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University of Tehran

Motto The Mother University
Established 1934
Type Public
Staff 1,500
Chancellor Abbas-ali Amid Zanjani (عباسعلی عميد زنجانی)
Students 32,000
Undergraduates 29,000
Location Tehran,  Iran
Campus Urban
Athletics 22 teams
Website www.ut.ac.ir
Tehran University is the largest university in Iran, with 32,000 students.
Tehran University is the largest university in Iran, with 32,000 students.

The University of Tehran (دانشگاه تهران in Persian), also known as Tehran University, is the oldest and largest university of Iran (Persia). It is referred to as "the mother university of Iran" (دانشگاه مادر). Current emblem of the University of tehran, which is based on an ancient emblem of the Sasanian dynasty. ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. ... 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. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran View from Jamaran looking southwest toward Elahiyeh, Jordan, and Shemiran districts of Tehran. ... An urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... Tehran Universitys main campus, with 32000 students is Irans largest University. ... Tehran Universitys main campus, with 32000 students is Irans largest University. ... Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran View from Jamaran looking southwest toward Elahiyeh, Jordan, and Shemiran districts of Tehran. ... Persian is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ...


The university is highly prestigious and is among the first options of applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian universities. The school also admits students from all over the world and is known for its wide-ranging fields of research. Many alumni of the university end up among the nation's political elite.


The University has over 1500 faculty, 3500 staff, and 32000 students plus 340 foreign students. UT offers 116 bachelor degrees, 160 masters degrees, and 120 Ph.D. degrees.

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History

Faculty of Medicine commencement ceremony with Reza Pahlavi.
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Faculty of Medicine commencement ceremony with Reza Pahlavi.

The history of the establishment of universities in Iran and the University of Tehran in particular dates back to the year 1851 and the establishment of Dar al-Funun. In 1928, Professor Mahmoud Hessaby proposed the establishment of a center which could cover most of the sciences to Ali Asghar Hekmat, the then Minister of Culture. Image File history File links OpeningCeremony-TehranUMedicine. ... Image File history File links OpeningCeremony-TehranUMedicine. ... Reza Shah Pahlavi Reza Shah Pahlavi (Persian: رضا پهلوی) (b. ... University of Tehran Iran University of Medical Sciences, one of 42 state run medical schools in Iran. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Dar al-Funun (Persian: دار الفنون), established 1851 was the first modern institution of higher learning in Persia. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Professor of the University of Tehran, Dr. Mahmoud Hessaby (or Mahmood Hesabi);دکتر محمود حسابی;(1903, Tehran - September 3, 1992, University hospital of Geneva) was an important Iranian and Muslim scientist. ...

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In January 1933, during the cabinet meeting, the subject was discussed. Ali Asghar Hekmat, the acting minister of the Ministry of Education stated the following words there: Image File history File linksMetadata Iranian_film_logo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Iranian_film_logo. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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. The toman (تومان in Persian, pronounced [tomæn], possibly derived from a Turkic word) is an older official currency of Iran, which was later divided into 10 rials. ...


Ali Asghar Hekmat in collaboration and consultation with Andre Gaudar, a French skillful architect - who was serving the Ministry of Education as an engineer, promptly began looking for a suitable location for the University grounds. By the orders of Reza Shah, 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 beautiful garden, full of orchards was founded in the early 1900s during the final years of Nasir ad- Din Shah, by the order of Prince Jalal ad-dawlah. Reza Shah Pahlavi Reza Shah Pahlavi (Persian: رضا پهلوی) (b. ... Nasser-al-Din Shah Qajar (sometimes called Nassereddin) (died 1896) was the Shah of Persia from 1848 to 1896. ...


The master plan of the institute was drawn up by Andre Gaudar, Markov, Maxim Cierro, and Mauser. The influences of early 20th century modernist architecture is still readily visible on the main campus grounds of the University today. Modernism is a cultural movement that generally includes the progressive art and architecture, music, literature and design which emerged in the decades before 1914. ...


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 WWII was coming to an end. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...


In 1986, by legislation of the Ministry opf Health, the university's college of medicine separated into the independent Tehran University of Medical Sciences, now Iran's most prestigious medical school with 13,000 students. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TUMS, is the largest and most prestigious medical school of Iran. ...


The emblem

The official emblem of the University of Tehran
The official emblem of the University of Tehran
The emblem of the University of Tehran has been modeled after this stucco relief discovered in Ctesiphon
The emblem of the University of Tehran has been modeled after this stucco relief discovered in Ctesiphon

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. Current emblem of the University of tehran, which is based on an ancient emblem of the Sasanian dynasty. ... The ancient emblem of The University of Tehran File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ctesiphon, 1932 Ctesiphon (Parthian: Tyspwn as well as Tisfun) is one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of the Parthian Empire and its successor, the Sassanid Empire, for more than 800 years located in the ancient Iranian province of Khvarvaran. ... Ctesiphon, 1932 Ctesiphon (Parthian: Tyspwn as well as Tisfun) is one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of the Parthian Empire and its successor, the Sassanid Empire, for more than 800 years located in the ancient Iranian province of Khvarvaran. ...


The seal symbolized ownership. In the Sasanid 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. Shahnameh Shahnameh Scenes from the Shahnameh carved into reliefs at Tus, where Ferdowsi is buried. ...


Campuses

At present, UT is comprised of 40 faculties, institutes, and centers of research and education. The university consists of six campuses:

  1. The centeral Pardis campus on Enghelab Ave.
  2. North Kargar Campus
  3. Karaj Campus
  4. Varamin Campus
  5. Qum Campus
  6. Choka Campus

The University of Tehran has three different main campuses, named Pardis. ...

Faculties

The Tehran University gates appear on the 500 Rial bill of Iran's currency. They were designed by a UT student to symbolize science and wisdom.
The Tehran University gates appear on the 500 Rial bill of Iran's currency. They were designed by a UT student to symbolize science and wisdom.

Initially University of Tehran included six faculties: Image File history File links 500rial_Iran. ... Image File history File links 500rial_Iran. ...

Later more faculties were founded: Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ... The scope of this article is limited to the empirical sciences. ... Literature is literally acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has generally come to identify a collection of texts, which in Western culture are mainly prose, both fiction and non-fiction... Philosopher in Meditation (detail), by Rembrandt Philosophy is a field of study that includes diverse subfields such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics, in which people ask questions such as whether God exists, whether knowledge is possible, and what makes actions right or wrong. ... Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Economics is the social science studying production and consumption through measurable variables. ...

In 1992, the faculties of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacology seceded to become the Tehran University of Medical Sciences but is still located at The centeral Pardis campus. Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Buyers bargain for good prices while sellers put forth their best front in Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala. ... Environmental studies is the systematic study of human interaction with their environment. ... Physical instruction at the U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, 1917 In most educational systems, physical education (PE), also called physical training (PT) or gym, is a course in the curriculum which utilizes the learning medium of large-muscle activities in a play or movement exploration setting. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TUMS, is the largest and most prestigious medical school of Iran. ... The University of Tehran has three different main campuses, named Pardis. ...


Institutes

University of Tehran also co-ordinates four major institutes:

The Institute of Geophysics is responsible for authoring the Lunar and Solar calendars each year (headed by Dr. Iraj Malekpour), and registers all tremors and earthquakes in Iran. Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB) is a pioneering Persian (Iranian) research Institute founded in 1976 to conduct world class research in biological sciences and related fields. ... Iraj Malekpour is (reprtedly) a Zoroastrian Iranian. ...


Political Role

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

Perhaps, to the westerner, 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, further triggering the 1979 revolution of Iran. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x788, 845 KB) Summary I took this photo with a Fuji 200 slide film camera. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x788, 845 KB) Summary I took this photo with a Fuji 200 slide film camera. ... Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. ... Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ...


It was there that dissident students confronted the soldiers once again, 20 years later in July of 1999. (see Iran student protests, July 1999) This pro-democracy demonstration described by Time Magazine reporter as "Tienanmen of Iran". This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...


UT has always been a bastion of political movement and ideology. At UT the leaders of the current regime deliver their most potent speeches on every Friday. Odds are thatwhere future political events will perhaps unfold.


Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the main campus of the university and its surrounding streets have been the site for Tehran's Friday prayers. This page refers to the year 1979. ... Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ... The Friday prayer is a congregational prayer that Muslims hold Fridays at noon or evening. ...


The political role of Tehran University in the Iranian domestic arena has become so pronounced that in November 2005 a cleric became chancellor of the university, replacing Dr. Faraji-dana. Ayatollah Abbasali Amid Zanjani (عباسعلی عميد زنجانی) holds no academic degree, and is known for his strong ties to Khomeini in the revolution. This is the first time ever that Iran's clerical establishment replaces the traditional academia to head a major academic institution. He has however written several books and has served on the faculty of the College of Law as an expert on Islamic Jurisprudence.(source: BBC Persian) To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ayatollah Khomeini founded the first modern Islamic republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini (آیت‌الله روح‌الله خمینی in Persian) (May 17, 1900 – June 3, 1989) was an Iranian Shia cleric and the political and spiritual leader of the 1979 revolution that overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then Shah of Iran. ...


People

Many of UT's faculty and alumni end up as Ministers and Presidential advisors. Notable examples are: An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ...

Entrance to the College of Fine Arts. The main campus' architecture was largely inspired by early 20th century European designs.
Entrance to the College of Fine Arts. The main campus' architecture was largely inspired by early 20th century European designs.
UT College of Literature and Humanities. The campus architecture also has influences from the architecture of Persian antiquity (compare to Persepolis).
UT College of Literature and Humanities. The campus architecture also has influences from the architecture of Persian antiquity (compare to Persepolis).

Other notables are: Image File history File links UT_honarhaye_ziba. ... Image File history File links UT_honarhaye_ziba. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... Jamshid Amouzegar in uniform Jamshid Amuzegar (also Amouzegar), (1923 - ) is a former Prime Minister of Iran. ... Ali Akbar Velayati Ali Akbar Velayati (علی‌اکبر ولایتی; born June 25, 1945 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician and a pediatrician, currently an Advisor in International Affairs to the Supreme Leader. ... Mir-Hossein Mousavi (میرحسین موسوی) (born 1941?) was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1988, at the time of Ali Khameneis presidency. ... Manuchehr Iqbal Dr. Manuchehr Eqbal was a Prime Minister of Iran. ... Kamal Kharrazi (Persian: کمال خرازی) (born December 1, 1944 in Tehran), is the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, serving since August 20, 1997. ... Mohammad Reza Aref (محمدرضا عارف) (born 1941 in Yazd) is an Iranian (Persian) politician and university professor. ... Bijan Namdar Zangeneh is an Iranian politician. ... Mohsen Rezaee Mirghaed (محسن رضائی), born Sabzevar Rezaee Mirghaed in September 1954, is an Iranian politician, professor, and military commander, currently the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran. ... Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Persian: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی - Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Islami), often shortened to Revolutionary Guards, or called by its Persian name Sepah or Pasdaran, is a military organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh (سید مصطفی تاج‌زاده‌; born 1956) is an Iranian progressive, reformist politician, and a member of Islamic Iran Participation Front. ... Hasan Mansour was assasniated. ... Habibolah Bitaraf was Power Minister for 8 years in Mohammad Khatami peresidency. ... Ahmad Khorram (احمد خرم) (born 1950) is Iranian politician. ... Elaheh Koulaei is an Iranian (persian) political scientist and a reformist intellectual. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Abdollah Ramezanzadeh (عبدالله رمضان‌زاده in Persian), also spelled Ramazanzadeh, is the spokesman and secretary of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... Khatami may refer to either of three Iranian reformist politicians: Mohammad Khatami, President of Iran 1997-2005 Mohammad Reza Khatami, Vice Speaker of Iranian Parliament from 2001 to 2004 and brother of Mohammad Khatami, Ali Khatami, Iranian Vice President and Chief of Staff and brother of Mohammad and Mohammad Reza... Mohammad Hashem Mohaimeni (Mohaymeni) was born in a traditionally religious lower middle class family with good cultural & social reputation, in 1955 in the city of Gorgan (Jorjan in Arabic), North Iran. ... Map of Iran and surrounding countries, showing location of Gorgan Gorgan (گرگان); Hyrcania ; Hyrcana (Old Persian Varkâna, land of wolves; modern Persian Gorgan, formerly called Astrabad or Asterabad): part of the ancient Persian empire, on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea (present day Golestan, Mazandaran, Gilan and parts of... Ezzatollah Sahabi (Born 1930 in Tehran, Iran) is a Persian politician, former minister and former Parliament member. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (736x980, 630 KB) Summary I took this photo with a Fuji 200 slide film camera. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (736x980, 630 KB) Summary I took this photo with a Fuji 200 slide film camera. ... After 2500 years, the ruins of Persepolis still inspire visitors from far and near. ...

William C. Chittick is a renowned Islamologist. ... Hossein Gol-e-Golab (Persian حسین کولی کولاب also given as Hosayn Golgolab, 1896-) was a polymath Iranian scholar and musician who wrote the nationalist anthem Ey Iran. ... Lotfi A. Zadeh (2004) Lotfi Asker Zadeh (in Persian:لطفی علی‌عسکرزاده), (born February 4, 1921) is a mathematician and computer scientist, and a professor of computer science at the University of California at Berkeley. ... Fuzzy logic is derived from fuzzy set theory dealing with reasoning that is approximate rather than precisely deduced from classical predicate logic. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... Catherine Zeta Jones congradulating Shirin Ebadi at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, December 11 2003. ... Abbas Kiarostami (عباس کیارستمی in Persian) (born June 22, 1940 in Tehran) is one of the most influential and controversial post-revolutionary Iranian filmmakers and one of the most highly celebrated directors in the international film community of the last decade. ... Professor of the University of Tehran, Dr. Mahmoud Hessaby (1903, Tehran - September 3, 1992, University hospital of Geneva) was an important Iranian and Muslim scientist. ... Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, who recently won the Templeton Award for teaching the best course in Islam in America. ... Yousef Sobouti (Born 1932 Zanjan, Iran) is a contemporary Persian theoretical physicist. ... This organization, company, or building article needs to be wikified. ... Ehsan Yarshater, of Columbia University, is one of the worlds leading Iranologists. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Hossein Bashiriyeh is a professor of political science at Tehran University. ... Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist, birth in Tehran, graduated from the University of Tehran and the National University of Iran. ... Mohsen Vaziri Born in Tehran in 1924. ... Moslem Bahadori (Born 1927, Tonekabon, Iran) is a contemporary Persian Medical Scientist, Pathologist and University lecturer. ... Mohammad Ghouchani (Persian: محمد قوچانی ) is an Iranian young journalist. ... Hossein Alizadeh, playing Sallaneh. ... Hossein Elahi Ghomshei Hossein Mohyeddin Elahi Ghomshei (persian حسین محی الدین الهی قمشه ای ), is an Iranian world renowned scholar, author and lecturer on Persian literature and Islamic mysticism. ... Ali Asghar Tajvidi is an Iranian artist. ... Mehdi Golshani Professor Mehdi Golshani (born 1939 Isfahan, Iran) is a contemporary Persian theroretical physicists and Philosopher. ... Ali Paya is a contemporary Iranian philosopher and writer. ... Image:Dboghaei. ... Mansooreh Hosseini (born 1926) is an Iranian contemporary artist. ... Shahrnush Parsipur (شهرنوش پارسی پور ; in Persian) (February 17, 1946) was an influential Iranian novelist She was born and raised in Tehran, spent some time in the United States . ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Mohammad Ali Eslami Nodooshan (1925, Nodooshan, Yazd province –) is an Iranian literary critic, translator and poet, and one of the most celebrated contemporary writers on culture and literature in Iran. ... Hamid Jafarkhani received the B.S. degree in electronics from Tehran University in 1989 and the M.S. and Ph. ... Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (جلال آل احمد)‎ (1923-1969) was an Iranian writer and social/political critic. ... Mohammad Beheshti Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti (محمد حسینی بهشتی in Persian), (October 24, 1928 - June 28, 1981) was an Iranian cleric, the secretary-general of the Islamic Republic party, and the head of the Islamic Republics judicial system. ... Mohammad Moin (Born 1918 Rasht, Iran) was one of the prominent masters of Persian literature and Iranology. ...

See also

University of Tehran Iran University of Medical Sciences, one of 42 state run medical schools in Iran. ... The Academy of Gundishapur (also Jondishapoor, Jondishapur, and Jondishapour, Gondeshapur, GONDÊ SHÂPÛR, etc. ... Nizamiyah Madrasahs (schools) were established by Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk, the most famous vizier of the Seljuk Empire, thus the name Nizamiyyah became popularized in Islamic History. ... This is a list of universities in Iran: See Higher education in Iran, for more information. ... Dar al-Funun (Persian: دار الفنون), established 1851 was the first modern institution of higher learning in Persia. ... Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TUMS, is the largest and most prestigious medical school of Iran. ...

External links

  • University of Tehran Website (English)
  • Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Tehran (UT gateway to the world)

  Results from FactBites:
 
University of Tehran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1274 words)
Tehran University is the largest university in Iran, with 32,000 students.
The history of the establishment of universities in Iran and the University of Tehran in particular dates back to the year 1851 and the establishment of Dar al-Funun.
The University of Tehran officially inaugurated in 1934.
NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: University of Tehran (3899 words)
Tehran (also spelled Teheran, which more correctly reflects the Persian pronunciation) (تهران in Persian), population 9,000,000 (metropolitan: 14,000,000), and a land area of 254 square miles, is the capital of Iran and one of the major world cities.
Tehran is a lively city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in western Asia.
Tehran is served by Mehrabad International Airport, the old airport located in the western part of the city, and Imam Khomeini International Airport, outside the city and to the south, which was scheduled to be operational in 2004 but currently resides in the hands of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
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