Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) ( fa, دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر), also called the Tehran Polytechnic, is a

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located in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, Iran. Founded in 1928, AUT is the second oldest technical university established in Iran. It is referred to as the 'Mother of Engineering Universities'. Acceptance to the university is competitive, entrance to undergraduate and graduate programs requiring scoring among the top 1% of students in the

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, known as 'Konkour'. The university was founded in 1928 as a technical academy, and was further developed into a full-fledged university by

Habib Nafisi Habib Nafisi (December 1908 – 1984) was the founder of Tehran Polytechnic (Amirkabir University of Technology). He founded it in 1958 with five engineering departments. He also founded the University of Mazandaran and Iran University of Science ...

in 1956, after that it was extended and enlarged by Dr.

Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi Dr. Mohammad Ali Modjtahedi Gilani (23 September 1908 – 1 July 1997) was an Iranian University professor and lifetime principal of the highly prestigious Alborz High School in Tehran, Iran. Founder of Sharif University of Technology (origi ...

, during the

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. Named the Tehran Polytechnic, it initially offered five engineering degrees, namely; Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical, Textile, Chemistry and Construction and Infrastructure. Six months before the victory of 1979

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, Tehran Polytechnic was renamed after the Iranian prime minister

Amir Kabir Mirza Taghi Khan-e Farahani ( fa, میرزا تقی‌خان فراهانی), better known as Amir Kabir (Persian: ‎, 9 January 1807 – 10 January 1852), also known by the title of ''Amir-e Nezam'' or ''Amir Nezam'' (), was chief minister t ...

(1807–1852). The university now has 18

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departments, dozens of research groups and laboratories and three other affiliated centers, located in

Garmsar Garmsar ( fa, گرمسار, also Romanized as Garmsār is a city in and the capital of Garmsar County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 38,891, in 10,951 families. Garmsar is located about southeast of Tehran. It li ...

Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas or Bandar-e ‘Abbās ( fa, , , ), is a port city and capital of Hormozgān Province on the southern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf. The city occupies a strategic position on the narrow Strait of Hormuz (just across from Musan ...

and

Mahshahr Bandar-e Mahshahr ( fa, بندرماهشهر) is a city and capital of Mahshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. Mahshahr has two universities. Islamic Azad University of Mahshahr and Amirkabir University of Technology, Mahshahr campus. Both uni ...

. Around 13,400 students are enrolled in the undergraduate and graduate programs. AUT has more than 500 full-time academic faculty members and 550 administrative employees, giving it the highest staff-to-student ratio among the country's universities. The executive branch consists of four departments which receive participation from councils in planning and administering affairs. AUT has signed agreements with international universities for research and educational collaboration. There is a joint program between AUT and the

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. AUT is one of the leading universities in

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systems in Iran which began its activities in 2004. AUT is the pioneer of sustainable development in Iran and established th
Office of Sustainability
in 2011. The activities of this office contribute to the AUT campus by reducing energy consumption, costs, and emissions, and also provide student coursework, volunteer opportunities for students, as well as research and education academic activities on sustainable development.

History

The establishment and formation of the Amirkabir University of Technology dates back to October 1956 by Eng.

(). The core of the university was formed at that time under the name Tehran Polytechnic in order to expand the activities of two technical institutes: the Civil Engineering Institute and the Higher Art Center. After Habib Nafisi, the founder of Tehran polytechnic, Dr. Abedi, became the president of the university for a few months until Dr.

, the principal at the renowned Alborz High School, was appointed as president of the university early in 1963. Among the accomplishments of Dr. Mojtahedi is the construction of a central amphitheatre, a dining area and a sports ground as well as various faculty buildings. The university has grown into a national center of science and engineering and its undergraduates number more than 7,000, with a further 6,400 graduate students. The university boasts 35 undergraduate majors, around 90 M.Sc. majors and 36 Ph.D. and post-doctoral programs.

Rankings and reputation

Amirkabir University has been consistently ranked as one of Iran's top universities. The 2011 ''

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'' ranked the university 301–350 in Engineering and Technology in the world. Iran's

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ranked AUT among the Top 3 high ranked universities in the country. In

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(2012), the university also ranks among the top three highest ranked universities in Iran. Computer Science, Polymer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering have the highest field rankings in Amirkabir University of Technology. In the 2013

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s Amirkabir University's Computer Science department ranked 100–150 among World Universities. In 2014, the

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placed Amirkabir University's Engineering Sciences 151–200 among World Universities. The Polymer Engineering Department of Amirkabir University of Technology is the first and most prestigious Polymer Engineering program in Iran. AUT also ranked first among Iranian universities in 2014 in the

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. In 2014, the '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Amirkabir University of Technology's Engineering Sciences 89 among world universities. Also, Computer Science of AUT ranked 90 among World Universities. The 2021 edition of the QS World University Rankings placed Amirkabir University 477th in the world and second in Iran with an overall score of 24.8, behind only

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering, ...

which stood at 407th.

Campuses

Tehran

The main campus of the Amirkabir University of Technology is in Tehran, Iran. It is located close to Vali Asr Crossroads, the intersection of Enghelab Street and Vali Asr Street, in the very center of Tehran City. Many students commute to AUT via the subway by Vali Asr station.

Mahshahr

The Mahshar campus of AUT has been constructed in the province of Khouzestan in 2001 in order to establish close cooperation with the national company of petroleum industries.

Bandar Abbas

The Bandar Abbas campus of AUT has been established in the province of Hormozgan, which is the center of marine industries in Iran.

Garmsar

The Garmsar campus of AUT has been constructed in the province of Semnan in order to establish close cooperation and distance with the main campus in Tehran.

Library

The library and document center at AUT, the largest technical and engineering library in Iran's capital, is one of the richest academic libraries in the technical and engineering field in the region. The library includes a central library and 16 satellite libraries in Tehran and Bandar Abbas. The library houses about 5 million books.

Departments

AUT has 16 departments including 'management, science and technology', electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, polymer engineering, mathematics and computer science, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, civil and environmental engineering, physics and energy engineering, computer and information technology, mechanical engineering, mining and metallurgical engineering, textile engineering, petroleum engineering, ship engineering, and aerospace engineering. AUT has three educational sites in Garmsar, Bandar Abbas and Mahshahr. Aboreyhan building

Scientific associations

Scientific associations exist to help students transform themselves into contributing members of the professional community. Course work develops only one range of skills. Other skills needed to flourish professionally include effective communication and personal interactions, leadership experience, establishing a personal network of contacts, presenting scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and outreach services to the campus and local communities. University association websites are as:
Scientific Association of Physics

Presidents

*Prof. Abedi *Prof.

*Prof. Bita *Prof. Yeganeh Haeri *Prof. Mohammad-Jafar Jadd Babaei *Prof. Kayvan Najmabadi *Prof. Hossein Mahban *Prof. Siroos Shafiei *Prof. Miri *Prof. Mahdi *Prof. Hasan Farid Alam *Prof. Kamaleddin Yadavar Nikravesh *Prof. Hassan Rahimzadeh *Prof. Aliakbar Ramezanianpour *Prof. Reza Hosseini Abardeh *Prof. Mohammad Hossein Salimi Namin *Prof. Abdolhamid Riazi *Prof. Ahmad Fahimifar * Prof. Alireza Rahai (2005–2014) * Prof.

Ahmad Motamedi Seyyed Ahmad Motamedi ( fa, سید احمد معتمدی; born 1953 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician & member of Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)'s Electrical Engineering faculty. He was the chancellor of Amirkabir Un ...

(2014–2021) * Prof. Hassan Ghodsipour (acting) (2021–present)

Research and innovation

The university is known as a pioneer in research and innovation in Iran. AUT is a public university, and the government of Iran partly provides its research funding. AUT has cooperation with industrial companies, especially in the oil and gas industries. As a result, many research projects in the university are funded by industrial companies. The Amirkabir University of Technology was appointed as a Center of Excellence by Iran's Ministry of Science and Technology in the fields o
BiomechanicsPower SystemsRadiocommunication systems (RACE)
an

The university houses a supercomputer which has a speed of 34,000 billion operations per second. The computer is available for both university affiliated as well as non-affiliated research. ''Amirkabir Journal of Science and Technology'' is a scientific journal which publishes research achievements of academic and industrial researchers in all engineering and science areas. The ''AUT Journal of Mathematics and Computing'' (AJMC) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original articles, review articles and short communications in all areas of mathematics, statistics and computer sciences.
Research and Technology Center of AUT
is an office which collaborates with industries and universities in order to improve research level in the university.

Notable alumni and faculty

Science and technology

* Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, professor of civil engineering,

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* Mohammad Reza Eslami, professor of

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

, one of the top 20 most cited scientists of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Reza Iravani Mohammad Reza Iravani (in Persian: رضا ایروانی) is a professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He holds the L. Lau Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering in ...

, professor of

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

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, professor of mechanical and

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Industry

* Bahaedin Adab, co-founder of Karafarin Insurance Co. and

Karafarin Bank The Karafarin Bank ( fa, بانک کارآفرین, ''Bank Karâferin''), which translates to ''Entrepreneurship Bank'' is a private bank in Iran. Established in 2001, it is now one of Iran's leading private banks and also the first private ban ...

, former deputy chairman of the board of director of the Industry Confederation of Iran, former chairman of the board of directors of the Syndicate of Construction Companies of Tehran * Hossein Hosseinkhani, Shareholder & Owner at Matrix, Inc., a world-leading biotech company dedicated to healthcare technology to improve patient's quality of life. New York City, US. Former chairman of the board of directors of the Pacific Stem Cells, Ltd.

Politics

Abbas Abdi Abbas Abdi (; fa, عباس عبدی; born 1 October 1956) is one of Iran's most influential reformists, journalist, self-taught sociologist and social activist. Biography Abdi was born in 1956. He studied polymer engineering at Tehran Polytec ...

, political activist * Bahaedin Adab, former member of parliament from

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(

Sanandaj Sanandaj (Persian: سنندج, ; ku, سنە, Sine, often romanized as Senneh, is the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran. With a population of 414,069, Sanandaj is the twenty third largest city in Iran and the second largest Kurdish city. San ...

Kamyaran Kamyaran ( fa, كامياران; ku-2, کامێران; also Romanized as Kāmyārān) is a city in Kamyaran County, Kurdistan Province, Iran, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2016 census, the city had a population of 57,077 in 16,547 f ...

, Divandareh), co-founder of the Kurdish United Front * Ali Afshari, political activist *

Mohsen Mirdamadi Mohsen Mirdamadi ( fa, محسن میردامادی, born 1955 in Najafabad, Isfahan) is an Iranian academic and politician. He is the Deputy Secretary General of "Ettehad-e Mellat", the largest pro-reform political party in Iran. After the 2009 ...

, secretary general of

Islamic Iran Participation Front The Islamic Iran Participation Front ( fa, جبهه مشارکت ایران اسلامی; ''Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami'') was a reformist political party in Iran. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the 2nd of Kho ...

, the largest

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party in Iran *

Mostafa Mirsalim Sayyid Mostafa Agha Mirsalim (born 10 June 1947) is an Iranian engineer and conservative politician. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council and also a member of Islamic Consultative Assembly. He was a presidential candidate ...

, former minister of Islamic Culture and Guidance *

, former minister of

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and

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

Behzad Nabavi Behzad Nabavi ( fa, بهزاد نبوی) (born 1941) is an Iranian reformist politician. He served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran and was one of the founders of the reformist party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization. Pr ...

, former minister of industry and former deputy speaker of the Parliament of Iran *

Majid Tavakoli Majid Tavakoli ( fa, مجید توکلی ; born 1986) is an Iranian student leader, human rights activist and political prisoner. He used to be a member of the Islamic Students' Association at Tehran's Amirkabir University of Technology, where h ...

, prominent Iranian student leader, human rights activist and political prisoner *

Ahmad Vahidi Ahmad Vahidi ( fa, احمد وحیدی, born 27 June 1958) is an Iranian military commander of the Revolutionary Guards and current Minister of Interior since August 25, 2021. In addition, he is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Cou ...

, former minister of defense *

Ezzatollah Zarghami Sayyid Ezzatollah Zarghami ( fa, سید عزت‌الله ضرغامی) is Iranian conservative politician and current minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism. He is a former military officer. Zarghami was Deputy of Mi ...

, former president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Iran's

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and

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organization * Farhad Nouri golpa, former president of students council, Screenplay writer, director

Other

, former dean of the university *

Davood Mirbagheri Sayyid Davood Mir-Bagheri ( fa, داوود میرباقری) is an Iranian director, writer and film producer. His notable works are ''Shaheed-e-Kufa'', ''Mokhtarnameh'' and ''Salman the Persian''. Filmography Television * ''Masoomiyat Az Da ...

, screenwriter and film director

News

Fars News Agency reports: "President of Iran's Amirkabir University of Technology Alireza Rahaei announced the country is preparing to put a new home-made satellite, called Nahid (Venus), into orbit in the next three months". Cientifica reports in news item on Nanowerk, April 25, 2012: Iranian scientists are using lecithin to synthesize and bind silver nanoparticles more tightly to wool.

References

External links

AUT homepage
* IBIMA – Iran Building Information Modeling Association {{DEFAULTSORT:Amirkabir University Of Technology 1928 establishments in Iran Educational institutions established in 1928 1956 establishments in Iran Educational institutions established in 1956