Tarbiat Modarres University
| دانشگاه تربیت مدرس Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modares |
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Tarbiat Modares University
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1982 |
| Chancellor | Prof. Mohammad Taghi Ahmadi |
| Students | 7,970 |
| Location | Tehran, Iran |
| Website | modares.ac.ir |
Tarbiat Modares University (Persian: دانشگاه تربیت مدرس Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modares, lit. "Professor Training University") is an exclusively graduate university with its main campus in Tehran, Iran. It was founded in 1982 and is consistently ranked among top universities in Iran. Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) is the only exclusively graduate university in Iran and was founded to train university professors. Admission is through national level university exams (i.e., Concours) and in most programs is limited to top performers.
TMU includes 15 faculties: Agriculture, Arts and Architecture, Basic Sciences, Biological Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Engineering, Humanities, Law, Management & Economics, Mathematical Sciences, Natural Resources & Marine Sciences and Medical Sciences.
It is the only university in Iran that offers a master program for Medical Biotechnology and only 6-9 students are admitted annually according on their performance in National Graduate Studies Entrance Exam. The university is the first and the only one in Tehran and one of the three in Iran, in which the M.Sc. degree in Nanotechnology Engineering is offered.
The faculty has for groups, namely: applied design, manufacturing engineering, energy conversion and aerospace engineering. It was established in order to train and supply a part of required expert human resources of the country on an equal level to credible universities of the world. Compared with other worldwide universities, it is a young and growing pioneer in both basic and applied sciences.Admission to this groups is very competitive and is limited to the top students who pass the national entrance examination administered yearly by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.The faculty of Mechanical Engineering has strong ties with industrial sectors which has been paving the way for involving the students and the faculty members with the industrial research projects in addition to their involvement in national research projects funded by government ministries. With the research funds from the private and governmental sectors several specialized laboratories have been equipped with modern instruments and financial supports are provided for the Ph.D. and Master students who involve in the related research.
The main purpose of the establishment of the Faculty of Arts of TMU has been to provide suitable environment to attract talented students, train them and make them scholars in the arts for universities all over Iran. On this basis, 182 experts have graduated. At present 518 students are doing their courses in various programmes such as painting, animation, specific art studies, theater, graphics, visual art literature, films, architecture, urban and regional planning, construction and building management. There are 30 lecturers and professors in this faculty.
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