Amirkabir University of Technology - A General View

Amirkabir University (Tehran Polytechnic) was established in 1958 as the first technical university of Iran. Through its rapid educational and research expansion, the university was able to gain a high rank among all other universities and research centers. The achievements of this university in the area of research are evident from the many publications and the national and international prizes awarded for research activities. The most important achievements are:

The university was selected as Center of Excellency by the ministry of Science, Research, and Technology in the fields of electrical and electronics engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, Textile engineering, medical engineering, civil engineering and aerospace engineering. The Department of Computer and Information Technology is also nominated for such honor.

The university received the National Distinguished Award from Kharazmi Prize Winning Award (National Award for the best qualified scientific activities) and so far, has been granted more than 20 prizes from KPW.

The university received the first rank for industry related activities.
The university has the highest ratio of the number of academic staff to the number of students amongst all other universities within the country.
The university gained the first rank at several National Olympiads between students of all universities.
The university has the honor of allowing all the first rank students to study in two different fields, simultaneously.
The university has established educational and research collaboration with international universities and based on its high quality performance was able to sign mutual agreements for joint scientific activities with well-known universities.
Currently, with its 15 departments at the campus and two other affiliated centers, located in BandarAbbas and Mahshahr, the University enjoys collaborating of 450 full time academic staff. Altogether, about 5500 B.Sc. students in 35 different fields, 3000 M.Sc. students in 56 field and 600 PhD students in 35 fields are pursuing their studies in this university.
Furthermore, an international branch has been established in the university in order to present a collaborative program with Birmingham University.
According to its evident goals and missions, this university plans to be among the world's 300 best universities and is going to be one of the 3 outstanding universities of the Middle East in the next 20 years.