Organization:Iran University of Science and Technology

Short description: University in Tehran, Iran

Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Motto	Nothing is Impossible
Type	Public
Established	1929 (1929)
Endowment	United States dollar 68.557 million (2019)
President	Jabbar Ali Zakeri
Academic staff	430
Students	11,957 (2015)
Undergraduates	5,525
Postgraduates	5,445
Doctoral students	987
Location	Tehran , Tehran province , Iran
Campus	Urban, 104 acres (42 ha)
Nickname	Elmos
Website	www.iust.ac.ir

Entrance gate

The Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) (Persian: دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران‎, Danushgah-e 'lâm vâ Sân't-e Iran) is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran. The university is home to 15 faculties offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of engineering-based subjects as well as maths, physics, and department of foreign languages. In 1995 IUST awarded Iran’s first PhDs in materials, metallurgical and traffic engineering. IUST is the only university in the Middle East which has a school of railway engineering and a school of progress engineering. It is also the only university in Iran which has a school of automotive engineering. There are also 12 research centres, nine centres of excellence and 19 specialised libraries as well as four satellite campuses in other parts of the country. IUST is located on Hengam Street in the Narmak neighborhood in northeast Tehran. IUST and its surrounding communities provide a cultural and recreational environment suited to the work of a major research institution.

According to the results of 2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Iran University of Science and Technology stands as the "First University of the Country", 57th among Asian Universities and 457th among World Universities. QS World University Rankings 2016–2017 has announced Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) as the Second University of Iran and 491–500 among World Universities. The 20,000 capacity IUST Stadium, which is used mostly for association football, is their main sports venue.

Jabbar Ali Zakeri is the dean.

History

Iran University of Science and Technology was founded in 1929 as the first Iranian Institution to train engineers, named the Governmental Technical Institute. Soon it was named "Honarsaraye Ali"—Advanced Art College in English.

In 1932, the first iranian graduated in Machine Engineering and in 1935 the first iranian graduated in Chemical Engineering.

In 1958, the Institute started to enroll students for Masters programs under the name of Tehran Institute of Technology (TIT).

In 1963, the Institute transferred to its current location in Narmak in northeast Tehran.

In 1972, the title of the college upgraded to the Iran Faculty of Science and Technology due to the growth of the institute by the Ministry of Sciences. The faculty offered four-year bachelor's degrees in most areas of engineering and it is the first and for many years the only engineering university that consist of School of Architecture in the country.

In 1978, it was granted University Status by the Ministry of Sciences. Since then the institute was named Iran University of Science and Technology.

In 1990 it admitted students to Ph.D. programs in Civil Engineering and Materials Engineering fields. In 1995, IUST awarded the first Ph.D. degrees in Iran in the fields of Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Traffic Engineering.

In 2009, Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology announced IUST as one of the country's "8 Mother Universities".

The main campus has 15 faculties and three other departments with 380 members of the academic board. On the main campus, 9,000 students are studying in 90 fields of engineering and sciences, out of which 2,000 are M.Sc. and 546 are Ph.D students. Over 50,000 students have graduated since 1932.

Campus

The main campus is located in the northeast of Tehran, expanded in 104 acres (42 ha). The campus includes faculty buildings, research centers, the main library, residential halls, the mosque, administrative buildings, sport playgrounds and covered spaces for sports such as football stadium, volleyball, basketball, and tennis courts.

IUST has four other campuses in the cities of Arak, Behshahr, Damavand, and Noor; the latter two are in progress.

Academics

School of Computer Engineering

Schools of Electrical Engineering and Industrial Engineering

School of Civil Engineering

School of Automotive Engineering

School of Mechanical Engineering

Outside view of the school of railway engineering

IUST has 15 schools, 44 instruction groups, and 83 fields of study. Over 5,500 students study in the B.Sc program, over 5,400 students are studying in M.Sc. and over 940 are doing Ph.D. disciplines.

School of Electrical Engineering

• Departments:
  • Electronic
  • Bioelectrical Engineering
  • Communication
  • Power
  • Control

School of Mechanical Engineering

• Departments:
  • Solid Mechanics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Production and Manufacturing
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Biomechanics

School of materials science

• Departments:
  • Casting
  • Industrial Metallurgy
  • Extractive Metallurgy
  • Ceramic
  • Extraction of Metals
  • Biomaterial
  • Ceramic

School of Civil Engineering

• Departments:
  • Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
  • Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering
  • Highway Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Transportation Engineering and Planning
  • Geomatics Engineering

School of Industrial Engineering

• Departments:
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Systems Engineering
  • Productivity Management

Other schools:

• School of Progress Engineering
• School of Automotive Engineering
• School of Railway Engineering
• School of Mathematics
• School of Chemistry
• School of Chemical, Petroleum, and Gas Engineering
• School of New Technologies
• School of Physics
• School of Computer Engineering
• School of Architecture and Environmental Design

Departments:

• Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences
• Department of Foreign Languages

Extracurricular activities and association

The most important associations in Iran University of Science and Technology are:

• Student's Theater association
• Student's Music association
• Student's Literature association
• Student's Film association

Research

Advanced and High-Tech Research Activities at IUST include:

• Hydrostructures at the Department of Civil Engineering
• Electronics at the Department of Electrical Engineering
• Field of Advanced Materials at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering
• Nano Technology as interdepartmental research
• Bio-technology in the Department of Medical Engineering
• Hydrodynamics, experimental and numerical fluid dynamics research laboratory at the Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University Research Centers include:

• Architecture Research Center
• Automotive Research Center
• Cement Research Center
• Center of Excellence in Experimental Solid Mechanics and Dynamics
• Center of Excellence in Islamic Architecture
• Electronic Research Center
• Green Research Center
• Information Technology Research Center
• Iran Composites Institute
• Materials Research Center
• Research Center for ICT Strategic and International Studies

World rankings

University rankings
Iran University of Science and Technology
Global – Overall
ARWU World	901-1000 (2020)
CWTS World	386 (2020)
QS World	601–650 (2021)
THE World	501–600 (2021)
USNWR Global	904 (2021)

Times Higher Education

• 2020–2021: National Rank: 6, Rank in Asia: 87
• 2016–2017: National Rank: 1
• 2015–2016: National Rank: 1, Rank in Asia: 57, International Rank: 475
• 2014–2015: National Rank: 3, Rank in Asia: 69

According to QS World University Rankings 2016–2017 Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) ranked as the second university of Iran after Sharif University of Technology and 491–500 among world universities.

Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) ranked 436th among World universities and 78th in Mathematics and computer science according to 2011–2014 CWTS Leiden Ranking.

In 2017, the U.S. News & World Report ranked IUST Engineering Sciences 113th among world universities. Also, Materials Science of IUST ranked 169 among World Universities.

According to ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017, IUST has been ranked 101–150 among world universities in Metallurgical Engineering and also 151–200 in Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering.

U.S. News & World Report

• 2020 Best Global Universities Ranking
  • Global Ranking: 870
  • Engineering : 180
  • Chemistry: 624
  • Civil Engineering : 88
  • Materials Science : 280
  • Mechanical Engineering : 98

Notable people

Presidents

Chancellor	Tenure	Alma mater	Speciality
Jalil Shahi	1978-1980	University of Bradford	Civil Engineering
Ebrahim Esrafilian	1980-1981	University of Southampton	Mathematics
Ebrahim Sanaei	1981-1982	Pierre and Marie Curie University	Civil Engineering
Ahad Kazemi	1982-1983	University of Oklahoma	Electrical Engineering
Ebrahim Sanaei	1983-1984	Pierre and Marie Curie University	Civil Engineering
Mohammad Zahabioun	1984–1985		Industrial Engineering
Abbas Shoulaei	1985-1987	University of Montpellier	Electrical Engineering
Ahad Kazemi	1987-1989	University of Oklahoma	Electrical Engineering
Abbas Taeb	1989-1993	University of Graz	Chemical Engineering
Mahmoud Mollabashi	1983-1997	University of New Brunswick	Physics
Seyed Javad Azhari	1997-2001	University of Manchester	Electrical Engineering
Seyed Mohammad Shahrtash	2001-2004	Sharif University of Technology	Electrical Engineering
Seyed Mohammad Taghi Salehi	2004-2005	University of Manchester	Materials
Mahdi Bidabadi	2005-2006	McGill University	Mechanical Engineering
Mohammad Jabalameli	2006-2013		Industrial Engineering
Mohammad Ali Barkhordari	2013-2017	Michigan State University	Civil Engineering
Jabbar Ali Zakeri	2017–current	Beijing Jiaotong University	Civil Engineering

Notable faculty members

Name	Alma mater	Speciality	Profile
Ali Kaveh	Imperial College London	Civil Engineering	google scholar
Jalal Hedjazi	University of Birmingham	Metallurgy & Materials Engineering	profile
Farrokh Hojjat Kashani	UCLA	Electrical Engineering	profile
Toraj Mohammadi	University of New South Wales	Chemical Engineering	google scholar
Majid R. Ayatollahi	University of Bristol	Mechanical Engineering	google scholar
Mahmood M. Shokrieh	McGill University	Mechanical Engineering	google scholar
Vahak Kaspari Marghussian	Victoria University of Manchester	Metallurgy & Materials Engineering	profile

Politics and government

• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (B.S., M.S., PhD. 1997) - sixth President of Iran, and former Mayor of Tehran
• Hamid Behbahani (B.S.) - former Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)
• Kamran Daneshjoo (B.S.) - former Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)
• AbdolReza Sheikhol Eslami (B.S., M.S., PhD.) - former Iranian Minister of Employment
• Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi (B.S.) - former Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
• Seyyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh (B.S.) - former Iranian Ministry of Oil
• Mohsen Rezaee (B.S.) - former Chief Commander of the IRGC, and secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Alireza Ali Ahmadi (B.S.) - former Iranian Minister of Education, former president of Payame Noor University
• Mohammad Soleimani (B.S.) - former Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran
• Mehdi Ghazanfari (B.S. 1986) - former Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade and former Ministry of Commerce of Iran
• Bahman Eshghi (B.S.) — Secretary-General of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture

Business

• Alireza Nasiri (B.S. 1993) - founder of online degree programs in University of Tehran and father of commercial forestation in Iran

Academia

• Abdollah Jasbi (B.S.) - former president of Islamic Azad University
• Mohammad Ali Barkhordari (B.S.) - professor of Civil Engineering, former president of Yazd University, University of Zanjan, and Iran University of Science and Technology
• Sayyed Mahdi Abtahi (B.S.) - professor of Civil Engineering, president of Isfahan University of Technology
• Jalil Shahi (B.S.) - professor of Civil Engineering, founder and former president of Yazd University, and former president of Iran University of Science and Technology
• Mohammad Bagher Niv (B.S.) - The first graduate of engineering in Iran

Film, television, radio, popular culture

• Tahmineh Milani (B.S. 1986) - Iranian film director
• Homayoun Khorram (B.S.) - Iranian musician, composer, violinist, and a member of the high council of Iran's House of Music

Writing and journalism

• Touka Neyestani (B.S.) - Iranian political cartoonist
• Ali Abolhassani (B.S. 1975) - Iranian contemporary historiograph
• Mohammad Reza Sarshar (B.S.) - Iranian author and novelist

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  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: sixth President of Iran, and former Mayor of Tehran

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  Abdollah Jasbi: former president of Islamic Azad University

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  Tahmineh Milani: Iranian film director

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  Homayoun Khorram: Iranian musician, composer, violinist, and a member of the high council of Iran's House of Music

See also

• List of Iranian Research Centers

External links

• Official web site of IUST