Amirkabir University of Technology
دانشگاه امیر کبیر

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Established	1958
Type	Public
President	Alireza Rahai
Faculty	440
Students	6400
Undergraduates	?
Postgraduates	?
Location	Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Campus	Urban
Athletics	? teams
Website	www.aut.ac.ir

Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT, دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر), formerly named Tehran Polytechnic, is a leading research university in Iran. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term public school has different (and in some cases contradictory) meanings due to regional differences. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Tehran (IPA: ; Persian: تهران, Middle Persian: طھران, also transliterated as Teheran or Tehrān), population (as of 2005) 7,314,000 (metropolitan: 12,151,000), and a land area of 658 square kilometers (254 sq mi), is the capital city of Iran (Persia) and the center of Tehran Province. ... Tehran province has been the seat of Irans capital, Tehran, since 1778. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ...

The university was founded in 1958 and began activities with five engineering departments. In 1982, AUT under went a series of reforms in education and research which put forward a new era in its activities. At present, AUT offers, with an overall number of 7000 students, undergraduate and post graduate programs . It has fourteen engineering departments, five research centers and an associated university complex located at the town of Tafresh near Tehran. AUT enjoys the co-operation of about 480 full-time teaching members and 550 administrative employees. The University, in its long term policy-making targeted at postgraduate training, has organized: 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Engineering is the application of scientific or mathematical principles with due reference to economics, society and environment to develop solutions to technical problems, creating products, facilities, and structures that are useful to people. ... Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising facts. ... Tafresh (in Persian: تفرش) is a city in the Markazi province of Iran, 222 km southwest of Tehran, located amidst high mountains. ... Tehran (IPA: ; Persian: تهران, Middle Persian: طھران, also transliterated as Teheran or Tehrān), population (as of 2005) 7,314,000 (metropolitan: 12,151,000), and a land area of 658 square kilometers (254 sq mi), is the capital city of Iran (Persia) and the center of Tehran Province. ...

• The development of postgraduate studies, both at M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels.
• The expansion of industrial and academic links with other national and international institutions.
• The establishment of new research laboratories.
• The granting of scholarships to academic staff to pursue their doctoral and post-doctoral research projects abroad.

The university's executive branch consists of four departments which enjoy the active participation of various councils in planning and administering their strategic affairs. In addition to the executive departments, there are fourteen educational departments. Raphaels portrait of Plato, a detail of The School of Athens fresco An an institution for the study of (usually) higher learning. ... An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. ... Michael Faraday, 19th century physicist and chemist, in his lab. ... Scholarship is the pursuit of academic research, whether in the arts and humanities or sciences, and in all such fields means deep mastery of a subject, often through study at institutions of higher education. ... Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ... Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising facts. ... A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. ... This is a list of academic disciplines (and academic fields). ...

See also

• Higher education in Iran
• Science in Iran

University of Tehran College of Humanities Iran has a large network of private, public, and state affiliated universities offering degrees in higher education. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

External links

• Amirkabir University of Technology's home page
• Official Website of Students Association of Amirkabir University of Technology
• AKU on Encyclopedia WikIran