Iran University of Science and Technology
The Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) was created in 1929 in the Iranian capital Tehran to train the country's engineers and is now regarded as one of the country's top technical colleges.
Initially known as the Governmental Technical Institute, it was renamed the Advanced Art College before being renamed the Iran Faculty of Science and Technology in 1972. The faculty was given full university status by the Ministry of Sciences in 1978, and IUST was founded.
The university has 13 faculties that offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a variety of engineering, math, and physics courses. IUST conferred the first PhDs in Materials, Metallurgical, and Traffic Engineering in Iran in 1995. There are additionally 12 research centers, nine centers of excellence, 19 specialized libraries, and four satellite campuses located throughout the country.
The campus is located on 42 acres near Narmark, northeast of Tehran, and includes academic and administrative buildings, the main library, residence halls, a mosque, and indoor and outdoor recreational facilities. The institution also has a sports stadium with a capacity of 20,000 people.
Many current and past government ministers are alumni, but none more so than Iran's sixth president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who both studied and taught at the university. In 1976, Ahmadinejad enrolled in IUST for an undergraduate degree in civil engineering before pursuing a master's and subsequently a PhD in traffic and transportation engineering and planning.
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World rank: 880
Location: Tehran, Iran
Website: http://www.iust.ac.ir/en
