Farhangian University ( fa, دانشگاه فرهنگیان) is a public
Teacher training
Teacher education or teacher training refers to programs, policies, procedures, and provision designed to equip (prospective) teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, approaches, methodologies and skills they require to perform their t ...
university with more than 90
teacher-training colleges and a total enrollment exceeding 39,000, located in
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 ...
. In 2012, in order to merge all teacher-training colleges, the
Iranian Ministry of Education changed the name of ''Tarbiat Mo'allem'' ( fa, تربیت معلم) to ''Farhangian'' ( fa, فرهنگیان) and promoted colleges to the university status
Amir Hossein Cheshme Khavaran
hasan motaghiare two of the famous lecturer, an
Junass Raschidieis one of its researchers
Campuses and Centers
Farhangian Universityhas centers (branch) located throughout the provinces of Iran. Each branch is divided into various sub-branches.
Farhangian University of Tehran Farhangian University, Mofateh RayFarhangian University, Shahid Chamran
Farhangian University at Shiraz
Farhangian University, Rajaee
Farhangian University at Esfahan Farhangian University, RajaeiFarhangian University, Fatemeh Zahra
Background
After the approval of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council in 2011, and the aggregation of all teacher training centers, Farhangian University was established in January 2012. It is an umbrella organization with around 100 branches and 70,000 enrolled student teachers throughout the country.
The branches are teacher education centers that existed long before the university organization took shape. Farhangian University, affiliated with the Ministry of Education and run by the board of trustees, has legal, financial, and administrative autonomy.[http://cfu.ac.ir/History]
See also
* Education in Iran
Education in Iran is centralized and divided into K-12 education plus higher education. Elementary and secondary education is supervised by the Ministry of Education and higher education is under supervision of Ministry of Science, research and Tec ...
References
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Farhangian University
Educational institutions established in 2012
2012 establishments in Iran