Sharif University of Technology (SUT, Persian: ??????? ????? ?????) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran known traditionally for research and education in technology, engineering and physical sciences. The university is located in the Tarasht neighborhood of Tehran within close proximity of Azadi Square, and also has an international campus in Kish, a resort island in the Persian Gulf.Established in 1966, it was formerly named the Aryamehr University of Technology and for a short period after the 1979 revolution, the university was called Tehran University of Technology. Following the revolution the university was named after Majid Sharif Vaghefi, a former student who was killed in 1975.Today, the university provides both undergraduate and graduate programs in 15 main departments. The student body consists of about 6,000 undergraduate students and 4,700 graduate students from all the 30 provinces of Iran. Funding for Sharif University is provided by the government and through private funding. Undergraduate admission to Sharif is limited to the top 1 percent of students who pass the national entrance examination administered yearly by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.In the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences rankings, SUT is ranked 2nd in the Middle East. It is in the top 251-275 universities in the world and 37th in Asia in the 2014 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. SUT also ranked 1st in the Middle East, 10th in Asia, and 47th in the world in Times Higher Education's top 100 universities under 50.
Rector universitario
Reza Roosta Azad
Ciudadanía
Tehran
Donación económica
6.158E7
Número de estudiantes de postgrado
4726
Número de estudiantes
10502
Número de estudiantes sin graduar
5776
Color oficial escolar
Light Blue
Profesorado
395
Tipo
Public university
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