Sharif University of Technology
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Sharif University of Technology (دانشگاه صنعتی شریف), formerly named Aryamehr University of Technology (دانشگاه صنعتی آریامهر) is popularly believed to be the most prominent technical, engineering and scientific university of Iran, that attracts the best and most outstanding talents in these fields annually, to the extent that more than 65% of 200 top rank participants in trans-country university entrance exams for bachelor's degree are admitted to the university every year. Moreover, the university holds the highest rank among the universities of the country in respect of admission percentage at master's level in the technical, scientific, and engineering fields with the exception of last year. For several years, it has attracted more international attention than its rival, Tehran University, due to its increasing number of postgraduates in top European and American universities especialy in some majors such as Electrical Engineering.[[Citing sources citation needed]] Many of the Sharif alumni now have faculty positions in high-ranked north American and European universities. [[Citing sources citation needed]] The university is located in Tehran, not far from the Azadi Square and is named after Majid Sharif Vaghefi, a former student who was killed in 1975.
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History
The university was first founded in 1965 with the name Aryamehr Technical University by Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (محمد علی مجتهدی).
In 1972, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi appointed the world renowned scholar Sayyed Hosein Nasr as president of the university with the goal of modeling the school based on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but with roots in Iranian culture.[link]
The university has grown to an elite school today with over 9000 students and over 500 faculty members.
A Tragedy
University students in Iran are expressing deep concern over official attempts to turn university grounds into burial sites for the remains of Iranian soldiers who died during the Iran-Iraq War. The dean of one university was beaten up amid clashes between students and pressure groups on March 13. Islamic Republic officials attach a near-sacred status to the soldiers who died during the Iran/Iraq war in the 1980s, and many public squares and streets are named after them.
Colleges
Materials Science and Engineering (Metallurgy), Chemical Engineering,Petroleum Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mathematical Science, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Aerospace engineering, Management and Economics.Affiliated Centres:
- Biochemical and Bio-environmental Research Centre
- Electronics Research Centre
- Water, Energy and Ocean Engineering Research Centre
- Network Security Centre
- Computing Center
- Entrepreneurship Center
Buildings
- Ebne Sina Building (ساختمان ابن سینا)
- Union (Shahid Rezaee Building)
- Jaber ebne hayyan Building
Former presidents
- Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi
- Fazlollah Reza
- Mohammad Reza Amin
- Hossein Nasr
- Mahdi Zarghami
- Alireza Mehran
- Hossein Ali Anvari
- Abbas Anvari
- Ali Akbar Salehi
- Mohammad Etemadi
- Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhad
Notable alumni
- Mohammad Atrianfar
- Ali Larijani, former presidential candidate and former head of IRIB, secretary of High Council of National Security of Iran since August 14, 2005
- Ali Daei, Captain of Iranian national football team and Saba Battery FC
- Adel Ferdosipour, prominent football comentator
- Iraj Mozzafari, Former Captain of Iranian national Volleyball team
- Hamid Taqvaee , Current Leader of Worker-Communist Party of Iran
- Peyman Yazdanian, Music composer
Noted Persons Associated Academically In The Past
- Camron Reyhani, Assis.Professor and Author, Dept.of Anthropology,Population Genetics, Brighton University of Biological Research
See also
External links
- [Sharif University of Technology's home page]
- [Sharif University of Technology's Daily روزنامه شريف]
- [Sharif University of Technology Association]
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