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Sharif University of Technology
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| دانشگاه صنعتی شریف Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Sharif |
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| Established | 1965 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Saeed Sohrabpour |
| Faculty: | 500 |
| Students: | 9000 |
| Undergraduates: | 8000 |
| Postgraduates: | 1000 |
| Location | Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Coordinates: ) |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Athletics: | 10 teams |
| Website: | www.sharif.ir |
Sharif University of Technology (Persian: دانشگاه صنعتی شریف Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Sharif), formerly named Aryamehr University of Technology (Persian: دانشگاه صنعتی آریامهر Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Āryāmehr) is a public university of technology, engineering and science in Iran. It is one of the most prominent science and engineering schools in Iran. The university is located in Tarasht neighberhood of Tehran, not far from the Azadi Square and is named after Majid Sharif Vaghefi, a former student who was killed in 1975.[1]. In terms of academic excellence, the GPA of admitted students, the quality of faculty and alumni and the national and worldwide reputation, Sharif University of Technology is one of the most prestigious Iranian universities.
The chair of Electrical Engineering Department of Stanford University said: "Without a doubt the finest university in the world preparing undergraduate electrical engineers is Sharif University of Technology in Tehran." [2]
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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.[3]
The university has grown to an elite school today with over 9000 students (700 of whom are studying for a doctorate) and over 500 faculty members.
Through the student political movement after the 2nd of Khordad Movement, Sharif students were also actively involved. The major groups with political intentions at Sharif, during 1997-2003, were student Basij and the Association of Muslim students, briefly called Anjoman (Association). (Most other smaller groups were allies of either or Basij or Anjoman.) Basij was a serious opposer of Mohammad Khatami, the president of the time. Whereas, Anjoman was a loyal follower. There has been several clashes between member students of the two groups. Free speech tribunes, occasionally end in harsh quarrel-like debates. Anjoman's free thoughts wallpaper, Ayeneh Sharif, was constantly attacked by Basij students. However, the major clash between Anjoman and Basij occurred while the student movement was in silence in most other universities. In 2006, a serious controversy resulting in physical tensions, occurred after Basij attempted to bury bodies of unknown Martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war at the universities' Mosque court [4].
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
- Ebne Sina Building (ساختمان ابن سینا)
- Union (Shahid Rezaee Building)
- Jaber ebne hayyan Building
- Aboreihan Birooni
- Khodro
- Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi from 1965
- Prof. Fazlollah Reza from 1968
- Dr. Mohammad Reza Amin from 1968
- Dr. Hossein Nasr from 1972
- Dr. Mahdi Zarghami from 1975
- Dr. Alireza Mehran from 1977
- Dr. Hossein Ali Anvari from 1978
- Dr. Ali Mohammad Ranjbar from 1979
- Dr. Abbas Anvari from 1980
- Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi from 1988
- Dr. Mohammad Etemadi from 1993
- Dr. Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhad from 1995
- Dr. Saeed Sohrabpour from 1997
Science and research
- Homayoun Seraji, Caltech and NASA scientist, former professor of Sharif University
- Nariman Farvardin Professor and Provost of University of Maryland
Industry
- Akbar Torkan, Director of Petro-Pars Co. and Previous Transportations Minister
Art and culture
- Majid Farahani actor,collagist (www.collage.ws)
- Peyman Yazdanian, Music composer
Politicians
- Mohammad Ali Najafi Former minister of higher education.
- Mohammad Atrianfar Former head of Tehran City Council.
- Morteza Alviri Former Mayor of Tehran
- Ali Larijani, former presidential candidate and former head of IRIB, former secretary of High Council of National Security of Iran
- Mohammad-Javad Larijani,President of IPM (Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics)
- Hamid Taqvaee , Current Leader of Worker-Communist Party of Iran
- Mohsen Sazegara, former government official, political activist
Others
- Ali Daei, Former Captain of Iranian national football team and Saipa FC Striker
- Adel Ferdosipour, prominent football commentator
- Iraj Mozzafari, Former Captain of Iranian national Volleyball team
- Elshan Moradi Chess Grandmaster
Many of Sharif alumni are spread all around the world since lots of them continue their graduate studies in Europe or North America and also some of them immigrated to these countries, therefore it is not easy to establish local organization to be contacted by the alumni. Sharif University of Technology Association (SUTA) is a global organization that was formed in 2000 to facilitate communication and collaboration among the graduates, faculty and staff of the Sharif University (formerly Arya-Mehr University).
This non-profit organization is registered in the state of California, USA and has many chapters and affiliates around the world. Its mission is to enhance professional, academic, and social contacts among its membership, and to strengthen the ties between the association members living outside of Iran and the University. [5]
- Sharif University of Technology's home page
- Sharif University of Technology's Graduate Application System
- Sharif University of Technology's Daily روزنامه شريف
- Sharif University of Technology Association