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Seal of IAU Central Tehran Branch
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Former names
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Islamic Azad University of Tehran |
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Motto | Persian: آرمان ایرانی برای جهانیشدن |
Motto in English
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Iranian Aspirations for Globalization |
Type | Private research university |
Established | August 1, 1982 |
President | Ahmad Shams |
Academic staff
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1,400 faculty member and 1,820 contracted (Spring 2016) |
Administrative staff
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936 (Spring 2016) |
Students | 56,934 (Spring 2016) |
Undergraduates | 33,331 (Spring 2016) |
Postgraduates | 21,156 (Spring 2016) |
2,447 (Spring 2016) | |
Location | Tehran, Iran |
Campus |
Urban 297,904 m² (total) 156,532 m² (educational) 8,689 m² (sport space) 7,400 m² (laboratories) 5,283 m² (libraries) |
Colors | Dark and light Blue |
Sports | Futsal, Basketball, Swimming, Volleyball, Chess, Wrestling, Squash, Taekwondo, Karate |
Nickname | Tehran Markaz IAUCTB |
Affiliations | Islamic Azad University |
Website | www |
Coordinates: 35°45′43.64″N 51°20′20.83″E / 35.7621222°N 51.3391194°E
The Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch (IAUCTB) (Persian: دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران مرکزی) formerly known as Islamic Azad University of Tehran is a major private research university located in central Tehran, Iran. It is the campus of the Islamic Azad University system.
The university is the oldest, the largest and the top university among all branches of Islamic Azad University academic organization, established in 1982, originally as "Islamic Azad University of Tehran". The university campuses rest on 297,904 m² of various districts of Tehran. It offers approximately 445 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines such as Applied Sciences, Engineering, Art and Architecture, Humanities and Social Sciences and Medical Sciences.