| Shaheed Beheshti University | |
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| دانشگاه شهید بهشتی | |
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| Established | 1960 |
| Type | Public |
| President | Ahmad Shaabani |
| Faculty | Faculity |
| Location | Tehran, Tehran province, Iran |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.sbu.ac.ir |
Shahid Beheshti University (formerly The National University of Iran or NUI), is located in Evin & Darake District, and extends into the Velenjak District of northern Tehran, Iran on a main Campus of approximately one million square meters.
The university was initially grounded as a private university for the elite of the late Pahlavi era, but was soon opened to the ordinary people as the National University of Iran, becoming one of the two best universities of Iran (the other one being the Tehran University). After the Islamic Revolution the NUI was renamed the Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), in honor of the assassinated Ayatollah Dr. Beheshti and 120 other people who were killed by a bomb of the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MKO or also MEK a communist-islamistic party that was banned from Iran due to its terroristic attempts, and is currently on the blacklist of the US Department of State).
Due to an academic reform in 1986 the medical schools were separated from the main universities and became Medical Universities under the supervision of the Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Education. In 2007, the SBU signed an agreement with the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences which would unite the two Universities again cited now being uniformaly called the Shahid Beheshti University. [1]
The Shahid Beheshti University is currently headed by Prof.Latifi, former head of Laser Research Institute .
As of 2006, the university offers 57 Master's and 29 PhD degrees. Its main campus is located in Evin, a suburb of northern Tehran.
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Schools
- School of Architecture & Urban Engineering
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Construction
- Department of Design
- Department for History of Architecture and Preservation
- Department of Reconstruction
- Department of Urban Planning
- School of Business & Management
- Department of State Management
- Department of Business Management
- Department of Comercial Management
- Department of Financial Management
- Department of Industrial Management
- Institute for Research
- School of Computer & Electrical Engineering
- School of Ecological Sciences
- Department of Biology
- Department of Genetics
- Department of Marine-Biology
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Plant Sciences
- Department of Zoology
- School of Economics & Political Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of Political Sciences
- School of Energy Sciences & Modern Technologies
- Department of Aeronautics
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Energy
- Department of Nanotechnology
- Department of Paper & Essences
- School of Geological Sciences
- Department of Geology
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geo-Physics
- School of Law
- Department of Criminology & Crime Law
- Department of Human Rights
- Department of International Law
- Department of Islamic Law
- Department of Rights of opinion and Ideas
- Department of Personal Rights
- School of Literature & Human Sciences
- Department of Linguistics and Literature
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of History
- Department of Sociology
- Institute of Iranology
- School of Mathematics
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Computing
- School of Medicine
- School of Dentistry
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Paramedical Science
- School of Public Health
- School of Rehabilitation
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
- School of Health,Safety and Environment (HSE)
- National Nutrition and Food Technology Research InstituteSchool of Medicine
- School of Nuclear Engineering
- Department of Aplied Radiancy
- Department of Fuel-Recycling
- Department Radiology (Medical Radiancy)
- School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences'
- School of Psychology and Education
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Behavorial Studies & Advising
- Department of Educational Sciences
- School of Sciences
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Physics
- School of Theology & Religions
Research Centers
- Center for Environmental Researches
- Center for Family Researches
- Center for Laser & Plasma Research(Laser Research Institute)
- Fiber optics
- LIBS(Laser Induced Brakedown Spectroscopy)
- Magneto-optics
- Non Destructive Test
- Polymers and Organic materials Photonics headed by Dr.Mohajerani
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research
- Center for Research on Quranic Phenomena
History
It was founded in 1959 by Dr. Ali Sheikholislam as the first private and land-grant university in Iran. At its opening the institution had two schools: Architecture and Urban Planning and Banking and Economics, and just 174 students in total. The first graduate academic degree program was the Master's course in the School of Architecture, added in 1961. In 1962,a new main campus was built in Evin, a suburb in the north of Tehran. Academic offerings expanded as facilities were added. The first Ph.D. course was offered in the School of Economics in 1991.[2]
Notable faculty and alumni
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi, former Prime Minister of Iran.
- Parviz Davoodi, Iran's last first Vice President, is a professor here
- Masoumeh Ebtekar, The first female vice president in Iranian history.
- Nasrollah Jahangard
- Seyed Hosein Nasr, world renowned philosopher, served as chancellor of the university in the mid 1970s.
- Mohsen Sazegara, former government official, political activist. Earned his master's degree in history from the university
- Kourosh Yaghmaei, one of Iran's first rock musicians was a student here.
- Ahmad Tousi, football coach.
- Reza Taghipour, administrator of the Iranian Space Agency.
Most Famous Professors
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- Professor Asgharian-Jeddi, Ali (Dr. of Architecture)
- Professor Iraj Fazel (Dr.med.HDr.Mult.)
- Professor Ghaffari, Ali (Dr.Ing.rer. of Architecture)
- Professor Latifi (Dr.rer. Physisc)
- Professor Nadimi, Hadi (Dr. of Architecture)
- Professor Namazi (Dr.rer.phil. Economics)
- Professor Faramarz Rafipoor (Emeritus, Dr.habil.rer.soc./Ing.agr.)
See also
- Tehran University
- Higher Education in Iran
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Shahid Beheshti's library management system
External links
- Shahid Beheshti University home page
- Research Institute
- Iran Photonics Forum
- Shahid Beheshti University Faculties and PhD Students' Personal Homepage
- Shahid Beheshti's Central Library
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