cwins.wpi.edu Center for Wireless Information Network Studies] at WPI.

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[[Yahya Rahmat-Samii]]: is Professor and holder of the [[Northrop Grumman]] Chair in Electromagnetics at [[Electrical Engineering]] Department at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], where he teaches and conducts research on [[microwave transmission]] and [[radio antenna]]s. He has made innovations in satellite communications antennas, personal communication antennas, wearable and implanted antennas for communications and biotelemetry, and antennas for remote sensing and radio astronomy applications. He is the Director of the UCLA Antenna Research, Analysis and Measurement Laboratory [http://www.antlab.ee.ucla.edu/ UCLA Antenna Research, Analysis, and Measurement Laboratory] at Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA.

[[Alireza Mashaghi]]: is a physicist and biomedical scientist at [[Harvard University]] and [[Leiden University]]. He is the founder of parallel education programs in Iran and was the first dual-degree graduate of University of Tehran. Mashaghi is well known for single-molecule analysis of biomolecules, discovery of the mechanism of [[Von Willebrand disease]], the development of [[circuit topology]], and the use of statistical physics for medical diagnostics. He was named the discoverer of the year in 2017. Mashaghi has been affiliated with [[Harvard University]], [[MIT]], [[ETH Zurich]], [[Delft University of Technology]], and [[Max Planck Institute]]s. He is an editorial board member of journals including [[Nano Research]] and [[Scientific Reports]]. 
 
[[Alireza Nasiri]] is a technocrat and businessman who created Iran's first online degree program at University of Tehran in 2003.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nasiri|first=Alireza|year=2003|title=Suitable Organization Structure for Virtual Universities, Knowledge Management|journal=No.61, 2003. Knowledge Management.|volume=16}}</ref> He is known as the father of commercial forestry in Iran due to empowering the field of greenery with genetically modified trees in Iran.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iranpaulownia.ir/index.html|title=Iran Paulownia|website=Iran Paulownia}}</ref>

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[[Lotfi A. Zadeh]]:is a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher and professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Zadeh, in his theory of fuzzy sets, proposed using a membership function (with a range covering the interval [0,1]) operating on the domain of all possible values. He proposed new operations for the calculus of logic and showed that fuzzy logic was a generalisation of classical and Boolean logic. He also proposed fuzzy numbers as a special case of fuzzy sets, as well as the corresponding rules for consistent mathematical operations (fuzzy arithmetic). In 1942, he graduated from the University of Tehran with a degree in electrical engineering (Fanni).

He has made significant contributions to the fields of [[metamaterials]], [[transformation optics]], [[plasmonic]] optics, [[nanophotonics]], [[graphene]] photonics, nano-materials, nanoscale optics, [[nanoantennas]] and miniaturized [[Antenna (radio)|antennas]], physics and reverse-engineering of polarization vision in nature, bio-inspired optical imaging, fractional paradigm in electrodynamics, and electromagnetics and microwaves.

Some of the most prominent figures are named below:

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[[Shirin Ebadi]]:is a lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was admitted to the law department of the University of Tehran in 1965 and in 1969, upon graduation, passed the qualification exams to become a judge. After a six-month internship period, she officially became a judge in March 1969. She continued her studies in University of Tehran in the meantime to pursue a master's degree in law in 1971.

[[Asghar Farhadi]]:is a film director and screenwriter. For his work as director, he has received one Golden Globe Award and one Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world by Time magazine in 2012. He is a graduate of theatre, with a BA in dramatic arts and MA in stage direction from University of Tehran and Tarbiat Modarres University, respectively.

[[Siavash Teimouri]]: is a high ranked Iranian architect and artist. He was born in Tehran, Iran. After getting his master from University of Tehran, faculty of fine arts in 1962, he then moved to Paris and received his PhD in architecture from École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1969. While working with top class architects he received the French Association of Architects's prize in 1967. He achieved the first place in design competition for University of Isfahan's faculty of science in 1973. He is a member of the French Society of Architects and also member of the board of trustees of the Iran Architectural Pride Worthies Foundation.

[[Mohammad Mosaddegh]]:was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until being overthrown in a coup d'état in 1953. His administration introduced a wide range of social and political reforms but is most notable for its nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC/AIOC) (later British Petroleum or BP). Mosaddegh received his Licence en Droit as well as his Doctor of law from the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Mosaddegh also taught at the University of Tehran at the start of World War I before beginning his long political career.

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[[Ali Javan]]:is an Iranian American physicist and inventor at MIT. His main contributions to science have been in the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy. He co-invented the gas laser in 1960, with William R. Bennett.He graduated from Alborz High School, started his university studies at University of Tehran and came to the United States in 1948 right after the war.

[[Mohammad Khatami]]:is an scholar, Shiite theologian, and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from 2 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s. He is currently one of the leaders of the Iranian Green Movement, and an outspoken critic of the President Ahmadinejad's government. Khatami is known for his proposal of Dialogue Among Civilizations. The United Nations proclaimed the year 2001 as the United Nations' Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations, on Khatami's suggestion. Khatami received a B.A. in Western philosophy from Isfahan University, but left academia while studying for a master's degree in Educational Sciences at University of Tehran and went to Qom to complete his previous studies in Islamic sciences.

[[Seyed Ali Mirlohi Falavarjani]], PhD Graduate from the University of Tehran in 1975 and Retired Professor from University of Isfahan, Founder of [[Islamic Azad University of Falavarjan]]in 1984.

[[Mohammad Beheshti]]: was an scholar, writer, jurist, and one of the main architects of the constitution of the Islamic Republic in Iran. He was the secretary-general of the Islamic Republic Party, and the head of Iran's judicial system. He was assassinated together with more than seventy members of the Islamic Republic party on 28 June 1981. Beheshti was born in Isfahan and studied both at the University of Tehran and under Allameh Tabatabaei in Qom.

[[Mehdi Bazargan]]: was a prominent scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist, and head of Iran's interim government, making him Iran's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. A well-respected religious intellectual, known for his honesty and expertise in the Islamic and secular sciences, he is credited with being one of the founders of the contemporary intellectual movement in Iran. He was the head of the first engineering department of the University of Tehran.

[[Bahram Sadeghi]]: writer. He studied medicine at University of Tehran.

[[Jamshid Amouzegar]]: economist, artist, and politician who was prime minister from 7 August 1977 to 27 August 1978 when he resigned. He was graduated with degrees in law and engineering from the University of Tehran.

[[Akbar Alemi]]: [[television presenter]] and [[documentary film]] director

== International Journals ==
# Desert: https://jdesert.ut.ac.ir/
# Geopersia: https://geopersia.ut.ac.ir/
# Journal of Information Technology Management: https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/
# Pollution: https://jpoll.ut.ac.ir/
# Sport Sciences and Health Research: https://sshr.ut.ac.ir/

==See also==
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*[[List of universities in Iran]]
*[[List of colleges and universities in Tehran]]
*[[Higher education in Iran]]
* [[Dar ul-Funun (Persia)|Dar ul-Funun]]
* [[Tehran University of Medical Sciences]]
* [[Houchang Nahavandi]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website}} {{in lang|fa}}

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