Farhad Daneshjoo ( fa, فرهاد دانشجو) (born 4 March 1955 in
Damghan
Damghan ( fa, دامغان, translit=Dāmghān) is the capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families. It is situated east of Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevat ...
) is an Iranian academic, and acting president of
Tarbiat Modares University. He is the former president of the
Azad University, which was elected for this position on 17 January 2012 and removed from his office by the university's central committee on 18 September 2013.
He is said to have been a student of PhD in England at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini's Fatwa on
Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and We ...
's death sentence. He was expelled from England as one of the students burning a bookshop selling Rushdie's books. He was president of the
Tarbiat Modares University for five years from 2005 to 2010. He is one of the three brothers of Daneshjoo. His elder brother,
Kamran Daneshjoo
Kamran Daneshjoo ( fa, کامران دانشجو; born 2 February 1956) is an Iranian university professor who was Minister of Science from 2009 to 2013.
Early life and education
His web-site, ''Where?'', claims he has a Bs.C. degree from Quee ...
was the
Minister of Science in the government of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Khosro Daneshjoo was a member of
City Council of Tehran
The Islamic City Council of Tehran ( fa, شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) is the directly elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the mayor of Tehran in a mayor–council government system, and budgets of the M ...
. His sister, Parisa Daneshjoo is also an academic.
Education
BSc: Civil Engineering,
Queen Mary College
, mottoeng = With united powers
, established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College
, type = Public researc ...
, London, UK, 1985
MSc: Information System Engineering,
South Bank University
London South Bank University (LSBU) is a public university in Elephant and Castle, London. It is based in the London Borough of Southwark, near the South Bank of the River Thames, from which it takes its name. Founded in 1892 as the Borough P ...
, London, UK, 1986
PhD: Simulation of Earthquakes,
University of Westminster
The University of Westminster is a public university, public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first Polytechnic (United Kingdom), polytechnic to open in London. The Polyte ...
, UK, 1991
See also
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Higher education in Iran
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Islamic Azad University
The Islamic Azad University (IAU; fa, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleg ...
References
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Tarbiat Modares University faculty
Living people
1955 births
Islamic Azad University faculty