March 2020-2021)

Performance Report of University of Tehran (March 2020-2021)

UT Response to Covid-19 President’s Report Giovanni Gronchi André Godard Henry Corbin Konrad Adenauer President of Italy French architect and Iranologist and French Chancellor of Germany archaeologist philosopher

Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard Jan Rypka Arthur Upham Pope Toshihiko Izutsu German Chancellor and Czechoslovakian American Orientalist Japanese Islamologist German Minister of Economy Iranologist and philosopher

Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin Fritz Meier Walther Hinz Bobojon Ghafurov Iranologist and professor Iranian scholar and Iranologist and German Russian orientalist and of Iranian languages at the researcher researcher researcher University of Liege

Henrik Samuel Nyberg Giuseppe Tucci Emile Benveniste Nelson Mandela Swedish orientalist and Director of the Italian Institute French Orientalist Leader of the African Iranologist for the Middle East and the National Congress Far East and researcher

Coleman Barks Albert Caquot Nazir Ahmad Romano Prodi American poet and translator French scientist and member Iranologist and professor Prime Minister of Italy of the French Academy at Indian universities

As a well-reputed and prestigious university, University of Tehran has a long history on awarding Ph.D. degrees to various recipients across the world. UT Honorary Doctorates are awarded for substantial contributions of the recipients to UT, their professions, their community at large or as recognition of their life experiences.

Title: Performance Report of University of Tehran (March 2020-2021) Translator: Shahed Valadbeigi Translation Supervisor: Dr. Maryam Soltan Beyad Organizing, Editing and Finalizing: Dr. Abbas Ghanbari Baghestan (Director General of PR) Under the Supervision of: Dr. Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi (President) With Cooperation of Vice-Presidencies and General Offices of UT Graphics: Mansoureh Asbari Layout Design: Leili Eskandarpour Publisher: Office of Public Relations of UT Publication Date: July 2021 Address: UT Central Administration, 16 Azar St. Tehran, Iran. Tell: 61113417, 66419831, E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.ut.ac.ir/en UT President’s Message...... 10 Executive Summary...... 6 11- - - 10- - - - - 9- - Office ofMuseumsandCultural Areas forUT ...... 78 War Veterans ...... 76 - Executingtheplanof Assigning Advising ProfessorsforStudentsrelatedtoMartyrsor - - - 8- - 7- - - 6- e. d. c. b. a. 5- b. a. 4- c. b. a. 3- d. c. b. a. 2- c. b. a. 1- B- - DigitalUniversityof Tehran ...... 24 - A- Performance ReportofUniversity Tehran (March2020-2021)...... 24 UT PerformanceInfographicReportMarch2020-21...... 11 Table ofContents Domain of General Office for Legal Affairs...... 86 Performance intheDomainof ContentCreation...... 86 Performance intheDomainof Execution...... 85 Domain ofPublicRelationsand Information...... Accommodation ofStudents...... 84 The StudentsServices...... 82 Development ofServicesforHygieneandPhysicalHealth...... 81 Development ofServicesforHygieneandMentalHealth...... 80 Domain of Vice-Presidency Students Affairs andOrganizationofStudentsServices...... 80 General Office Affairs ofStudentsandStaff Who Are RelatedtoMartyrs orthe War Veterans ...... 75 General Office ofSports Affairs andPhysical Training ...... 74 General Office ofCulturalandSocial Affairs ...... 73 Domain of Cultural and Social Vice-Presidency Key Measures Taken in2020...... 71 Domain of Administrational andFinancial Vice-Presidency ...... 70 Executive and Administrational Activities ...... 69 Qualitative andDevelopmental Activities ...... 65 Domain of Vice-Presidency for International Affairs ...... 65 Budget andCredits...... 64 The DomainofImprovementProcedures...... 64 Detailed Structureand Adjustments ofUT Organization ...... 63 Strategic Planning,StatisticsandInspectionofIndexes...... 63 Assembling theFirstReportonSocialImpactofUT ...... 62 Domain of Vice-Presidency ofPlanning...... 61 Actions inLinewith Advancement Towards theDigitalUT ...... 61 Automation andDataSystems...... 57 Digital TechnologiesCenter The PlanofCityKnowledge,theSmartandGreen...... 54 Organization ofInvestmentandDevelopment...... 50 Science and Technology ParkandFulfillmentofUT NetworkofInnovationand Technology ...... 40 Ecosystem of Technology andCommercialization ofUT ...... 40 Activities ofUT CentralLibraryand Archives ...... 39 UT publications...... 38 Establishment andinitiationofnewdemand-orientedResearchCenters...... 38 Technological andresearch-relatedactivities...... 34 Domain of Vice-Presidency ofResearch ...... 34 Evaluation of educational quality ...... 33 The FieldofPlanning,DevelopmentandEducationalSupervision...... 31 Planning forContinuationofExecutive Activities Which Are RelatedtotheFieldofEducation...... 29 Domain of Vice-Presidency ofEducation...... 29 Performance of Administrational UnitsofUT ...... 29 Assuming SocialResponsibilityofUT inConfrontationoftheCountrywithCoronaCrisis...... 27 Continuation of Activities withEmphasisonE-Learningand Advancement Towards the Macro Policiesand Actions ofUT ...... 24 ...... 56 ...... 72 85

UT Performance Report 3 March 2020-2021 The List of Tables

Table 1- Coefficient of electronic grounds usage in online education ...... 25 Table 2- Statistics of E-Learn performance and live classes in 2020 semester 1 ...... 26 Table 3- Student admission and graduates in 2020 ...... 30 Table 4- Significant executional actions of Vice-Presidency of Education ...... 31 Table 5- Statistics of admission of students with exceptional talents ...... 33 Table 6- The condition of Science and Technology Park in 2020 ...... 41 Table 7- The buildings that are being completed (spaces at administration of the park and companies' disposal) ...... 42 Table 8- The buildings that are being retrofitted in the Science and Technology Park ...... 43 Table 9- The buildings which are being constructed in the Science and Technology Park ...... 43 Table 10- Innovation and growth branches of the Science and Technology Park ...... 43 Table 11- The acquired performance of approved budget for Vice-Presidency of Science and innovation factories ...... 45 Table 12- The signed agreement of Science and Technology Park ...... 46 Table 13- Invention registration agency in the Science and Technology Park ...... 47 Table 14- Stock exchange agency of the Science and Technology Park ...... 47 Table 15- System of International Interaction Center in the Science and Technology Park ...... 47 Table 16- The Chain of Value: "From Idea to Commercialization" in the Science and Technology Park ...... 47 Table 17- Services for technology transition in the Science and Technology Park ...... 48 Table 18- Growth in supporting programs of the Chain of Value in the Science and Technology Park ...... 49 Table 19- Fulfillment of the supporting programs of the Chain of Value in the Science and Technology Park ...... 49 March 2020-2021 Table 20- Post growth and development of the supporting programs of the Chain of Value in the Science and Technology Park ...... 49 UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Table 21- Expansion of the supporting programs of the Chain of Value in the Science and Technology Park ...... 50 Table 22- Shareholders of the UT Investment Development Co...... 52 Table 23- The list of evaluated Start-Ups ...... 54 Table 24- Comparing UT position in various international ranking systems ...... 66 Table 25- The number of employed students related to the Martyrs families or war veterans in 2020 ...... 75 Table 26- Statistics of employed staff who are related to the war veterans in UT ...... 75 Table 27- Earnings from ticket sales of Negarestan Garden-Museum in 2019 and 2020 ...... 78 Table 28- The number of visitors of the Negarestan Garden-Museum in 2019 and 2020 ...... 78 Table 29- The number of programs in Molavi Hall ...... 79 Table 30- The services of UT Counselling Center 2020 ...... 81 Table 31- Actions of Office of Students Affairs in the 1st semester of 2020 ...... 82 Table 32- Actions of Office of Students Affairs in the 2nd semester in 2020 and 2021 ...... 83

4 Graph 34-Depiction of actions ofUT Office of Students Affairs in the 2 Graph 33-Depiction of actionsUT Office ofStudents Affairs inthe1st semester of 2020...... 83 Graph 32-Demonstrationofservices theCounsellingCenterofUT in2020...... 81 Graph 31-Representation of theprogramsMolaviHall...... 79 Garden-Museumduring2019and2020...... 78 Graph 30-Depictionofacomparisonbetweenearningsfromsalestickets oftheNegarestan during2019and2020...... 77 Graph 29- A comparativedemonstrationofthenumberprogramsIslamicUnions Graph 28- Representation of activities of the Islamic Unions in 2020 ...... 77 inseparate categories ...... 76 Graph 27-Depictionofadvisingprofessorstothestudentswhoarerelated totheMartyrsandwarveterans Graph 26-Demonstration of statistics of the staff whoare related to the war veterans and employed at UT ...... 76 Graph 25-Representation of employed students whoarerelated to thewarveteransin2020...... 75 Graph 24-Depiction of studentjournalsin2020...... 74 Graph 23-Demonstrationofartistic,religious andsocialassembliesofstudentsin2020...... 74 Graph 22-Representation of thescientific student unions in2020...... 73 Graph 21-DepictionofacomparisonbetweenthepositionUT inanumberofinternationalrankingsystems.....66 Graph 20-Representation of patternforthesocialImpact ofUT ...... 62 Graph 19-Demonstration of reduction rate in the phone calls ...... 58 Graph 18-Depiction of a comparison between registered tickets in the recent years ...... 58 and Technology Park...... 50 Graph 17-RepresentationofgrowthinsupportingprogramsfortheChain Value intheScience of Value intheScience and Technology Park...... 49 Graph 16-DemonstrationofpostgrowthanddevelopmentsupportingprogramsfortheChain and Technology Park ...... 49 Graph 15-DepictionoffulfillmentsupportingprogramsfortheChain Value intheScience and Technology Park...... 49 Graph 14-RepresentationofgrowthinthesupportingprogramsforChain Value intheScience theachieved budget fortheScience and Technology Park ...... 41 Graph 13-Demonstrationofacomparisonbetweenproceduretheenactedexclusivebudgetand Graph 12-Depiction of comparison ofthe enacted budget procedure forthe Science and Technology Park ...... 41 Graph 11- Representation of acomparisonbetweensignedcontractswiththePresidencyduring2019-2020...37 Graph 10-Demonstration of acomparison between applied contracts signedduring2019-2020...... 37 Graph 9-Depictionofadmissionrateresearchersfor“Non-ResidentPost-Doc”...... 36 Graph 8-Representationofadmissionrateresearchersfor“DomesticPost-Doc”...... 36 in 2019-2020...... 36 Graph 7-Demonstrationofacomparisonbetweenthenumberpublishedworks Graph 6-Illustration Showing comparison between scientific papers publications 2019-2020 ...... 35 Graph 5-Illustration for admissiondomain of studentswithexceptional talents ...... 33 Graph 4-NumberofdualProgramsSortedbycoursecredit ...... 32 Graph 3-Representation of significant executional actions inthe Vice-Presidency ofEducation ...... 32 Graph 2- Depiction of student admission and graduates in 2020 ...... 30 Graph 1-Demonstration of assessmentforonline teaching quality by studentsandfaculty members ...... 26 The listofGraphs nd semester in 2019 and 2020 ...... 84

UT Performance Report 5 March 2020-2021 Executive Summary University of Medical Sciences of Tehran, Shahid Beheshti University, University of As a result of the circumstances arising from Medical Science of Iran and The Executive the pandemic in 2020, the macro policy of UT Headquarters of Imam Khomeini's Directive, has been "to resume activities through focus on formation of four exceptional scientific and E-Learning and online education" and "to fulfill specialized working-groups, holding tens of the social responsibility of UT in confronting seminars and meetings in regard to Covid-19, with the Corona crisis". executing over 8 macro-researches in the In this year, the collection of digital academic level and 8 researches on the level of transformations and movement towards university units. "E-Learning and online Education" clearly In the field of education, "assembling indicate that UT is a pioneer in the higher instructions for activities and educational education system of the country in such a regulations that comply with the circumstances manner that all online classes in the second arising from the Corona pandemic and also semester of 2020 were held with accessibility adaptability while executing them" has been the rate of 99.9% and the "high" satisfaction rate main focus of all activities. The automation of among the beneficiaries of this transformation, 15 principal educational procedures, including i.e. students and faculty members’ satisfaction, the affairs of students, graduates and faculty exceeded 80% in November 2020. As a "fourth members, was carried out in 2020. In the generation" university and according to the meantime, the educational and student affairs

March 2020-2021 records of UT in playing a significant role of over 11,200 new students, more than 1,400 in macro research projects such as "Special students with exceptional talents and 12,000 UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Reporting Committee on Iran Floods 2019", graduates have successfully been implemented UT emerged as a pioneer and a responsible as a result of the measures taken. administrator in management of various Besides, apart from regular plans for dimensions of Corona Crisis in the form of a revision of educational majors, introduction of collection of policies, strategies and diverse "Two-Sided Courses" in over 70 B.A majors activities from the inception of the pandemic. and "Assessment of Fields of Study" for the A significant section of such activities were first time in the history of UT, through guidance carried out in the format of holding consultative of international advisors, were among the most meetings of various "Scientific Clusters" such important activities in the field of education. as "Economic Cluster" and "Social-Capital In the field of research, due to the Cluster" and their studies-results were handed significance of "quality" index in research- over to the relevant administrations and oriented activities, the main policy of UT has authorities within the framework of "Policy been to encourage and guide faculty members Reports". and students towards publishing papers in Another section of such activities were credible journals, which include researches pursued under the supervision of UT Vice- befitting the requirements of the country Presidency of Research in the format of and applied researches, and to pay serious initiating a joint scientific network with attention to abiding by the "professional contribution of authorities and adepts of UT ethics" in publications and research activities. 6 and other relevant administrations specially Quantitatively, the number of published by achainof"UT Science and Technology Tehran, hasbeentheprincipalpolicytofollow students and professors withinthe city center of on employment of research achievements of technology and innovation", with emphasis commercialization, "developing ecosystemof the fieldofnewscienceandtechnology. of thesociety, initiated four newinstitutesin orientation of researches towards requirements UT Vice-Presidency of Research, in line with Universities" and other activities. In addition, with Contribution of Ten Level-1 Domestic Comprehensive Plan to Reduce Air Pollution Coefficient in Yadavaran Field","National Production Procedures and Increase Extraction "Development of Technology toOptimize and Rehabilitation of Local Societies", Khaf Basedon Approach ofStableLivelihood Constructing and Developing theCityof ranges of influence such as "Execution of a numberofplanswithnationalandregional activities of UT. Inthesamespirit,UT hasled has beenoneofthe other developmental and society), specially "local societies", of thesociety (i.e. connections with industry and applied studies towards therequirements enacted budget,weresigned. companies, worthover1,167billionRialsin administrations, institutes, official and private in 2020,overall331applied contractswith journals. in Q1journalsand10.4%increaseQ2 year. Qualitatively, 15.5%growthiswitnessed shows 11.5% growthcompared to the previous number ofUT papershavebeen4,727which and ISC. Inreference base of WOS only, the papers inreferencebasessuchasScopus, WOS increase compared to 2019inregistration of domestic andinternational papers indicate an In thefieldoftechnology and Guiding orientations of the researches for theresearchplansandcontracts As development of thecountryincluding "Impact been presented in regard to the all-inclusive of UT",acomprehensive image ofUT has previous year. In"theReportonSocialImpact of theactivities ofthis Vice-Presidency inthe Report onSocialImpact of UT"hasbeenone "Annual Calendars",assembling "The First which arebeingpublishedintheformatof viewpoint of "Structural and Human Resources" organizational transformations from the domain of Vice-Presidency ofPlanning. among significant achievements within the of CouncilImprovingProcedures"etc.are "Formation "Revising StructureofUT", 2020", Planning, "accomplishing 80% ofUT Plans in form of"CityKnowledge". execute few moredevelopmental plans inthe Retrofitting the OldBuildings"andplanningto and Technology Parkof Ghodsintheformatof Tower" and"Projectsof ASKO andScience key planssuchas"ProjectofBiotechnology or risk-taking funds; execution of anumber using joint investment with the private sector of companieswithreproductivetechnology and contribution ininitiation and development Organization of Investmentsanddevelopment the developmental projects ofUT bythe of PublicandPrivateContribution"in and providing substructures for"Mechanisms and technology park; preparing, assembling Idea toCommercialization" in thescience Post-Development" in"Chainof Value from "Efflorescence","Growth", and "Growth assembling special programs of "Sprout", facilities of UT areterselymentioned here: capacities, valuable human resourcesand using thescientific and professional number of activities that are being implemented Investment" and "City of Knowledge Plan". A Park", "Organization of Development and Moreover, apartfrommonitoring In the domain of Vice-Presidency of

UT Performance Report 7 March 2020-2021 on management of the country", "Impact on meters of lands of Ghods city (Abrisham Town) preserving culture, art and history", "Impact to alter land-use to residential and commercial, on improvement of science, technology, acquiring approval of Ministry of Roads and innovation and entrepreneurship" and "Impact Urban Development to provide 600 residential on development of social responsibility". units in the New City of Hashtgerd and initial In the domain of Vice-Presidency of agreement over assigning a piece of land International Affairs, "Improvement of with area of 32 hectares to construct a green International Position of UT and Influential town devoid of pollution. Other activities of Presence in the Cycle of Development and this Vice-Presidency include supervising and Promotion of Global Science and Technology" executing various civil projects in UT using have been the main focus of these activities. capacities of the Architectural and Technical Achieving this goal has been pursued through Council of UT and policies of UT to ensure efforts for improvement of position of UT in development of substructures of UT based on the ranking systems, influential presence in high qualitative standards. Apart from quality, administrations, organizations and important management of expenditure has been focused and influential academic syndicates, hosting on more than any other time. scientific and research academic delegations In the domain of Cultural and Social Vice- from various countries, interaction with Presidency, the most important activities in international academic players and scientific the last year have been the following: support, network-making on regional and international guidance and supervision over activities of

March 2020-2021 levels especially the European Union, Russia 119 scientific associations of students and 403 and China. active unions, holding 180 promotional and

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Within the domain of Financial and scientific events over 150 cultural activities, Administrational Vice-Presidency, the publication of 290 student journals, publication following measures have been taken: of 160 electronic journals and covering 3,995 implementation of plans and policies of the students who are related to the Martyrs families green university, revision of financial and or veterans of the war. Other activities that transactional regulations of UT and enacting have been organized by the Cultural Vice- them in the Board of Trustees, auditing Presidency include management of museums and updating accounts of UT, employing and green areas of UT during the pandemic Government Logistics System (SETAD) to including "initiation of a 360-degree online improve transparency of purchasing methods tour", "registration of 10 works of museums and holding tender offers and auctions, revision of Negarestan and Moghadam in Iran National of financial process of UT earnings in foreign Heritage List", "assembling the statute for currencies, taking inventory of and monitoring Council of Policy-Making of UT Museums", data of system of properties, assessing them and etc. evaluating depreciation of properties, initiation In the domain of Vice-Presidency of of accounting for animals and plant properties Students Affairs, the following measures and partial entry of info in SANA system, have been taken: implementation of "Plan of employing and installing 11 governmental compassion" to maintain accountable relations electronic systems, agreement with the of UT with students in difficult circumstances 8 Municipality of Ghods city over 15,000 square during the pandemic with contribution of 22,700 one ofthemostsignificant achievements in media concerningUT activities. media, monitoringmediatrendsandsocial to improveinteraction with multi-publication launching #Organizational Dashboard ofUT LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Aparat andEitaa, and official notification of UT on Instagram, content creation, initiation of social networks of information anddiversifytheprocess of develop quality andquantity ofdissemination news-oriented websiteofUT (news.ut.ac.ir)to mentioning: initiation of theanalytical and the following measures takenarealsoworth notification of UT activities. In the same spirit, qualitative transformation in the process of of Public Relations" and initiation of a the past year has been reactivating "Office Information, themostimportant action in Technology. Fund andMinistryofScience, Research and UT SupportingFoundations,Students Welfare spaces usingthefundsofUT, benefactors, and constructingnewdormitoriessports of residential areas ofstudents:retrofitting an unprecedented improvement in quality Furthermore, the following actions point out 2020, andperformingrequiredinterventions. 11,930 newstudents, who had entered UT in 27,304 students, who werealready studying, via plan of "Monitoring Mental Health" of identifying problems in students' mental health 131 volumesofmental health contents, specialized webinars, producingandpublishing include: holding 195 student webinars, 62 implemented to improve welfare of students counselling up to 2,466 hours. The actions pandemic by increasing online and phone UT, focusing on the mental health during the to facilitate socialization of newstudents students, execution of"Plan Welcoming" In thedomainforOffice ofLegal Affairs, In the domain of Public Relations and Court of Administrative JusticeofIran". lawsuits andin "Public Lawand success rateof79%inalllegal and criminal favor ofUT inthelegalclaims madebyUT, of UT i.e.acquiring 173 verdicts out of220in via preservationofproperties andreal estate regarding thepreviousyearisdemonstrated UT". Besides,the dynamism ofthisdomain deed forlandsofCentral Pardis Campusof this fieldhasbeen"acquiringtheone-paper

UT Performance Report 9 March 2020-2021 UT President’s Message universities was undesirable since such an action can leave adverse effects on the future Esteemed Colleagues, and the lives of students Students, Fortunately, appropriate substructures and Graduates, capacities for E-Learning had been provided Congratulations once again for the New since 2000s and they had been developed Year (Nowruz). We praise the Lord for bestowing and tested through the recent years, upon us another chance to present the annual notwithstanding the fact that, these capacities report. The report at hand is the analytical- were definitely not enough to support 7,500 descriptive report of UT performance in the last courses. year and cannot possibily reflect all activities Development of digital technology and and actions of UT. However, it will hopefully employing "E-Learning" had attained the present a terse and clear image of achievements global attention as a new approach, therefore, and activities of UT of last year to friends and the arisen circumstances provided a proper enthusiasts. opportunity for UT to experience this "new The outbreak of Covid-19 with all its paradigm" risks and ambiguities early in March 2020 Having the above mentioned issues in preoccupied everyone's mind and this matter was mind and following the discussion of the sensitive in universities due to the gatherings of matter in the first meeting with the Board of students in classes and dormitories and UT had Directors in February 22, 2020, it was decided to deal with more complexities in this regard that the educational activities should continue due to its extensiveness. Since Iran was the online and UT units were notified of the second country after China to encounter this utmost utilization of the existing capacities.

March 2020-2021 crisis and unfortunately there was no access to Besides, it was emphasized that all capacities any clear and accurate information from China, of online education should be employed and

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT the absence of using international experiences the substructures should be improved. The added to the complexities of the crisis. The managers were also asked to include the matter initial proposed solutions to confront with in their agenda for pursuance and further action. Covid-19 suggested continuation of educational According to this preface, what comes next activities of universities as in-person attendance is the report on the macro-performance of UT manner, and support of non-resident students in 2020 from an analytical-descriptive point of to return to their hometowns Additionally, view which will be categorized and presented in tackling hindrances to all educational activities two sections with emphasis on activities during for a limited time like end of April, when it was the pandemic: A- Macro-Policies and Actions expected that the disease will be controlled. of UT and B- Performance of Administrational However, none of the suggestions could be Units of UT. Obviously, the statistical desirable for UT due to the following reasons: reports containing detailed information will UT accommodates the greatest population of subsequently be presented by the relevant units. non-resident students. This report will hopefully meet the There was no accurate prediction in regard to requirements of the public opinion and the great controlling and ending the crisis and pursuing family of UT i.e. esteemed colleagues, staff, UT activities could potentially endanger the students, graduates and all friends and admirers health of colleagues and students of UT. In the end, I would like to sincerely thank Discontinuing UT activities resulted in all administrational units of UT for playing a extensive reflections, whereas, bringing role in completing this report. UT activities to a stop could be as costly as Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi 10 reinitiating them. President of University of Tehran The experience of shutting down the April 4, 2021 UT PerformanceInfographicReportMarch 2020-21 as aPriorityfor UT as Social Responsibility a FourthGeneration University Macro-Policies during Macro-Policies during University of Tehran University ofTehran the Coronavirus the Coronavirus Pandemic the "Digital University the "DigitalUniversity Sustenance of Regular Sustenance ofRegular Advancement toward Advancement toward Particular Emphasis on E-learning and on E-learningand Activities, with Activities, with of Tehran"

UT Performance Report 11 March 2020-2021 Social Responsibility as a Priority for UT as a Fourth Generation University

Executive Actions

Cooperating with the Organizing the Inter- Executive Headquarters national Convention Activating Scientific of Imam’s Directive, In- Launching on Latest Information Establishing an Clusters, such as the novation and Flourishing academic COVID-related Economic Clus- about COVID-19 in Iran Trust Fund, and the Of- and Europe, which was network of social media ter and the Social fice of Vice President for Capital Cluster, and attended by eminent Science and Technology major pages lecturers from Iran, Italy, Affairs in funding and universities presenting scores of England, and Spain running various projects policy reports

Establishing the Presenting the Establishing Establishing the Establishing the Task Force on Task Force on preliminary Task Force on the Task Force COVID-19 Biophysical proposal for a March 2020-2021 COVID-19 Test on Smart Treatment and Approaches to the level-3 laboratory Kits and Sensors Data-Analysis Vaccine Diagnosis and specially equipped

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Systems Development Treatment of for COVID-19 Methods COVID-19 research studies

Research Activities

Designing, assem- Developing the biophys- Detecting Developing the ical approach to the bling, and register- detection of contributing virus-carrying electrical diagno- ing the Transparent factors in the deactiva- surface molecules sis of COVID-19 Electromagnetic tion of the main viral and deactivating on the surface of Mask, which can enzymes and the prevention of their attachment them through nanoelectrodes in repel and eliminate to respiratory cells based anions and cations COVID-19 microfluid systems on molecular dynamics floating in the air

Conducting research Developing a me- Designing and on patient monitoring, chanical ventilator Designing and early diagnosis, and developing comprehensive planning in collaboration producing electrochemical strategies for smart data with a science based COVID-19 Rapid biosensors for analysis aimed at boost- Company based at Test Kit ing patient tolerance COVID-19 during the critical period the UT College of diagnosis 12 of the disease Engineering The Council for The Councilfor Information Information Governance Technology infrastructures infrastructures Boosting data Boosting data (software and (software and hardware) Online advanced Online advanced and professional and professional and Advancement Toward and AdvancementToward Activities, with Particular Activities, withParticular Emphasis on E-Learning Emphasis onE-Learning the “Digital University of the “DigitalUniversityof Sustenance of Regular Sustenance ofRegular courses IT and E-Learning IT andE-Learning The Secretariat of The Secretariat of Managers of TopManagers Universities networks and networks and management management Tehran” Tehran” multimedia multimedia Interactive Interactive and enhancement and enhancement Systematization Systematization of datasystems (E-Learn andinter Boosting e-learning Boosting e-learning active networks) management information information Science and Science and - “Governance” and “Governance” and four layers of the four layersofthe “Consequence” “Application”, “Application”, Bolstering the Bolstering the “Facilitator”, “Facilitator”,

UT Performance Report 13 March 2020-2021 101321 42687 Virtual classes Regular held E-Learn users

7787286 32825 Total connections Active students to online classes/ on E-Learn lecture replays

12237 11789 Courses Assignments E-Learn and Online Class Performance 82166 Statistics for Fall 8371 Files uploaded Semester 2020 Active courses March 2020-2021 to E-Learn (2020-2021) UT Performance Report Performance Report UT

4.71 TB 1064001722 Total size of Micro-activities uploaded files on E-Learn 36138 1013712 Downloads Virtual class users

Coefficient of E-Learn Service Use Student and Faculty Satisfaction with E-Learn

Coefficient of E-Learn Service Coefficient of Online Class Service

First (Fall) Semester 1399/2020-2021 Second (Spring) Semester 1399/2020-2021 “Medium” Level of Satisfaction in “High” Level of Satisfaction in “High” Level of Satisfaction in Azar 14 (Number of Courses: 12270) (Number of Courses: 10432) Farvardin 99 (March/April 2020) Farvardin 99 (March/April 2020) 99 (November/December 2020) The Universityof Tehran improved itsworldrankingintheQS World University Rankings.Itwasalsoranked1stnationallyand254thglob the Universityof Tehran anditsfacultymemberswere arranged. town ofHashtgerd,andapreliminary agreement wasarrangedto The approval oftheMinistryHousingandUrbanDevelopment University RankingsbySubjectand Times Higher Education World Luminaries, 5)Reviewofthenewsarchive andproduction reports and publicrelations approach oftheUniversity Tehran through was obtainedfor theconstructionof600housingunitsinnew allocate a32-hectare pieceoflandfor theconstructionofagreen ally intheUniversityRankingby Academic Performance(URAP). programs abouttheprojects andundertakingscarriedoutby website, suchas1)IranintheMirror of1400Campaign,2) The A qualitativetransformationwaseffectedinthenewsreporting operating budgetoftheUniversity Tehran, thestaffand UT Officeof Vice President for PlanningandInformation University of Tehran Timeline ofEventsfrom 1934to2021,3) Technology released thefirstofficialreport onthesocial The production andbroadcast ofmore than70television the establishmentofnewsectionsonUT Newsand Analysis Despite the annual rate of inflation and the unchanged Despite theannualrateofinflationandunchanged faculty members received two-stage and one-stage pay faculty membersreceived two-stageandone-stagepay assessment ofallundergraduateprograms for thefirst subsequent towhichseveralother alumnicenterswere The Universityof Tehran Alumni Center wasofficially The Quality Assessment Center conductedaninternal of thepasttenyearsandtheir categorization bysubject. National andInternational Achievements, 4)Profiles of registered attheCompaniesRegistrationOffice, time inthehistoryofUniversity Tehran. (major/minor combinations)were established. More than70undergraduatedualprograms registered atUT-affiliated units. impact ofuniversitiesinIran. and pollution-free suburb. raises, respectively. - 5 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 6

University of Tehran Highlights in 2020-21

UT Performance Report 15 March 2020-2021 The official news and analysis website of the University of Tehran was launched at www.news.ut.ac.ir, with a view to the 10 qualitative and quantitative enhancement of news reporting and the diversification of the news reporting process.

The official social media pages/channels of the University of Tehran were established on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, 11 YouTube, Aparat, and Eitaa.

The UT Organizational Dashboard was created with a view to enhancing communication with mass media, surveying 12 media trends, and monitoring social media platforms with respect to the activities of the University of Tehran.

In 2020, of the approximately 220 verdicts passed by judicial and quasi-judicial authorities, 173 were given in favor of the 13 University of Tehran. Highlights in 2020-21 University of Tehran Through the constant effort of UT Office of Legal Affairs, the one-sheet title deed of UT Main Campus was finally issued 14 and delivered in June 2020, after 86 years since the establishment of the University of Tehran.

The University of Tehran Press published 99 books. March 2020-2021 15 UT Performance Report Performance Report UT UT Office of Vice President for Social and Cultural Affairs launched the bilingual (English/Persian) 16 360-degree virtual tour (360p.ir/1001).

Ten artworks kept at Negarestan Museum Garden and Moghadam Museum were listed on Iran’s National Register 17 of Cultural Monuments.

The Charter of the Policy-Making Council of UT’s 18 Museums was drawn up.

The University of Tehran’s number of research publications indexed in WOS rose by 14.5 percent. The increase was 19 mostly evident in the number of research articles published in Q1 (15.5 percent) and Q2 (10.4 percent) journals.

Visit the official news and analysis website of the University of Tehran for the 16 latest news and updates: News.ut.ac.ir Follow the University of Tehran on social media platforms: Number of Contracts Number ofContracts Value ofResearch ContractsSignedin2019and2020 Technology andInnovationEcosystemDevelopmentattheheart Development Organization,andtheCityofKnowledgeProject. In 2020-2021,atotalof331practicalcontractswithvariousorga followed byUT Scienceand Technology Park,Investmentand contracts signedwiththeOfficeof Vice President for Scienceand Several dormitoriesandsportsfacilitieswere remodeled andrenovated, Signed of tradecenter of Tehran wasthemainpolicyconsecutively foundations, UT Student Trust Fund,andIran’s MinistryofScience, enterprises, whichamounttoatotalvalueofover 1167 billion About 120 student associations, 43 active cultural centers, About 120studentassociations,43activeculturalcenters, 290 student journals, and 160 electronic journals operate 290 studentjournals,and160electronic journalsoperate Campaign with a view to developing a strong and socially Campaign withaviewtodevelopingstrong andsocially Vice President for Academic Affairs (includingstudent, 15 mainprocedures withinthepurviewofOffice rials, were signed. To citeonlyoneinstance,thenumber of established withtheaidofUT funds,benefactors,UT sponsors’ The Universityof Tehran accomplishedmore than80 and anumber ofnewresidence hallsandsportsfacilitieswere 4700 studentswere accommodatedatUT dormitories with strictadherence toCOVID-19healthprotocols. More than 22700 students partook in the Solidarity More than22700studentspartookin theSolidarity responsible bond with the university during the responsible bondwiththeuniversityduring nizations, institutes, and state-owned and private nizations, institutes,andstate-ownedprivate alumni, andfacultyaffairs)were automated. Approved Value ofContracts Signed (BillionRials) Technology Affairs rose by36percent. percent ofits2020-2021projects. at theUniversityof Tehran. coronavirus pandemic. Research,and Technology. Comparison of Tickets SubmittedinRecent Years (Digitalization) Contracts (BillionRials) Total Value ofCurrent Digitalization Research Publicationsin2019and2020 Year ofRequest - 23 22 21 20 25 24 27 26

University of Tehran Highlights in 2020-21

UT Performance Report 17 March 2020-2021 Establishment of Four Modern Science and Technology Institutes/Re- search Centers

Establishment of the Quantum Science and Technology Institute with a view to enhancing quantum research and technology March 2020-2021 Establishment of the Smart Practical Systems UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Research Center for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research studies

Establishment of the Electrotechnical Institute for Cancer Research with a view to advancing research on nanobioelectronic technology and its use in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer

Establishment of the Institute for Science, Technology, and Innovation Monitoring with a view to contributing toward the satisfaction of Iran’s scientific and research demands for monitoring and assessing the performance of science, research, technology, and innovation institutions at local and national levels, as well as conducting advanced business data analysis 18 Discrimination Eliminationof Conservation andCulturalHeritage Architecture Development Literature

Welfare andthe Health Social Empowerment Historic Preservation Development of Art and Cultural andIntellectual Advancement ofPersian Responsibility Responsibility Development Preservation of Impact on the Impact onthe Impact on Impact on Culture, Art, and History Social Social

Social Impact Social Impact Food Safety Road andUrbanDevelopment Defensive Development Crisis Management Higher EducationDevelopment Economic Development Judicial Development Foreign PolicyDevelopment Domestic PolicyDevelopment University of University of Tehran’s Governance Model Impact on Impact on National National SpaceDevelopment ConservationandGreen Optimization

Environmental Protection Natural Resource Energy Consumption Sustainable Development Environmental and Environmental and Natural Resource Natural Resource Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship

Conservation Advancement of Advancement of Technology, and Science Development Modern Technology Innovation and Impact on the Impact onthe Impact on Impact on Science, Science,

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Ph.D. interviews 3400 conducted 11000 English grade Education reports verifications issued issued and sent Highlights of 161 the Executive Performance Student ID cards issued; of UT Office of provisional degree Vice President March 2020-2021 certificates and original for Academic degree certificates issued UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Affairs and mailed (international students) 11960

Student ID cards issued; provisional degree certificates and original degree certificates issued and mailed (domestic students)

20 Science and Technology ParkBudget Trend inRecent Years Tehran Univer sity of Medical sity ofMedical Upgrade Upgrade Sciences Sciences Edward Project Project Brown - The Technology and Innovation and Innovation Health Tower Project of the Project ofthe Project (208 UT School of UT Schoolof Engineering Keshavarz Ecosystem Ecosystem Knowledge” Project through the“Cityof Development atthe Blvd.) Civil Civil Middle ofTehran and Innovation Technology Ecosystem Osku & Ghods Osku &Ghods Projects of the Projects ofthe Mulla Sadra Science and Science and Number ofContractsSigned Technology Project in Project in Zaminari Zaminari Museum Museum Contracts SignedwiththeMinistry ofScience, Science Science Park Research, and Technology in2019-2020 Approved Value ofContracts Signed (BillionRials) Biotech Tower Project (212 Project (212 Keshavarzi Keshavarzi Project Blvd.) Vesal Total Value Obtained (Billion Rials)

UT Performance Report 21 March 2020-2021 UT Facilities Reservation Establishment of the UT Establishment of Dissertation/ System Information Systems Proposal Plagiarism Checker Catalog on the website on the Integrated Academic of the Information Management System to be Enhancement of the Technology Center used at the approval and Electronic Voting defense stages System in view of the coronavirus Enhancement of the pandemic Faculty Sabbatical UT Supplier Leave System and Assessment System the launch of its (Vendor List) latest version Significant Automation of Systematizations/ research core The new UT processes Staff Profile Automations in System 2020 Establishment of the Online Dissertation Registration System for registration on Establishment of IranDoc via the the new version of Integrated Academic the Modern Management System Financial System March 2020-2021 In-Person/Virtual Final Examination

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT System for Spring The acquirement of the (Second) Semester Electronic Trust Symbol 1398/2020 for the payment gateways of UT Information Systems Launch of the Electronic Signature System for Establishment and electronic signing of the Identity and Education enhancement of the minutes of dissertation/ Verification of Newly Faculty Promotion thesis defense sessions Admitted Undergraduate System Faculty and proposal approval and Postgraduate sessions Promotion Students System Automation of Dual Undergraduate Upgrade and develop- Automation Programs on the ment of Organizational Infrastructural of the student Academic Management Intelligence and Data enhancement request process System Processing Subsystems of the Central (such as E-Learn and ID Verification Consequences of the System Coronavirus) Establishment and enhancement of Insurance Policy Administration The Integrated Systems (Complementary Health Digital Information Insurance, Life Insurance, and Sports Facilities System (Digital Accident Insurance Plans and the Booking System Signage) online application for the 22 2020-2021 academic year) National Elites National Elites through Iran’s Foundation admission admission Students Students granted granted 500 Doctoral Graduates(Ph.D.) Student Admissions andGraduationin2020-21 Scholarships Scholarships Outstanding Outstanding Master’s Graduates Students grant- to master’s and to master’s and Student Student ed admission ed admission programs in programs in accordance accordance 2020 respective respective with their with their protocols doctoral doctoral 760 Bachelor’s and Professional Bachelor’s andProfessional Doctorate Graduates Student Admissions inMehr and Aban (Octoberand November) Winners and Winners and runners-up runners-up Olympiads Olympiads admission admission of student of student 150 granted granted

UT Performance Report 23 March 2020-2021 Performance Report of University of Tehran (March 2020-2021)

A- Macro Policies and Actions of UT

Due to the exceptional circumstances Discharging all the approved educational resulting from the Corona pandemic, the macro programs in 2020 was achieved through policy of UT in confronting with the existing employment of electronic and online crisis was conducted in two major fields: preparations coupled with assembly 1- Continuing the activities in the direction of successful E-learning models and of Online-Teaching and encouraging the interconnected directory. As a result, live potentials of E-learning in UT. 2- Playing an class sessions were held with access rate of 93 effective role in confrontation of the country percent in the first semester and 99.9 percent with the Corona pandemic in line with fulfilling in the second semester. The same index for the the social responsibility of UT. E-learning management system was 99 percent in the last semester and has been 100 percent so Continuation of Activities with Emphasis far in the current semester. on E-Learning and Advancement The digital transformation and the Towards the Digital University of Tehran E-learning confirm that UT is a pioneer in the

March 2020-2021 Despite restrictions and complexity of higher education. The synchrone online classes the situation and in accordance with ensuring were improved by two different connection

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT the desirable quality of implementing the methods in the first semester of 2020 and by four educational plans of UT and also in order for in the second semester through establishment the students to attain the optimum utilization of servers both in and out of UT. The following out of the existing facilities, enormous measures are part of the arrangements which measures have been taken by various units of were laid out to put E-learning into effect: UT especially within the field of education, - Initiation of clustering to improve the IT and Vice-Presidency of Students Affairs. speed and stability of systems. The initial steps included in the agenda were - Supplying two distinct connection elevation and increase in the efficiency of methods for live class sessions. E-learning process, development in potential - Upgrading the software and increasing skills of the faculty members, students and the service quality of learning management pundits coupled with an expansion in both systems and live class sessions. software and hardware facilities. Therefore, six - Promoting the learning substructure in educational courses and six workshops were order to enhance the quality of services. held for 460 faculty members and nearly 500 - Establishment of reserve servers in UT pundits during the last year. In the meantime, College of Engineering and outside UT for a working group consisting of 150 liaison IT emergencies. experts of the faculties was organized to hold - 24/7 inspection of all servers and the educational activities appropriately in the infrastructures to prevent any disorder. 24 form of E-learning. - Setting up E-Learning Report of UT know-how wasthe result more appropriatelyplannedforthetimeahead. horizon andutilizationofsuchcapacitiescanbe what mattersisthatabrighterfutureonthe procurable within a mid-term plan. For now, in normalcircumstancesdidnotseemtobe achieved worthycapabilitiesandskillswhich cooperation ofallUT units,theUniversityhas education plans, obtained resultsindicatethatasaresultof professors the current semester where the students and the an improvementintheE-Learningespecially to 4Gpbsinthesecondsemesterwhichled internet linkofUT wasupgradedfrom3Gbps Data CenterofUT. Furthermore,themaintransit which resultedinequipmentofthe Advanced increase of350percentcomparedtothelastyear the supplybudgetofIT centerwitnessedan have also been focused on. To achieve this goal, facilities, in UT throughouttheCovid-19pandemic. indicate the quantity and quality of education which are demonstrated in the following table, live class sessions in the first semester of 2020, Attainment of thislevelE-Learning A briefexaminationofthemeasuresand Apart from the expansion of the software The statistics of E-Learn operation and systems. using theuniformlearning management learning activities andliveclasssessions status ofchartswhicharerelevant to Organization which shows theperformance 2020-2 2020-1 Term development of infrastructure should development ofinfrastructureshould faced trivial problems. faced trivialproblems. Table 1-Coefficientofelectronic grounds usageinonlineeducation experiences, contribution and experiences, contribution and The Number Courses 10,432 12,270 of doubled efforts of E-Learn Coefficient 100 sofar been pleasedwith of students, learning in themeantime and nearly 84 percent medium level, werecontent with this method of around 72 percent of students, in a E-Learning. According to degree of Students Affairs and demonstrated similar the CounsellingCenterofVice-Presidency of pandemic, was carriedoutwithparticipation students underdifficult circumstances of the at up unitsandthe esteemed faculty members, colleagues, back- considered the result of worthyefforts ofthe were allpromisingoutcomeswhichcouldbe the methods, accessibility of E-Learnsystemand services, adaptability with online educational 2020 over the quality of presented educational 80 percent satisfaction (high) inNovember percent (medium) inMarch2020andover percent satisfaction(high)andaround37 among students and faculty members. November) wereassessedusingquestionnaires presentations of courses(inMarchand their accesstointernetandbefittinghardware. improvement of learning quality of studentsand mattered complications. What UT whichwasaccompanied by numerous of thefaculty membersandrelevant units of 99.1 preserving theaccountable union ofUT with 22,700 studentsviadirectphonecallsto The “Unanimity” Program, which aimed For that reason, faculty members tosolveschooltasks of satisfaction among studentsinregard in a high or medium level, have executive membersofstaff. teaching oftheprofessors. Online ClassCoefficient UntilMarch17,2021 the quality of online to thisexamination, 99.9 93.2 the mostwas high or 40

UT Performance Report 25 March 2020-2021 Table 2- Statistics of E-Learn performance and live classes in 2020 semester 1

The Title of the Activity Abundance

The number of students who use E-Learn frequently 42,687

The number of active students in E-Learn 32,825

The total number of all courses 11,789

The number of active courses 8,371

The number of sub-performances in E-Learn 1,064,001,722

The number of users of online classes 36,138

The total numberThe number of connections of held online to classes online classes or 7,787,286101,321 re-watching of the course The total number of connections to online classes or re-watching of 7,787,286 The total number of allthe exercises course 12,237 The number of uploaded files in E-Learn 82,166 The bulk of allThe uploaded total number files of all exercises 4.71 TB 12,237 The number of file downloads from E-Learn 1,013,712 The number of uploaded files in E-Learn 82,166 ………………………………………………………………

March 2020-2021 The bulk of all uploaded files 4.71 TB نمودار 1 صفحه 25 The number of file downloads from E-Learn 1,013,712 UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Graph 1- Demonstration of assessment for online teaching quality by students and faculty members

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………………………………………………………………………Graph 1- Demonstration of assessment for online teaching quality by students 26 and faculty members In order to guarantee the qualitative continuation of educational and research activities of students of various levels, the procedure of educational loans, tuition, nutrition and learning accessories have been facilitated for 8,000 students and the possibility of participation of all students to attend online classes has been provided through acquisition of laptops and giving loans to purchase smart phones by the Vice-Presidency of Students Affairs. planning and assembling theeducational performed their administrative duties besides committees in faculties. These assmeblies Audit Boardandalsorelevant assemblies and Promotions, Executive Board ofRecruiting, of SpecialCasesforProvinces,Committee of Commission ofSpecial Cases, Commission Assembly, Policy-making and E-Learning, Assembly, Policy-making and Creativity Assembly, PlanningandDevelopment during theyearincluding the Educational pertinent assemblies were held continuously To UT butalsomaintains the quality of education. conditions andcomplieswithgeneralorderof procedures in a way that implement all educational instructions and on E-Learning,itwasessential to prepareand the activitiesofthisdepartment. the hygiene protocols to preventanydelaysin allowed access underconditionsofobserving students were the eligible M.A. andPh.D. restricted opening ofUT dormsin April 2020, notification of followingtheprotocols. With provided bythepertinent for limited and dissertations. Fortunately, conditions and laboratories providing the needy students withdormitories Affairs. phones bythe Vice-Presidency ofStudents and givingloanstopurchasesmart of laptops classes hasbeenprovidedthroughacquisition of participation of all students toattend online facilitated for 8,000 students and the possibility nutrition and learning accessories havebeen procedure ofeducational loans, tuition, activities of studentsofvariouslevels, the continuation of educational accomplish these missions, meetings of Due tothefocusofeducational Another challengetomanagewas In orderto guarantee the qualitative accessofstudentsinlabswere to prepare their theses not only befits the committee through and research activities

are asfollows: of intercollegiate network, the titles of which Research” by variousunits of UT in the form under thesupervisionof“Vice-presidency of capacities of UT in combatting the Covid-19 taken to utilize the scientific administrations intheformofpolicyreports. presented to the pertinent etc Cluster”, “Cluster of Social Capital” and of “Scientific Clusters”suchas“Economic these activities were holding various sessions the beginning of pandemic. Significant parts of of the crisis resulting from Corona virus from and apioneer inmanagement ofdiverseaspects etc., UT showedupasanaccountable entity such as“NationalReportonFlood Water” and major roleinnational mega according to therecordsofUT inplaying a Corona Crisis Confrontation oftheCountrywith Assuming Social Responsibility of UT in conditions. instructions andregulationsbefitting the ., theinvestigative results ofwhichwere Medical Medical Sciences andIranUniversity of Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of such as Tehran UniversityofMedical and experts of UT andgreat universities network with contribution of authorities In addition, several other stepswere As afourth-generation university and related toCorona National InnovationFund and Vice- Headquarters ofImam’s Directive, Iran groups various scientific and specialized working

Coordination with Executive Holdingregular sessions andmeetings of Establishmentofajointscientific Initiation of social networks whichare Sciences researchprojects authorities and andresearch

UT Performance Report 27 March 2020-2021 Presidency for Science and Technology to virus and obstructing them from attaching support and implement the plans to pulmonary cells based on molecule Holding the international conference of dynamism “The Latest on Corona in Iran and Europe” Designing, assembling and registering with attendance of outstanding lecturers the transparent electromagnetism mask to from Iran, Italy, England and Spain. rebuff and abolish the virus Organizing an online exhibition of Electrical diagnosis of Corona virus on Corona with cooperation of Tehran the level of Nano-Electrodes in Micro- University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Fluid systems Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Designing and producing biological Preparing the primary proposal of electrochemical sensors to diagnose establishing a level-3 laboratory for Corona virus pertinent researches on the Covid-19. Designing and producing fast test kit of The aforementioned activities were carried diagnosing Covid-19 out through organization of Corona-related Building respiratory equipment through scientific and specialized working groups as cooperation with the knowledge-based follows: company in the Pardis Campus College of Working group of “Diagnosis and Engineering Confrontation with Covid-19 Using Bio- Observing the patients and early diagnosis Physics Approach” of the disease and demonstration of

March 2020-2021 Working group of “Presentation of comprehensive smart data-investigating- Healing Methods and Production of plan for endurance in critical conditions of

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Vaccine for Covid-19” the disease in confronting with the virus Working group of “Smart Systems and Data Analysis” Working group of “Sensors and Diagnosis Kits of Covid-19” During the one year of their efforts, organized scientific and specialized working groups in UT have had numerous research projects and achievements in confronting with the Covid-19, most of which have been broadcasted via UT’s website and mass- circulation national newspapers. Some of the most significant performed projects in regard to Covid-19 in UT are mentioned here: Diagnosing the surface Molecules attached to viruses and deactivating them using the Anions and Cations which are pending in the air Biophysical diagnosis of effective factors 28 on deactivation of main enzymes of the international Pardis Campuses ofKishand admission andtransferring ofstudentsin dissertations, holding specialized exams, procedures ofdefendingtheproposalsand looking intostudents’ affairs, executing the Admission ofstudent, process ofgraduation, Education Related totheFieldof Which Are Activities A. Planningfor ContinuationofExecutive Evaluation ofeducational development and educational supervision. C- are related to thefieldofeducation for continuation ofexecutive activities which based onvariousassignedduties. Planning A- of activities of Vice-Presidency of Education field ofeducationinUT. have beenthemainfocusofallactivitiesin the necessityofadaptabilityinexecutingthem regulations befitting the pandemic conditions and year, assemblingtheinstructions andeducational and recruiting ofstudents andetc.Duringthelast of fields,affairs offacultymembers,admission development of studying fields, quality assessment academic activitiessuchaseducationalplanning, The fieldofeducationincludesavastrange 1- DomainofVice-Presidency ofEducation activities arepresentedhereseparately. from theCoronapandemic missions, under the certain conditions resulting which wereproportional to UT’s ownmain macro-policies of UT, carriedoutvarioustasks, each unit ofheadquarters from operating inotherfields. Accordingly, taken, thesenewconditionsneverstoppedUT and UT andcertain measure exceptional conditions ontheworld,country Although theCovid-19pandemic imposed B. Performanceof Administrational UnitsofUT What comes next is aterse description quality. . The reportsofsuch , inline with the shouldhavebeen . B-Planning, and etc. were executed systematically online acquiring academic of thePublicConscription Organization, exemption of newstudents with coordination of specialized Ph.D., approval of military issuing certificate of comprehensive evaluation implementation of Doctorate interview, issuing studentsenrollment requests of students to reside in dormitories, the thesesanddissertations”, inspecting process of“approvingproposals”,“defending spirit, manyoftheexecutive processessuchas used to be carried out in-person. In the same year was online discharge of activities that reduce in-personapproaches. established in Vice-Presidency ofEducation cases in-person,thenon-attendance desk was students andgraduates via phoneand in some obstacles. Besides, in addition to responding to has been flowing flawlessly despite the existing students indicates that between the number of admitted and graduated and 1,300inPh.D.Program. A comparison Veterinary Doctorate, over7,000inMA Program 3,800 ofwhichhavebeeninBachelorand students during2020havegraduatedfromUT, and November 2020. Meanwhile, over 12,000 11,200 newstudentshaveregistered in October General Office of Educational Services, over and dormitory amenities. According toUT faculty facilities each year and also laboratory its relationwithannualadmissioncapacity and significant concern inthe planning of UT dueto admission ofstudentsandgraduationinUT courses andetc. Talents regulations, holding freeeducational faculties, admission ofstudentsviaSpecial Aras based on exclusive instructions of Another important Maintaining thebalancebetween confirmation of students the trend ofeducation step that was taken last certificates, isa to

UT Performance Report 29 March 2020-2021 Table 3- Student admission and graduates in 2020

The title of the activity Abundance Admission of students in October and November 11,200 B.A. and General Ph.D. Graduates 3,800 General M.A. Graduates 7,000 Ph.D. Graduates 1,300 Graph 2- Depiction of student admission and graduates in 2020

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……………………………………………………………………..Graph 2- Depiction of student admission and graduates in 2020 In regard to holding exams, most important activities of UT in the withfield the helpof education of Digital Technology were preparing Center. An the executiveThe outstanding instructions executive activitiesof holding of elaborationexams, performon other steps,ing whichinterviews are going of to specializedVice-Presidency Ph .D.of Education tests with in the more meantime than be taken, will be provided in the next chapters. included issuing the new students’ IDs, 10,000In regard participants to holding exams, in most450 important online rooms,issuing organizingand posting languagetemporary certificatestests both activitiesonline of and UT inin the-person field of, educationholding were the finaland degrees online of examseducation offor two11,960 semesters domestic preparingand executing the executive parts instructions of the of holdingprocess graduateswith collaboration in various levels of and Payam 161 foreign Noor exams,University performing. interviews of specialized graduates, issuing over 3,400 report cards Ph.D. tests with more than 10,000 participants in English, issuing and posting over 11,000 in 450The online outstandingrooms, organizing languageexecutive tests activitiescases of educational of Vice confirmations-Presidency to official of bothEducation online and inin-person, the meantime holding the finalincluded and privateissuing organizations the new and students' universities andIDs, online exams of two semesters and executing annulling commitment of over 5,000 graduates. issuing and posting temporary certificates and degrees of education for parts of the process with collaboration of In the area of organizing and managing 30 Payam11,960 Noor domestic University. graduates in variousthe levelsgeneral andcourses, 161 basics foreign and joint graduates, courses, issuing over 3,400 report cards in English, issuing and posting over 11,000 cases of educational confirmations to official and private organizations and universities and annulling commitment of over 5,000 graduates. In the area of organizing and managing the general courses, basics and joint courses, positive actions were taken such as unification of presenting all general courses and assignment of "Yekta" number to semester of 2020-2021,toselect courses from so, itispossible for B.A.students,fromsecond B.A. programsin“Two-Sided Model”.Indoing syllabuses andimplementing 70syllabusesfor in UT and the most important one isrevision of new ones,properactions have been carried out As forreevaluating thesyllabusesanddefining Educational Supervision B. The FieldofPlanning,Developmentand even moreimprovementofthestudents “Two-Sided” and“KahadCourse”willleadto of education in UT coupled withexecuting approved. Hopefully, administering this method for thesecondsemester Council regulations were passedintheEducational is alsoathand. Unification of “Yekta” number toeachcourseinUT. of presenting all general courses andassignment positive actions weretakensuchasunification the degreesofgraduation Issuing IDcardsfornewstudents,issuingand Issuing IDcardsfornewstudents,issuingand posting temporary posting temporary the degreesofgraduation Issuing andpostingtheacademic Moreover Interviews ofspecialized Issuing thereportcardsinEnglish of UT and its tentative implementation Cancellation andorganization of basic courses , project-oriented learning Table 4-Significantexecutionalactionsof Vice-Presidency ofEducation graduation graduation tions Title ofcommitments of2020-2021wasalso (domestic (foreigngraduates) Ph.Dexams certificates certificates confirma graduates) . and and - Elites Foundation. students wereabletousefacilities of National on relevant regulations andalsomorethan500 admitted in M.A.andPh.D.programsbased in UT. Furthermore,over760studentswere winners ofstudentOlympiadswereadmitted relevant regulations. In2020,morethan150 talents, positive stepsweretaken based onthe were studiedandsentforaction. 2,000 promotion requestsoffaculty members almost 70 cases were approved. Besides, over UT andpertinent committees in faculties and studied in the Executive 1,000 casesofemployment applicants were going onduringtheyear. Inthemeantime, over altering the status, and upgrading have all activities among other 30 majors and revising over 50 fields have been new inter-field majors, permission to execute other fields. Assembling andapprovingof7 In theareaofadmissionexceptional In theareaofaffairs offacultymembers, significantefforts in this area. related torecruiting,promotion, Abundance 10,000 11,000 11,960 5,000 3400 161 Recruiting Board of been

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نمودار 4-تعداد رشتههای دو-وجهی به تفکیک واحدها 32 Graph 4- Number of dual Programs Sorted by course credit and becomethebasisforanyplanning should always be seriously considered in UT naturally thesubjectofqualityevaluation of anypioneerunitonthe global leveland Evaluation ofqualityisaninseparablepart C. EvaluationofEducationalQuality administrations. regard weresignedwithorganizations and numerous collaborationagreementsinthis compared topreviousyear. Besides, income ofUT increasedconsiderably despite theexistingconditionsandexclusive trainings continuedtobepresentedonline Admission Admission ofstudentsviafacilities In theareaoffreeeducation,professional Graph 5-Descriptionofadmission domainofstudentswithexceptionaltalents Table 5-Illustrationfor admissiondomainofstudentswithexceptionaltalents Total 1,410 of کلجمع کل M 1410 . A Admission oftopOlympiadswinners . and facilities of Iran's National facilities ofIran'sNational Admission of students via Admission ofstudentsvia Ph. Elites Foundation ق D پذیرش طری ازدانشجویان ا ر

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to in all UT educational units and in three majors from educational year of2013to 2018 including 106 uniquemajorsand22parallel Assessment of B.A. wascarried out in 128 fields and efforts ofUT Quality Assessment Center. three years and with collaboration of all UT units concurrently andjointlyinallB.A.majorsafter the firsttimeexecutedinUT simultaneously, Therefore, theProgramEvaluationwasfor of studentsandrecruitingthefacultymembers. the basisfordevelopmentoffields,admission results ofassessmenteducationalplanswere performance index. the 760 The first unified UT Program Quality As itwasmentionedinlastyear’s report,the Elites relevant

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UT Performance Report 33 March 2020-2021 of “Assembling Status Report of the Field” by Research and Technology of the Year in the educational groups and faculties, “Collecting form of “The Best”. Registered Data in Areas of Education, What comes subsequently is a terse report Educational Supervision and Educational of Vice-Presidency of Research under four Tuition” by three relevant administrations, categories: 1- Technological and research- “Unified B.A. Program Quality Assessment” related activities 2- Establishment and initiation by UT Research Institute of Language and of new demand-oriented research centers and Culture and supervision was administered 3- UT publications 4- Activities of UT Central over all the aforementioned procedures by UT Library and Archives Quality Assessment Center. The innovation of UT at this stage, 1- Technological and Research-Oriented which operated in accordance with opinions of Activities the international councilors and comparative Generally and according to the statistics studies of UT Research Institute of Language and credible reports, not only have the and Culture, was to establish a connection technological and research-oriented activities between registered data and results from of UT during the pandemic not decreased, but quality assessments. Within the aforementioned they have increased considerably. assessments, the evaluators were the faculty In the same spirit and according to the members, students who had passed 120 significance of quality index of research- course credits, graduates, UT employers. oriented activities, the main policy of UT has

March 2020-2021 Since the assessment has been carried out in been to encourage and guide faculty members one stage only, it is essential that other stages and students to publish papers in credible

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT be executed as well in order for the results to journals and comply with professional ethics attain more credit and become the basis for seriously in their publications and research program assessments in the future. Planning to activities. The papers should be derived from perform program assessments in other levels researches which befit the demands of the such as M.A. and Ph.D. and expansion of country. To meet the requirements of this range of evaluators to foreign students, who policy, the following actions have been carried are under supervision of UT, could count as the out in the Vice-Presidency of Research: subsequent steps in program assessment. Establishment of the evaluating committee of international journals 2.Domain of Vice-Presidency of Research Publication of list of non-credible Apart from leading the actions and innovations journals related to social responsibility, UT has Activating committee of research-related conducted enormous activities such as research violations contracts, practical schemes, inspection of Acquiring international code of research publication of scientific papers in credible ethics national and foreign journals, establishment of Establishment of octoploid committees new research centers, UT publications and etc. of research ethics in faculties during the pandemic and as mentioned earlier. Employment of plagiarism softwares The outcome of most of these activities, as Holding research ethics workshops 34 always, was exhibited in 29th Conference of Publication of books, brochures and etc.

1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 200 400 600 800 resources arethemostsignificant factor in researchers: percent inQ2 growth in manifests aqualitative growth in2019andthis registered papersin WOS in2019and2018 base. growth papers in2020comparedto2019. papers indicateagrowthinScopus, WOS, ISC number ofpublisheddomesticandinternational journals. StatisticalreportsofUT inregardtothe credible national andespecially international scientific entitiesispublicationofpapersin in effective performanceofindividualsand of shows moreemphasisoverethicsinresearch. journals with insufficient credit and it also by UT colleagues in non-crediblejournalsor demonstrates adeclineinpublication committee of international journals fortunately mentioned actions,thereportofevaluating 0

Graph 6-IllustrationShowing comparisonbetweenscientificpaperspublications 2019-2020 the determinative and significant factors the determinativeandsignificantfactors 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 Recruiting domestic and foreign Furthermore, acomparisonbetween a 11.5The followinggraphshows percent Publication ofscientificpapers:One As oneoftheachievements of theabove about researchethics 500 0 in publication of online papers in WOS Q1 journals is 15.5percent and 10.4 1352 journals. Educated and efficient human 4237 1065 2018 WOS Q1 آثار تعداد آثار 4727 1007

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the yearuptonow. is 34,400millionRialsfromthebeginningof based ontheassignmentletterinwebsite Rials. The overall value of the paid amounts beginning of2020uptonowis84,640million value ofregisteredagreementsfromthe been confirmedin2020. The overallapproved that 32outof128registeredproposalshave executors in“Sate”website.Statisticsshow 223 facultymembersarecurrentlyworkingas Project-seeking via“Sate”website subsequently. regard andtheywillbeterselydemonstrated

Graph 10-Demonstrationofacomparisonbetweenappliedcontractssignedduring2019-2020 Graph 11- Representation of a comparisonbetweensignedcontractswiththePresidency The numberofenacted enacted contracts تعداد قراردادهای منعقده تعداد قراردادهای منعقده The numberof 11 351 contracts

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33 قراردادهای over 1,167billionRials. The receivedcredithas and private with administrations,institutes,governmental In 2020,overall331contractshavebeensigned 3-1 Applied Research Contracts are asfollows: within variousformats.Someofthecontracts supervision ofUT Vice-Presidency private centers whichareorganized underthe organizations and other governmental and signing researchcontractswithadministrations, Another section of applied plans of UT is Contracts 2020 2020

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been 850 billion Rials up to March 15th, 2021. comprehensive plan of boundaries of Imam Reza Holy Shrine 3-2 Contracts with Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology 2- Establishment and Initiation of New and Reports indicate a 36 percent growth in the Demand-Oriented Research Centers number of contracts with Vice-Presidency One of the developmental activities of UT is for Science and Technology in 2020 and this establishment and initiation of institutes and new growth has led to 18 percent increase in the research centers which befit the requirements of approved credit for such plans. the country especially the connection between society and industry. Throughout last year, UT 3-3 Transdisciplinary Contracts Vice-Presidency of Research has taken steps to Diversity and extent of UT provide a unique initiate four institutes and research centers in opportunity for group and interdisciplinary the field of new science and technology: activities that could lead to execution of mega Founding Quantum Science and plans. Some of such plans are mentioned here: Technology Institute which aims to Department of Preserving the Environment develop research and technology in the The inventory of air-polluting emissions field of quantum science and technology. including the human-built sources and Establishing Institute of Applicable Smart assembling and assessment of the main scenarios Systems that aims at research activities in of reducing the air pollution in metropolises with interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary.

March 2020-2021 contribution of ten top domestic universities Founding Cancer Electro-Technique under the supervision of UT. Institute which aims to develop research

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Sangan Steel Mine Industry Co. and technology in the field of Nano Bio- Assembling and execution of the Electronic and its application in curing comprehensive plan of prosperity and cancer. development of city of Khaf based on Establishing Institute of Observing approaches of stable means of livelihood and Science, Technology and Innovation that rehabilitation of local societies. aims to supply the scientific and research National Iranian Oil Company needs of the country in the field of Development of technology in line observing and assessing the performance with optimization of production trends and of science, research, technology and expansion of oil extraction coefficient in innovation system in national and local Yadavaran field. layers and also advanced investigation of Barakat Foundation required data in business. Development of technology to confront Covid-19 3- UT Publications Quantum Science and Technology Center Upgrading and optimizing the trends and Performing research and securing mechanisms in the field of UT Publications, equipment in line with development of quantum publishing scientific compilations, developing science and technology. international cooperation in publishing joint Ministry of Roads and Urban Development works and etc. are among significant activities 38 Performing research to prepare special that have been carried out in this section of UT C. FinancialReport A. Reformof Trends activities are Vice-Presidency of Research. Some of such Arbitration) B. and approvingitinUT Boardof Trustees website toincreaseonlinesales similar period oflastyear: 82 percent in via UT Publication website comparedto to thepandemic compared to similar period inlastyeardue percent innumberand4 46 billion Rials which has declined 48 translations of which were compilations and 26 of translations volumes of compilations preparations andprinting committees and dispatching them for books inspecializedcommittees days in2019to47 days in2019to372020 to threetimes and optimizationofprocedures website’s “Storage” Publications books through storing them Publishing Books (Admission and Publishing Books(Admission ReformingandimprovingUT Publications Increasein online sales of hard copies Saleof129,739volumesbooksworth Reprinting of 155books: 109 volumes Printing 99newbooks (1stprint);45 Approving 63 booksinspecialized Acceptance andinvestigation of203new ReducingE-Editing of booksfrom60 Reducingthe arbitration length from 47 Accelerating productionofE-Booksup Employing IT toaccelerate transparency Reformingandunifying archives of UT Revisingthe rulebook of UT mentionedsubsequently: and 54 volumes 2020 Publications invalue in

D. InternationalPublications within thedomainofUT Central Library and the pandemic to helppromotecultureofbookreadingduring months of2020(ApriltoJuly 2020) inorder in “E-BookReading App” inthefirstfour allowed freeaccessto400volumesofitsbooks Archives 4- Activities ofUT numbers and129percentinvalue in variouscountries books inforeignlanguagestobepublished Publication and initiation Center for Organizing Translation and Springer Co.in2020 It is worth mentioning that UT Publications period inlast percent in value compared to the similar 190 percent increase in numbersand182 (epub) inBook-Readerapplication shows The mostsignificant activities and actions Holding Publication implementing agreement with China Trade dictionary “Shin Khan”inlinewith foreign languages volumes ofUTinto Publications books Publications to translate and publish5 into Spanish Center to translate UT Publications books Vice-Presidency ofInternational Affairs Publications books in Afghanistan viaUT Publishing andMedia Signingcooperation Publication of3booksjointly with the Sale of 14,153 volumes of E-Books CompletetranslationofChinese Agreement withCenterfor Academic Negotiating withSpain’s IranStudies InspectingillegalpublishingofUT Signingagreement with China Science year CentralLibraryand agreement with oftranslating 3

UT Performance Report 39 March 2020-2021 Archives throughout last year are mentioned Publication of the book “Oral History of subsequently: UT Central Library and Archives” Development of Aryan digital library and 100 percent growth in its digital sources 3-Ecosystem of Technology and Enormous access to domestic and foreign Commercialization of UT data centers UT plans to carry out the following activities Cataloguing and insertion of data of in order to fulfill learning procedure of students sources such as Persian and Latin books in the form of skill training, entrepreneurship, and dissertations creating wealth out of the acquired knowledge Journals, historical documents, non-book in UT, performing the social duty and solving resources and lithographic books in Azarsa society’s problems, increasing contribution software in the development affairs of the country, Uploading lithographic books, journals, implementation and deepening the chain of old books and dissertations for online study education, research, application, innovation, Holding specialized online lectures in technology and commercialization via policy- the field of manuscripts and historical making and planning in various fields and documents UT Vice-Presidencies. In previous section, Initiation of joint system of searching measures taken in fields of education, research the sources of UT libraries and Tehran and digital technology in implementation of this University of Medical Sciences chain were explicated. In the coming pages, the

March 2020-2021 Providing services to applicants via technology chain in the form of “Science and feasible methods such as Telegram, Email Technology Park” and “Commercialization”

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT or in-person by Vice-Presidency of Development and Developing online services such as check- Investment and also implementation of City out and delivery of dissertations of Knowledge Plan as a unique model of Uploading manuscripts and free access development for innovation and technology for all centers in the heart of trade center of Tehran Uploading full text of dissertations with the and beside the most important Pardis Campus option of read-only for academic members of the country, i.e. UT, will be explained. after connecting to UT network Uploading full text of historical 1- Science and Technology Park and documents with possibility of online Fulfillment of UT Network of Innovation purchasing and Technology Uploading historical photos (both front Corona pandemic rang the bells for ever more and back) with option of online purchasing requirement of science and technology and Latin books from Springer Co., Elsevier necessity of paying attention to development Co., Wiley Inc. (owned by the university) of knowledge to encounter the unknown and with free access only through the UT unexpected dangers. Therefore, the Science and network Technology Park, as the pioneer of technology Publishing the 3rd, 6th and 9th volume development, innovation and domestication of of the inventory of historical documents of growing needs in these turbulent times, commits 40 UT Central Library and Archives itself to not only guiding the developmental

Graph 13-Demonstration ofacomparisonbetweenprocedure oftheenacted exclusivebudgetand Being retrofitted

(Million Rials)

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course of new technologies with ever growing equivalent of the size of spaces currently at efforts and reinforcing its executive branches the Park’s disposal. These spaces are apart but also preparing grounds for self-reliance from those which have been predicted in City and improvement of bases of knowledge in the of Knowledge and innovation centers that are country. What comes next demonstrates part under construction in various unit of UT. With of activities and actions of UT’s Science and completion of these projects, the spaces at Technology Park in the last year (2020). the Park’s disposal will increase to more than The following tables very well indicate that twice the current size. Another point that is the general budget in 2019 and 2020 has been worth mentioning is the extent of spaces at the stable while the exclusive budget has increased Park’s disposal that is developing throughout with a proper rate since 2017. UT units and has embodied the phenomenon The expansion of sections which are of innovation and technology network of UT. under reconstruction or construction is the

Table 7- The buildings that are being completed (spaces at the disposal of administration of the Park and companies) Standing Property No Building Name Condition Area (Meter) (Meter) 1 Building No. 1 At Park’s disposal 40,000 4,940 2 Building No. 2 At Park’s disposal - 2,800

March 2020-2021 3 Building No. 3 At Park’s disposal - 1,400 4 Building No. 4 At Park’s disposal 276 840

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT 5 Amin Rented 200 330 6 Dr. Hashtrudi Rented 166 600 7 Physical Training Rented - 1,224 8 Agricultural 1 Rented 783.75 522.5 9 Agricultural 2 Rented 1,035 690 10 Agricultural-Niche 1 Rented 300 200 11 Agricultural-Niche 2 Rented 900 600 12 Agricultural-Niche 3 Rented 900 602 13 Abu Raihan Rented 750 1,300 14 Fooman At Park’s disposal 250 500, 15 Alborz Rented 500 2,950 16 Newruz Rented 333 222 17 The Green Tower floors 1, 6 Rented 135 135 18 The UT Dorm’s Niche Rented 935 355 19 Mehr Rented 500 310 20 Geography Rented - 345 21 Farabi Rented 1,706 1,112 22 Veterinary Hospital Rented 1,725 1,150 23 Tabrizchi At Park’s disposal - 850 42 Total 51,394.75 23,977.5 No 3 1 2 4 No 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Table 9- The buildingswhich are beingconstructedintheScienceand Technology Park Abu Raihan Agriculure No Farabi Table 8- The buildingsthatare beingretrofitted intheScience Kish 4 3 2 1 Table 10-Innovationandgrowth branchesoftheScience and Technology Park Veterinary Branch Name Building Name Psychology Moradabad Marzdaran 17 Mehr 2 ASCO Ghods Total th Land GrowthCenter GrowthCenter GrowthCenter GrowthCenter –Innovation –Innovation –Innovation –Innovation Tower Center Center Center Center Type of the Center Agriculture Smart City Medical Being prepared Being prepared Being prepared Plants Preparations Preparations Preparations Preparations Preparations Building Name Condition Field of Work Data Center Total TH2 TH1 P4 1300 130 850 340 Area 30 50 40 50 Park’s Share Area (meter) 70 50 60 50 The Other 746756 741990 2554 1150 150 264 167 481

Party’s Share _ 15,000 12,000 Funded 1,500 Not Funding Standing Property (Meter) Standing Property (Meter) 21 1 4 5 Number of and TechnologyPark Participants 4 0 0 0 32238 22000 1700 6681 No 1857 16000 22710 1320 2416 1150 858 131 835 TheinnovationCenter TheinnovationCenter hasspaceandenough ondphaseof2 Thefirstphaseofthe east wingandthesec Noparkhasspace-it _ funds forrebuilding funds forrebuilding hasspaceenough have beenrebuilt has beenrebuilt

Note nd floor -

UT Performance Report 43 March 2020-2021 No No Note Area Center Funding The Other Number of Number Participants Type of the Type Park’s Share Park’s Party’s Share Party’s Branch Name Field of Work

The innovation Center Growth Center has no space- it has 5 Fooman – Innovation Chemistry 360 1,500 2 enough funds for Center rebuilding

Growth Center The innovation Center Food Not 6 Aras – Innovation 160 50 50 has space and enough Industry Funded Center funds for rebuilding

UT Dorm It has been rebuilt Innovation Artificial 7 – Shahid 235 30 70 3,000 1 4 and does not need Center Intelligence Noruzi Hall rebuilding funds

The innovation Center UT Dorm’s Innovation 8 G5 340 5,000 0 5 has space and enough Niche Center funds for rebuilding

Digital Innovation New Tech- 9 Transforma- 1700 100 0 76,500 0 0 Under Construction Center nologies tion

It has been rebuilt Innovation Geo-Sci- 10 Geography 345 60 40 1,800 0 6 and does not need

March 2020-2021 Center ence rebuilding funds

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT The innovation Center Innovation Mental 11 Psychology 140 40 60 5,000 0 0 has space and enough Center Health funds for rebuilding

Physical Innovation Ongoing negotiations 12 Training General 2100 30 70 63,000 Center for financing First Phase

Innovation Ongoing negotiations 13 Veterinary Veterinary 200 4,000 0 0 Center for financing

Innovation New Tech- 14 Carl Luxe _ _ Center nologies

It has been rebuilt Innovation Petrochem- 15 Naft 1788 100 0 71,000 and does not need Center ical rebuilding funds

It does not require 16 Hashemi Growth Center General 100 0 0 4 rebuilding

Under construction-fi- Circular 17 Growth Center General 5000 2,000 nanced by Snap Co. Economy till 80,000

Growth Center Agreement signed 18 Hamshahri – Innovation Media 100,000 with Hamshahri 44 Center No 10 12 11 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Table 11- The acquired performanceofapproved budgetfor Vice-Presidency ofScience CenterforFacultyof Vice The Campus forAgricul- The Centerfor The Physical TrainThe - The GhodsInnova- The CircularEcon Center of Abu Rai- Center ofPsychol tal Transformation Center ofFooman CenterofPardis TheInnovation TheInnovation TheInnovation TheInnovation TheInnovation TheInnovation TheInnovation ingInnovation Center ofKish Center forOil vation Center Scienceand Veterinary Inno Technology Agriculture tion Center -Presidency for Center Total omy ture ogy han Digi- - - - Percentage of approval and innovationfactories 40 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 Enacted Budget 170,800 20,000 63,000 20,000 15,000 28,000 11,000 1,500 1,500 5,000 1,800 4,000 0 tionofthe acquired Notifica- amount 21,720 2,000 1,600 4,500 8,400 3,300 600 600 720 0 0 0 0 Expenditure 21,522 15,333 3,291 1,500 470 928 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Balance -12,033 -1,291 1,600 3,000 8,400 -470 -208 198 600 600 0 0 0

UT Performance Report 45 March 2020-2021 Table 12- The signed agreement of Science and Technology Park

Commencement Duration of the No The Other Party of the Agreement Date Agreement 1 UT Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 2020/06/09 5 2 Era of the Iranians Business Institute KARINA 2020/06/09 1 3 The National Foundation for Developing Technology 2020/06/21 2 4 UT Faculty of Geography 2020/06/21 3 5 UT Pardis Campus of Farabi 2020/06/21 5 6 UT Kish International Campus 2020/07/27 5 7 Iran National Cartographic Center 2020/07/27 3 8 The Hamshahri Co. 2020/07/27 3 9 Iran Post (2020/07/13 5 10 Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences 2020/08/11 3 11 Office of UT Dorms 2020/06/21 5 12 UT Aras International Campus 2020/08/25 5 13 The Innovation Fund 2020/08/23 1 14 The Science and Technology Park of Semnan 2020/09/15 4 March 2020-2021 15 UT Faculty of Physical Training and Sport Science 2020/09/22 5

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT 16 Trita Medicine of the 3rd Millennium Co. 2020/09/29 1 17 The Laser Innovation Center of Iran 2020/09/22 3 The National Center for Business Research, Moni- 18 2020/09/01 2 toring and Improvement 19 Iranian World Studies Association 2020/10/22 1 The Innovation, Research and Development Com- 20 2020/12/19 5 pany of Vira 21 UT Basij of Students 2020/11/14 3 22 The Iranian Science and Technology Park of 2020/11/24 3

4 ماه Pardis Campus for Science 2020/12/01 23 24 Hamgara Center for the Converging Technologies 2020/12/13 2 25 Kariz Etemad Rayaneh Mehr Co. 2020/11/21 1 26 No-Afarin Private Fund of Research and Technology 2020/12/15 1 27 Science and Technology News Agency 2020/12/21 2 28 Shahab Co. 2021/01/14 2 Organization of Scientific and Industrial Research- 29 2021/01/24 3 46 es of Iran Number Number Number Applicants Table 15-SystemofInternationalInteraction Center inthe Scienceand Technology Park 236 of Applicants ofApplicants Table 13-Inventionregistration agencyintheScienceand Technology Park 85 21 of PerformedFinancing Skill Training 24,882 MillionRials Employment Rate Table 14-StockexchangeagencyoftheScienceand Technology Park shops, 258Hours Table 16- The Chainof Value: “From IdeatoCommercialization” of Companies Registration Applicants Number ofthe Admitted 82 Work- Number ofthe Admitted intheScienceand Technology Park Cooperating 31 Failed Applicants 12 92 Turnover ofCompanies calContracts129,315 Industrial-Technologi Conditional Admission Webinar, 150Hours New Admission Million Rials 11 ApplicantsUnder Failed Scrutiny 5 25 - Failed 12 The Amount ofExport, Number ofReturned RateofCompanies TheTechnological The ProvidedBusi Under Scrutiny (74% andover) Units Members The Technician Applicants 17,200 USD nessServices Under Scrutiny 37 4 31 -

UT Performance Report 47 March 2020-2021 Spaces and Buildings One of the most important plans of UT The Science and Technology Park of UT, as a link in the field of innovation and technology is to between university and industry, has managed help transform the results in the dissertations to facilitate businesses by supporting new ideas and theses into new businesses and create and knowledge-based companies. It has also wealth in a manner that most companies in the managed to play a trivial role in improving, Park would be those established inside UT. upgrading and developing the technology of This matter has been followed up in the form the country by creating “the Chain of Value of various methods and supports, a summary of from Idea to Commercialization”. which will be presented subsequently.

Business Issue-seeking Idea-seeking Idea Training Entrepreneurship Development

The Sprout The Growth The Burgeoning The Evolvement Post-Growth and Program Program Program Program Development Programs

The Forward Movement Plan March 2020-2021

Table 17- Services for technology transition in the Science and Technology Park UT Performance Report Performance Report UT

The Online Market Technique

Jiko Plan

Hyperactive Commercialization

Chit-Chat Park

Unveiling the Product

The Investor Meeting

Careful Assessment

Providing the Settlement Space

Financial Services, Educational Services, Counselling Services, Park Cast, Monitoring, Café Park, Business Clinic, Supporting the Business, Exhibition, Using Facilities of Membership in 48 the Technology Network Table 18-Growth insupportingprograms ofthe The Number of Applicants The Number of Applicants The Number of Applicants supporting programs oftheChain Value in Table 19-Fulfillmentofsupportingprograms TheEnactedSupporting TheEnactedSupporting TheEnactedSupporting Table 20-Postgrowth anddevelopmentof The TransferredFund The TransferredFund The TransferredFund of theChain Value intheScienceand the Scienceand Chain of Value intheScience Fund Fund Fund 64 56 24 and TechnologyPark Technology Park Technology Park TheNumber of TheNumber of TheNumber of Admitted Core Admitted Core Admitted Core 8.685.000.000 3.780.000.000 3.777.100.000 2.427.510.000 791.950.000 413.716.490 23 30 16 supporting programs for theChainof Value supporting programs for theChainof Value Graph 14-Representation ofgrowth inthe and development of supporting programs and developmentofsupporting programs Graph 16- Demonstration of post growth Graph 16-Demonstrationofpostgrowth for theChain of Value intheScienceand Graph 15- Depiction of fulfillment of Graph 15-Depictionoffulfillment in theScienceand Technology Park in theScienceandTechnologyPark

(Million Rials) (Million Rials) (Million Rials) 10.000 2.000 4.000 6.000 8.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 Technology Park Enacted Enacted Enacted Transferred Transferred Transferred

UT Performance Report 49 March 2020-2021 Table 21- Expansion of the supporting programs 10.000 of the Chain of Value in the Science and Technology Park 8.000 6.000 The Number of The Number of Applicants 4.000

Admitted Core (Million Rials) 2.000 39 14

The Enacted Supporting Enacted Transferred 8.640.347.333 Fund Graph 17- Representation of growth in the The Transferred Fund 3.080.273.333 supporting programs for the Chain of Value in the Science and Technology Park

The Park’s Chain of Value residing companies the amount of 411,787,333 Besides the activities of other UT units, Rials as Grant Charge and to support the supportive actions and activities of Science development of business atmosphere. Besides, and Technology Park and UT Research and the Innovation and Research Fund has paid Technology Fund on companies during the 23,000 million Rials as facilities and 54,500 pandemic are also worth mentioning. A terse million Rials as letter of guarantee. In addition review of such actions is presented here. to all these activities, the residing companies March 2020-2021 1- Preparation and collection of supporting in the Park provided amenities and various

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT packs for companies during the pandemic production equipment for hygiene centers and 2- Granting supportive credit, called Grant people who had been very helpful in facing the Charge, to companies virus. 3- Correspondence with Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, the 2- Organization of Investment and Innovation Fund and the companies of Development Science and Technology Park of UT One of the newly established units of UT is the 4- Holding supportive seminars Organization of Investment and Development 5- Providing a list of the accomplished tasks which is a significant part of the Chain of by companies in line with encountering Innovation and Technology of UT and it has Covid-19 to introduce to supportive subsets such as a company that shares its name administrations and manages the affairs of endowments. The 6- Collecting measures taken by UT general task of this organization is to increase Research and Innovation Fund in line with optimization of facilities and resources of supporting the damaged companies during UT via collaboration with the relevant units the pandemic and provide investments and contribute 7- Paid funds to damaged companies by in transforming the ideas to innovative the Innovation and Research Fund businesses. A brief report on performance of During the pandemic, the Science and this organization in the last year will follow. 50 Technology Park has given 125 innovative and passed inthemannerthat by theBoardand relevant instruction was Trustees. Fortunately, the license was granted besides receiving the license from the Board of required preparation investments in developmental activities of UT registered followingtheincreaseincapital. of theDevelopingInvestmentCompanywas in theclausesofstatute,newstatute million Rialsandalsoenactingalternations the required measurestoincreasethecapitalof Faculty MembersofUT. Inaddition totaking of Entrepreneurshipand Aid Fundfor of UT, the Technical FacultyofUT, Faculty Supporters ofPublicBeneficiaryFoundation UT andtransferringUT’s sharestothe carried outwithreductionofshares it toaprivatecompanywasfinalizedand of theequityCompanyandremodeling licensed judiciaryexpertin2019,alternation Investments Companyandconfirmationof Trustees and also of DirectorsandtheesteemedBoard regard toalteringequityfromtheBoard After receivingtherequiredenactmentsin of DevelopingInvestmentsCompany and PrivateSector withUT of themanner ofContribution

Preparing theComprehensive Instruction Altering equityandincreasing thecapital Company from500millionRialsto5,000 Contribution of theprivate sector inmaking contract - Preparation offormat of the typical technical - Preparingtheformat of economic and absorbing theinvestor - Procedureofsummoning,selecting and the investor - Summoningformat,guidance of engaging justifying plan evaluating theDeveloping of necessaryinstructions follows. of theGeneral being investigated. circumstances of other companies are currently UT wasashareholder of,weredissolved. The shared the title ofUT and3companies, which the remaining 48 companies, 18 companies that 112 oneswerefinalized in the first phase.Of institutes that were affiliated to UT, issuesof 100 Kilo Watts Solar Power Plant Technical, Engineering Plan ofFoundinga the managerofCityKnowledge. of UT Financing Methodsof“CityKnowledge” Recruiting InternationalStudents and MannerCountries ofMarketingand Manner ofPresence Sajad Scienceand for minor greenhouses accompanied by volumes

Organizing thecompaniesaffiliatedtoUT Establishment ofJointCompanies Project ofpreparing thejustifyingplan The Assessment Plan of Feasibility and Preparing Preparing Importing Ministry ofEnergy - Receivingrequiredlicensesfrom investors - SigningtheBOLT contract with private Among 160 The report’shard copywasdeliveredto Danesh Arya Co” Danesh Arya registering of shares)withBazrHybrid Team and - Foundingajointcompany (with34% The reportwaspreparedinfew The reportwasprepared in anumberof the equipment it underthetitle of “Zhinodaneh Comprehensive Reportof the JustifyingEconomic, companies, cooperatives and Technology Park of UT intheNeighboring volumes.

UT Performance Report 51 March 2020-2021 Table 22- Shareholders of the UT Investment Development Co. UT Investment Development Co. No The Shareholder’s Name Number of Shares Ownership Percentage

1 University of Tehran 4.999.999 49.99999

UT Benevolent Foundation of Sup- 2 1.600.000 16 porters

The Welfare Fund for the Faculty 3 1.600.000 16 Members

The College of Engineering Foun- 4 1.300.000 13 dation of Supporters

The Faculty of Entrepreneurship 5 499.961 4.99961 Foundation of Supporters

6 Rasoul Saadi 10 1000.0

7 Saeid Fallahpour 10 1000.0

8 Mohammad Moradi 10 1000.0 March 2020-2021 9 Ali Eslami bidkelly 10 1000.0 UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Total 10.000.000 100

- Registering the hospital company for Composing the Commerce Plan academic members with UT holding 20% Preparing the commerce plan that complies of shares with the format of the Council of Economy. - Registering smart company of “Mavade Purchasing laboratory equipment for UT from Sabze Arya” that specialized in orthodontia budget clause “Alef”, note 3 and preparing the with UT Developing Investment Co. plan to be presented in the council. holding 34% of shares Updating and editing the excel financial - Registering “Sabz Eghlim-e-Takht-e- file of Kish Pardis Campus’s justifying plan is Jamshid” company that specializes in under revision cultivation of medicinal plants with UT Developing Investment Co. holding 34% Agreements of Development and of shares Investment Organization - Founding “Radin Boors” company to Signing an agreement with “Bahasanj” develop the website of the country’s stock company in line with accelerating and exchange core with UT holding 40% of improving the performance of evaluating the shares and Tehran Stocks Data Technology start-ups. 52 Company holding 60%. required. the practical actions and written orders will be have been taken care of andonthe next required actions suchasmeetings and planning parking spaces was initiated. Fornow, the pre- the projectofincreasingoptimization ofUT and alsootherprojects. investment plans andexisting potentials in UT and engage the contributions in regard organizations to promote individuals, administrations andvarious Holding andattending Projects andOther PertinentProjects from goldbarsisbeingtechnicallyinspected. currently the manner of extracting samples spirit, somemeetings have alsobeenheld and Saderat Iranhavebeencarried out.Inthesame Institute the gold’s carat,primarynegotiations with and equipment of UT inline the aforementionedbank. Bank “Finance and finance “the CityofKnowledge” andestablish “Sabz Eghlim-e-Takht-e-Jamshid” Company, minutes of theDevelopingInvestment Co. and Karaj Agricultural Pardis Campusand also of theDevelopingInvestment Companyand Arranging thetext Pardis Campus

Engaging ContributionofInvestorsinUT Other Plans Project In ordertomake - UT Laboratories The draftofthemultilateral agreement with This negotiationdoneinorderto was Negotiations withBankPasargad In Parking ofUT Pasargad waspreparedanddeliveredto line withthecompanyandUT’s goals, of Electrochemistry of UT andBank of Agricultural Landfor Karaj Service Group”. of therental agreement use ofthe capacities 74 meetingswith the goals ofUT with measuring phase to following routes andentered the fund, could be reviews on 67start-ups, that passed throughthe start-ups, the primary investigations and expert In linewithnegotiationsandmeetingsthe UT andNegotiationswiththeStart-ups scientific goodstoUT. vast extentoflands,properties,culturaland to more trustonthe side of endowerstoendow has management of endowmentsinUT fortunately After serioustechnical and legal efforts, the D- Absorbing newendowmentsin2020. of the organization in supervising affairs. improvement Performances related to altering land-use and and income-generation of endowments.B- assigned duties: A- Operational performances in 2020isdividedintofewsectorsbasedonthe Investment Company” in the field of investors inthis also editing the recruitment summoning of are related to UT Museumof Archeology and coordinatingthemeetingswhich Pursuing The going tobeimplemented. in line with the project of medicinal plants, are

Other Issues UT Museumof Archeology Performance intheField ofEndowments The acquired animproved order andthishasled companies. investments in the - Initiating a newline of income from UT andfinancegroupof“Sonban” the - Arranging and BankofPasargad. agreement - Arranging the text of the tripartite performance report of “Developing First of Investment Fund Audacious of endowments. C-Performance between UT, Khatam University regard. text of agreement between stock exchange endowments and

UT Performance Report 53 March 2020-2021 mentioned. Co. and Lotus Financing have not yet managed - Attending the Monday meetings of start- to pay their shares. ups - Participating the meetings of UT Science 3- The Plan of City of Knowledge, the and Technology Park Smart City and the Green City - Attending the meetings with financial As mentioned earlier, the City of Knowledge group of “Firouzeh” plan is being implemented as a practical experience of forming eco-system of innovation Evaluated and pending Start-ups and technology in the heart of Tehran using Of the start-ups that entered the Audacious scientific and professional capacities and UT’s Fund, 9 were evaluated and 7 are going through valuable amenities and human resources. The the final procedures. primary and significant section of this plan has been its cityscape and architectural designs Audacious Investment Summoning which are according to physical coordinates In November 2020, 40% remittance and latest scientific findings. The vast extent which was equal to 4,5 billion Rials, through and innovative aspect of the plan besides the summoning of the fund, was confirmed by the number of its beneficiaries led the committees stock exchange and was uploaded in “Kadal” and councilors to scrutinize and assemble the system. The shareholders of the fund such as plan at length. In the end, numerous meetings Sepehr Financing, Tamadon Financing, private were held with members of Municipality’s

March 2020-2021 Research and Technology Fund of UT paid their council of Clause 5 Commission and Supreme shares and UT, the Developing and Investment Assembly of Architecture and Urbanization and UT Performance Report Performance Report UT

Table 23- The list of evaluated Start-Ups

No The Name of the Start-Up

1 Kamyab Teb Novin

2 Rahkar Houshmand Sina

3 ASQ (The evaluating exchange system for children from 3 to 10 years old)

4 The Halter Sphygmomanometer of Blood Pressure

5 Rahkar Novin Siagh

6 Video Cake

7 Bimitz

8 Home Service

9 The Plant Factory 54 10 Ganjeh Keshavarz Boulevard) 1- Project of Biotechnology Tower (No. 12, initiation of which are under construction, will accelerate This enactment, besides therenovation projects within theinitial months ofthecurrentyear. enactments from theClause5Commission result, wearehopingtoreceive of the related previous design and also with getting attention Arts andwithfundamental adjustments to the of esteemed head ofPardisCampusforFine plan byUT the obstacles. Fortunately, thefinal proposed gatherings, wetriedtonegotiate to eliminate Plan for Development of UT and, within these Organization will beoversoon. of UT, the constructionworkofthisbuilding Technology andcontributionofrelevantunits support of Vice-Presidency ofScienceand certain extent.Hopefully, withcontinuous in façades and other parts are solvedtoa project, thetechnicalissuesanddesignflaws 2020. Apart fromtheexecutiveissuesof electrical facilitieswereinitiatedinMarch been doneandinstallmentofmechanical wall substructureofthenorthfaçadehasalso all floorshavebeencarriedout. The curtain block workandinstallationofwall-postsin done onthemainstructureandnew structure. Fullfireproofingcoverhasbeen structure andcompletionofitsadditional including completestrengtheningofits had considerabletechnicalprogressin2020 relevant business centers . This tower has business centersinonebuildingnexttothe first projectsthatgathersinnovationand

The Projects thatare Under Construction The biotechnologytowerisoneofthe waspreparedunderthesupervision newprojects. ofCultural Heritage to enact the administerial officials. As a therequired

building withlittle with importantgoalssuchasdesigningasmart phase ofthedesignwassignedwithwinner winner was announced. The contract of the first worthy designs were received and finally the conditions university sitewascarriedout.Consideringthe previously, todesignBorj-e-Salamat companies thathadcooperatedwithUT through acompetition among theeligible the processofselectingaconsultingcompany, companies in the field of health and Biotech, and Technology Park andknowledge-based In 2020,withthegoalssettolodgeScience Boulevard) Project “Borj-e-Salamat” (No. 208,Keshavarz completed intheinitialmonthsofthisyear. was continued.Hopefully, theprojectwillbe parts ofthebuildingandalsoblockwork, of wallsandstrengtheningthestructurein operation bythePark,whichincludeddemolition Science and Technology Park,theconstruction Park. Intheend,withdeliveryofbuildingsto based companiesofScienceand Technology Ghods buildings for lodgment of knowledge- Initial steps were taken regarding ASCO and and TechnologyPark 2- The ASCO project andGhodsScience via a carful procedure and numerous back and The design ofEdwardBrownBlock continued 3- The EdwardBrown Project be builtontheoldconcretestructure. structure andfinallythenewsteelwill Tomans constructioncostoftheinitialconcrete approach, theUT managedtomaintain20billion in anareaof10,000squaremeters.Usingthis new structureontheexistingconcrete approach wascompletedappropriatelywitha The designofthe Vesal buildingwiththeICT 2- TheVesalProject

Projects thatare ReadytobeInitiated set for this competition, relatively energy consumption. inthis

UT Performance Report 55 March 2020-2021 forth meetings with the selected consulting help and support of UT and Administration for engineers. In this process, issue of investment Developing plans. Demolition of the remaining in the project and its influences on the design buildings will be carried out soon and, were discussed in meetings with the consulting afterwards, the whole land will be transferred managers and a number of investors. Finally, in to the Kayson Inc. winter 2020 the top choices with adjustments 6- Rehabilitation Project of University of that the project consultant made were delivered Medical Sciences of Tehran to the office of the City of Knowledge for final Through numerous meetings with councilors enactment and this office is currently studying and technical office of University of Medical the case. Sciences of Tehran, the required actions to 4- Project of Science Museum in Molla Sadra initiate the project were implemented in the Land office of the City of Knowledge and hopefully In 2020, through a procedure that was with financing of the project, the obstacles will carried out by UT with cooperation of Tehran be obviated and the construction will begin. Municipality and the esteemed endower of the Science Museum (Esteemed Turkman Financing the projects of City of Family), a competition between top consultant Knowledge engineers of the country was held to design In order to finance the ownership of properties the Science Museum and, in the end, a number throughout the City of Knowledge and also of designs were chosen by the judges of the finance the projects with contribution of the

March 2020-2021 project, a number of whom are members of the banks and private sector, effective actions were Supreme Council of Architecture of UT. After carried out in 2020 and, predictably, we will

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT selection of the top designs, the designers were witness acceleration of development in the asked to attend a meeting with the esteemed City of Knowledge in 2021. endower, manager of the City of Knowledge, a number of UT managers and members of the 4-Digital Technologies Center Supreme Council of Architecture of UT and The digital transformation has drawn present their designs and elaborate on them. attention nowadays in most of the fields. Following the discussions, the winning design Therefore, UT had to take fundamental was chosen and, after verification of UT Dean, measures as a pioneer and active administration it was decided that the process of preparations in this regard. Some of such measures were of the first phase and the required documents discussed earlier in the section of “Policies and be presented by the consulting manager to the Mega Actions of UT” and other actions and Commission of Clause 5 of the Municipality. plans will next be tersely elaborated on. 5- Project of Innovation and Technology Eco- The performance of the Digital Technology System by Faculty of Civil Engineering Center in 2020 stems from improving quality With regard to assignment of the land in Oruji of digital services generally and specifically St. to build this unit and having proposal of treading on the path of “Digital Transformation” Kayson Inc. to build it in mind, the plans to and “the Digital University”. This movement demolish the existing buildings in the site was accelerated through the pandemic and were immediately executed and, finally, the made employment of digital technology 56 dormitory building was torn down with the more essential than before and increased the archive faster responsivenessand alsotorecordand registering “Tickets” toreceive visits andhasguideditsuserstowards reduce itsphonecallsandin-personattendance how thiscenterhasmanaged very wellshow its “SupportingUnit”. The followinggraphs Digital Technologies Center has established in thisfield is essential. In thesame spirit, the UT, providingproper, fastandcareful the roleofdigital technology the needs of users appropriately. According to charming experience fabulous performance through creation of a on digitaltechnologyandithas achieved a system withaneco-system approach based that transforms itsmanagement and academic and affected executionofaffairs inUT. of UT was established completely in this year Management) tothelevelof Vice-Presidency and E-LearningCenterKnowledge pillars ofInformation Technology Center of Digital Technologies Center (with two improved considerably. Improvingthelevel technologies, digitalpreparationsofUT were cyberspace andemploymentofdigital to thereceptionofallUT unitstowards seemed moreandlikely. With regard kept themindsofUT the idea of initiating “Digital UT”, which had employing newcommunicationtechnologies, of thecountry. Inadditiontoexpansionof founded intheindexofhighereducation and, therefore,anewtransformationwas acceleration in daily usage of new technology the emerging opportunitiescausedan of UT hasbeenactivefortwodecades, responsibility oftheCenter. In graphNo.19,reduction in rate of phone Guaranteeing the quality means providing In truth,digital universityisa Although theDigitalTechnologyCenter requestsandresponses. foritsbeneficiaries. expertsbusyforlong, inallactivities of betterand services to

person services. calls is witnessed despite exclusion of in- Education 1- Macro-Actions inRegardtotheField of actions inthisregardwillbementionedhere key with cooperation ofrelevant units. The by the Digital application and implementation iscarried out important and permanent plan of UT and its of activities is an attendance. Automation affairs andreducestheneedforin-person which improvesaccuracy and efficiency of is mechanization andautomation ofactivities One of the goals of the digital transformation a. Automation andDataSystems UT educationalsystem. from PayamNoorUniversitysystemto exam scores and explanatory answersheets of in-person exams; transferring the test- the exam sessions; selecting the procedures toselect the manner of holding designing andautomation of required both onlineandin-person; sessions possibility ofholdingfinaltermexam (in-person andonline): of newstudentsinB.A.andM.A.levels: of newstudents. were employedbyUT duringregistration Education. The aforementioned options university academic resume, diploma and the pre- photo fromtheregistryoffice, acquiring of info in the registry office, receiving the possibility of systematical inquiry were providedviaUT Education System: their basicinfo,thefollowingpossibilities students andimproveaccuracy in collecting order toavoid in-person attendance of new

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The System of Electronic Signing for Stabilizing and Improving the System of Minutes of Enacting the Research Plan Faculty Members Promotion: Stabilizing and Proceedings of Dissertation Defense: the system of faculty members’ promotion In order to remove paper and automation (SATAD) and adding new facilities to this of procedures relevant to defense sessions system has been included in UT agenda in of students, the possibility of electronic 2020. The following examples are among signature and confirmation of proposal abuse reports which have been provided: defense sessions and dissertation defense Redundant registry of activities, receiving 58 sessions is provided in UT education system. notification of percentage of course 2020. and dormitorieswascarriedoutinSpring2020. students’ requestsforin-personattendanceinlabs students, the damagesdonetoresearchactivitiesof circumstances duringthepandemicandreduce Requests: Inordertomanagespecial Administerial Field 3- Macro-Actions intheFinancial 2- Macro-Actions relevant toStudents Affairs residing in facilities, which isexclusive for students Automation of reservation procedure Students Promotion ProcedureSystem. members followuptheirrequestsvia mentioning that from promotion requests.Itisalsoworth renewal ofcontractsandseparating members, possibility of dispatching between the PromotionsCommittee establishing possibility of negotiations of adjustments in reprinting of books, cooperations, representation ofextent throughout UT. designed anditwillsoonbeimplemented in UT agenda. As aresult, it was fully Upgrade System(PAD) wasalsoincluded of Automation of Faculty Members System was successful in 2020, procedures Since theFacultyMembersPromotion was executed. automation in Education System ofUT registration for 2020-2021: Insurance andimplementation of Registration, IncidentsandSupplementary

Reservation SystemforSpotsfacilities: Automation of Procedures of Students’ Automation ofProceduresStudents’ Initiating and Upgrading Systems of Initiating andUpgradingSystemsof Faculty Members Upgrade System: Two-Faced Automation for B.A. automation of registering and inspecting automation of registering andinspecting dorms, wasfulfilledin2020. inEducationSystem: annually 2,100 UT faculty With Two-faced automatic automatic for sports and it

were fulfilled. Life andIncidentInsurancewerefulfilled. registrations and100newin insurance, nearly3,100automatic people, 2,300newlylistedinsupplementary automatic registrationofaround11,500 the processisperformedand,inend, application ofallregulationsregistration, Gateways inDataCenter ofUT: Trust Icon(INMAD)for OnlinePayment Financial Order: of CommodityandService in UT: new complexitiesofthesystem. of UT, suchas automation, isamongthe aforementioned system withothersystems designed anddeveloped.Unification of the faculty members and personnel) was the newarchivesofstaff profiles (Both was acquiredforUT INMADgateways. with InvoicefromtheCentral BankofIran the Certificate of SecuredConnections payments confidently. Inthesamespirit, discussed sothattheuserscouldmaketheir acquiring electronic is being INMAD payment gateways,thenecessityof authentication and locations of online the legal obligations regarding identity evaluate, grade and distinguisheligibility initiated. This systemisestablished to of commodity Contracts Affairs, the evaluating system UT Administration line withtheneedsproposedby UT followingthetestingprocedure. a newversionanditwasimplemented process, thecontractor company provided and alter thestructurestoaccelerate the version ofneo-financial order systems UT Staff: Acquiring andInstallingtheElectronic Establishing the New Version of Neo- EvaluatingSystemfor Providers New Systemfor Electronic Profile of In ordertoimprovetheservices, and service providers was In order to optimize the for Commerce and Dueto

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UT Performance Report 59 March 2020-2021 of commodity and service providers of systematic registering of requests of throughout UT and to improve efficiency assembling such cores is provided via of tender offers and contracts, to ensure automation of this process and, on the first the quality of received services and phase, 43 requests have been registered. commodities, to guarantee justice among eligible bidders, to generate a competitive 5- Macro-Actions relevant to the Vice-Presidency atmosphere, to create transparency and of International Affairs unified procedure in assessment and Upgrading the System of Sabbatical reference of duties to the providers. Leave for Faculty Members and Execution of the New Cycle: Upgrading 4- Macro-Actions Relevant to the Field of the system of sabbatical Leave for faculty Research members to relocate to a new atmosphere Initiating the Anti-Plagiarism of and executing the new cycle (2020-2021) Dissertations and Proposals in the are among the measures taken in the field Approval and Defense Procedures in UT of international affairs. Education System: Inspecting plagiarism in proposals and dissertations throughout 6- Other Actions the defense procedure is made possible via Initiation of UT Data Systems Catalogue web services in UT Education System. It in the website of Information Technology is also worth mentioning that all national Center:

March 2020-2021 universities are obliged by law to perform Upgrading the Election and Voting plagiarism inspections and UT is the System in Accordance with Responsiveness

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT first university in the country to provide to the requirements during the Pandemic: infrastructures in this regard. Developing and Improving Initiation of Online Registration Organizational Intelligence Sub- of Dissertations in IranDoc via UT Systems and Data Refinement (E-Learn, Comprehensive Education System: The Consequences of Corona and etc.): following possibilities in this regard have Implementation of E-Learn System in been provided in UT Education System: the Organizational Intelligence to present Possibility of online registration of managerial reports in accordance with proposed dissertation plan in the process qualitative and quantitative evaluation of proposal and thesis approval in the of holding online classes, assembling procedure of defense via web service in and implementing indexes of pandemic the system of Iranian Research Institute consequences and new performance for Information Science and Technology indexes. (IranDoc) aiming to unify and enrich the Centralized Digital Notification System National Scientific Data and Certificate (Digital Signage): Nowadays, employment Foundation. of centralized digital notification systems Automation of Core-Researching is increasing considerably and it plays a Procedure: Certain research cores have more influential role in public relations of been assembled to expand group research various administrations and organizations. 60 in transdisciplinary area. The possibility Having goal of remote management of of UT viaMOOC. training. It hasalsopresented official courses seriously in professional and Massive OpenOnline Course (MOOC)more the Digital UT, the Center considers using Trainings: will be the measure taken on the path of“Digitalizing” and “Consequence”. In the same spirit, some of “Empowering”, “Application”, “Governorship” UT” basedonactivities in fourlayersof executes theproposedmodelfor“Digital The Towards theDigitalUT b. Actions inLinewith Advancement Apart fromelectronic presentations of the course havealsobeenassembled. management and management of password and Authentication System has been initiated in Identity Authentication was included improvement of substructure of Central To properlyrespondto alltheserequests, via UT’sCenter. Identity Authentication request entering thedatacentersofUT daily basis, nearly 60 thousand people on acertaintimeorlocation. signboards forbroadcasting or advertising that fits displaying define the required contents in a manner digital signboards inmind,thesesystems Online ProfessionalSpecialized and facilities isincludedintheagenda. this systemtoqueueing and equipment was upgraded. Transferring facilities including classes, meeting Substructure for possibility of reserving UT Central Identity Authentication: Digital Technologies Center designs and

System ofReservationfor UT facilities: elaborated onsubsequently. the agenda.Specifically, Inspecting Improving theSubstructure of implementation of users’ passwords Inaccordance with movingtowards them ondigital systemofUT specialized free On a halls

MOOC andadvertisingitpublically. has takenstepsinbrandingofUT’sMOOC new Technology: Managements: E-Learning of topuniversities: procedures. information with regardtomanagement of system toregisterdata,knowledgeand This assembly tried to implement a registry Procedure Management was formed in 2020. UT’s Assembly resources andsubstructure” organizational transformations from “human adjustments”. assembling the budget and structural administration most significant units ofthedomain in the Vice-Presidency of Planningisonethe 5-Domain ofVice-Presidency ofPlanning 2021. Technologies formed inUTof top13universitieswas Digital IT managers and heads of E-Learning centers and ledtoapprovalof36enactments. in thefieldofIT werediscussedinthemeetings the manner of executing demands budget forUT’sinformation technologyand UT units in the field of Information Technology, macro plan of the digital UT, requirements of the enactments. Matterssuchasdesigning were heldinregardtoplanningandpursuing Digital Technologies Centerand14meetings Council of IT wasformedthisyearinthe 2020. electronic interaction rooms were initiated multimedia relations, BAYAN system and Ruling Councilfor Information Interactive NetworksandMultimedia Management ofKnowledgeandData: Secretariat of IT Managersand specialized and skill courses in 2020, UT’s The Secretariat The from November 2020 to March that focuseson“planning, In order to fully exploit of Leading Knowledge and In addition, observing point ofview of the Ruling

Secretariat of of UT units in

UT Performance Report 61 March 2020-2021 which is published in the form of “Annual by UT. Bilateral interaction with the society Statistical Calendar” and also assembling “The has always been UT’s slogan and this matter is First Report on Social Impact of UT” are among clearly demonstrated in the supreme documents. outstanding activities of this Vice-Presidency. “Social Responsibility” and “Professional A terse review of UT Vice-Presidency of Ethics” have been emphasized as one of the Planning in 2020 will be provided here: main three axes in the strategic plan of UT. Investigation of social impact of UT, both 1- Assembling the First Report on Social on the national and international level, is a Impact of UT new phenomenon. Nevertheless, it will soon As the symbol of higher education, UT has turn into one of the most important factors played a unique role in the current history of Iran. in assessment of performance in the field of From the beginning, UT’s name is witnessed higher education. within the most pivotal incidents of the country. In “UT’s Social Impact Report”, as the UT has been the cradle of educating numerous first official report on social academic Impact social, scientific, professional, political, literary in Iran, it has been tried to depict the role and artistic leaders of Iran. For a very long of UT in the development of the country. time, UT has been a locus for sympathy and In the same spirit, the assessment model of synergy of the elites of the society and due to UT’s social Impact, with regard to strategic its universality, various national duties such priorities and also the valuable opinions of as management of a number of scientific and the elites and administrators, has been defined

March 2020-2021 cultural museums and preserving some of the within the following five axes: “UT’s Impact most unique historical works are performed on management of the country”, “preserving UT Performance Report Performance Report UT

Development of Domestic Policies UT’s impact on Innovation and Development of Foreign advancement of Entrepreneurship Policies New Technologies Development of Legal Affairs Impact of UT on science, technology, Development of Sciences Development of Economy management of innovation and Development of Higher the country entrepreneurship Education Management of Crises Development of Defense Development of Roads and Rehabilitating Urbanization impact of the Society Nutrition Safety The Model of UT on social Health Welfare and Anti- responsibility UT's Social Discrimination impact Development of Persian Literature Development of The Stable Culture and Thought UT’s impact on Impact of UT Development Development of Art Optimization of Fuel and Architecture culture, art and on protection of the nature and Consumption Preserving the History history Natural Resources and and Maintaining natural resources Expansion of Green Areas Historical Works Preserving the Nature

62 Graph 20- Representation of the pattern for the social impact of UT of educational, research, international on theconditionofUT invariousfields plans. restrictions in implementation of partsUT’s relations and the pandemic the countrysuchasissueofinternational far even though some serious challenges in achieved between planandperformance on average up to 80% conformity has been UT’s management onfulfillingtheplans, indicates that, asa result of insistence from in domain of Vice-Presidency ofPlanning, strategic plan ofUT whichhasbeenassembled The reportofperformance of thethird5-year Inspection ofIndexes 2- Strategic Planning, Statistics and education bright horizonsonthewayofUT andhigher effective activities, this reportcanprovide In line with the purposeful movement towards innovation, culture,management and service. fields of education, research, technology and the collection students, graduatesandpersonnel,basedon UT members,including elites of UT havebeenidentified among Data andInternational Inventions. As aresult, UT, nationaldutiesandBankof Valuable institutes sumptuous iconsandartistic works, labsand such asmuseums,jungles,historical places, and heritages which areaffiliated to UT and completed duetonumerousnessofelites of UT’s Social Impact” has been designed nature andnaturalsources”. responsibility” and finally “protecting the entrepreneurship”, “developing of science, technology, innovation and culture, art Due totherequirement of accurate info It isworthmentioning that “DataBank that provide services to outside of planners. oftheirelite activities in the and history”, “advancement facultymembers, have caused social and so domain of IT and Cyberspace and changing from Vice-Presidencyof Education to the Presidency after moving E-Learning Center during thepandemic, was upgradedto Vice Center, whoseimportance executed. of Trustees and,in2020,nearly80%of itwas were revised,adjustedandenacted in theBoard Vice-Presidency of Planning in March2020, units’ structures,which had been provided by Additionally, the instructions of educational were approved by the Board of Trustees. assembled and enacted and their statutes Compounds ofKish, Aras and Alborz were units ofUT suchastheInternational Pardis the Detailed Organizations of self-regulating according totheregulations.Furthermore, partly whose structureswerepartlyapprovedand approved byBoardof Trustees, besidesunits Islamic Thought, that lacked detailed structures New Sciencesand Technologies, Education and as Faculties Karmand Website. In the same spirit, units such of Science, Research and Technology and personnel system and HESsystem of Ministry years ofscrutiny and it was uploaded in UT Organization was finalized after nearly two regulations and rules,UT’s newDetailed also adaptingitmoreandwithenacted and approximating it to goals and plans and adjustments intheDetailed Structure ofUT Following 15yearsoffundamental of UT Organization 3- The Detailed Structure and Adjustments evaluate positiveandnegativeaspectsofUT. observe theconditionsofUT over toUT managersinorderforthemto of UT wasassembled and then it was handed executive affairs, theannual statistical calendar The positionoftheDigital Technology unapproved, all received enactment ofEntrepreneurship, World Studies, was pointed out was annuallyand -

UT Performance Report 63 March 2020-2021 its title to the Digital Technologies Center and and investigating to improve other matters are implementing structural adjustments and, in among the main plans of this domain. the end, enacting it in the Board of Trustees. The structure of the Executive Secretariat 5- Budget and Credits of Provincial Management of Higher Education UT 2020 budget booklet and its executional and also the Center for Investigation, Evaluation instructions were assembled and enacted on and Quality Guarantying of Higher Education time by the Board of Directors but unexpected of province of Tehran was assembled and incidents such as the pandemic, alterations enacted by UT Board of Trustees since UT had in coefficient of extra payments of personnel been entrusted with tasks which were relevant and extra coefficient of recruiting the faculty to provincial management of higher education members that should have been financed and assessment of higher education of province through the enacted budget and exclusive of Tehran. incomes, caused major alterations in the The execution of some of personnel enacted budget and its revision in three phases. instructions of UT, which were pending due Despite numerous challenges resulting to ambiguity of executional instructions, were from budget limitations, most UT activities carried out through reciprocal cooperation with were performed via management of income Planning Management and Human Resources assignments. UT managed to handle 2020 Management. Some of the most significant expenses using other financial capacities such examples are revision of the occupational ranks as Extra finances or balancing credits and even

March 2020-2021 and fields, executive instructions of staff’s job- executed crucial projects such as UT tunnel, difficulty, adjustment of salary coefficient of reconstruction of dormitories, construction of

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT the contractual personnel and etc. new dorms, retrofitting Faculty of Literature Investigating the requirements of the UT and Humanities, smartification of facilities, personnel and determining the status of extra adjusting aqueducts and etc. work force in some of the fields and shortage Planning and holding various workshops of staff in some other fields of UT. to notify UT managers of legal capacities of the budget and solutions to increase sources 4- The Domain of Improvement of of income were among concerns of this Vice- Procedures Presidency in 2020 and the aforementioned The administrational domain and executional plans should be developed in 2021. The procedures in various fields of UT, such as potential capacities that can reduce UT’s high education and affairs of students, are one of the dependence on governmental credits and most important issues that should be brought lead to its long term economic stability are under scrutiny. The Council of Procedures marketing, admission of international students, Improvement was formed in 2020 and fulfilled contribution in international research schemes, some of the requirements of the students’ affairs develop and improve free professional courses, such as execution of automation of proposal absorption of domestic and foreign investments approval and dissertation defense session, via execution of joint projects and etc. exclusion of uploading identity documents and Adjustments and additions were proposed taking fore grunted the documents which had in some clauses of 2020 and 2021 budgets 64 been received from Golestan Website Registry and although some were not enacted, but the new opportunity within international scientific that every challenge can be transformed adopt totherecent new mechanisms are essentially required to new circumstances in scientific relations and plan. The pandemic has ofcourse brought about has beenchosenasthefirstgoalofUT’s strategic Promotion ofGlobal Technology andScience” Effective Presence in Cycle of Developing and University’s International among priorities of UT aswell.“Improving of internationalization have alwaysbeen cultural dialogues andfacilitating procedures oriented and educational activities, inter universities. Jointinternational research- employed by governments andobviously education is turnedintooneofthestrategies As aresult, internationalization of higher communications via scientific collaborations. borders andprovidemeansofmoreexpanded The scientistsareabletogobeyondpolitical difficulties from obstructingscientific relations. nature ofknowledgeforbearsdiplomatic important players inthisfield.Unbounded university isconsideredtobeoneofthemost the international community nowadays, the With transformation International Affairs 6- DomainofVice-Presidency of approved withsomeadjustments Economic been discussed in meetings with Council of off UT’s debtsin2021usingtheBarterLaw. 2020, conditions Although theseefforts werenotsuccessfulin been going on to barter some of the debts. negotiations with various organizations have use ofcapacities of 2020and2021budget and approved caseshelpedsomeofUT’s plans. A number of economic macro Serious measureshavebeen taken to make Macro-Plans and they have been havebeenprovidedtotrade conditions.UT hasshown of communications in Position and . planshave into a - Executive and Administrational Executive Qualitative and Developmental Activities, B- areas: A- Affairs can be pursued in two activities of Vice-Presidency of International Development and Promotion of Science”, plan, i.e. “Effective Presence inCycle of and cyberspace. presence partners, UT managedtopresentadynamic by itsinternational interactions. Accompanied budget limitations. oscillations inthenationalcurrencyvalueand transactions, visa, access toscientific sources, restraining sanctions, difficulties in financial since suchgrowthhasbeenachieved despite position inrankingsystemsistwice valuable in URAP position domestically and 254thinternationally last year. Besides, UT hasattained important systems of TIMES andQSinthe indicate improvement Fortunately, acquired resultsfromrankings UT’s performanceresultsontheserankings. orientations of manytherankings’ indexeswithUT’s not based on international rankings, conformity Although UT’s policy Domestic RankingSystems Promoting position of UT including UT’s “RusskiyMirFoundation” and with international institutes and universities of UT’s researchinstitutes research institutes. In the same spirit, some most important duties of the third-type relations and interactions is oneofthe Supporting development of international International Research Institutes Interaction with and Improvement of Joint

A-Qualitative andDevelopmental Activities Based onthefirstgoalinUT’s strategic ininternational scientific community system. General growth ofUT’s hasledtopositive feedback of -making and planning is ofUT’s rankintwo in International and workclosely Activities. the1st all

UT Performance Report 65 March 2020-2021 Table 24- Comparing UT position in various international ranking systems

Year THE QS ARWU (Shanghai) CWUR SCImago Taiwan (NTU)

2017 601-800 601-650 301- 400 723 366 418

2018 601-800 601-650 301- 400 461 429 367

2019 601-800 701-750 301- 400 537 476 344

2020 601-800 601-650 301- 400 543 508 364

2021 501-600 591- 600

ARWU (Shanghai) CWUR SCImago Taiwan (NTU) 723 543 537 508 476 461 429 418 367 364 366 344 March 2020-2021 UT Performance Report Performance Report UT 0 0 0 0

591- 600 601- 650 701- 750 601- 650 601- 650 501- 600 601- 800 601- 800 601- 800 601- 800 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

in a numberنمودار of -UT21 نمایش positionمقایسه the جایگاه دانشگاه between تهران در چند comparison نظامof aرتبه بند ی بینDepiction المللی Graph 21- of international ranking systems

“Chinese Studies Center” which have held and promotion of scientific cooperation will be various educational courses in 2020. created and UT should always be prepared to Initiating international centers such as make use of such capacities. Research Center for Asian Studies, Confucius, Russikey Mir and occupying a number of Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) UNESCO Chairs indicate massive capacities In the last year, numerous agreements were of UT for international interaction and propose signed between UT and other universities to new forms of international collaboration among develop international scientific collaborations. universities that, in case of facilitating the One of the most important examples is 66 circumstances, a huge capacity for development Agreement and Strategic Plan of Cooperation of units of UT have been overwhelming and Pardis Compounds,Faculties and various about. International and studentsothermatters wereconferred were solved, interaction of Iranianprofessors discussed, problemsofinternational students Pardis Compounds and Faculties were present andgeneral issues ofInternational online withUT’s international councilors in thelastyear, monthly In ordertocomply with thehygiene protocols and NetworkCreation Interaction with International moderators these countries have ledtofoundingnewcollaborationswith students insomeunitsweresettled. Such cases the difficulties of presence of some of Iraqi have haddesirable outcomes. For instance, delegation from Syria. These interactions Saint Petersburg Universityandhighranking University, UNANUniversity (Nicaragua), France, Deanof Vienna University, Yunnan Italy, Nicaragua, Iraq, Cultural Liaison of Iraq, Foreign Affairs, Ambassadorof of Minister are asfollows:Switzerland’s Ambassador and of Vice-Presidency of International Affairs that have visited UT in 2020 withcoordination Some ofthemost important official delegations Protocol Hosting Official Delegations and International for Scienceand and TechnologyResearch and Vice-Presidency Collaboration (CISSC) ofMinistry of Science, Center Mendeleev”. This cooperation issupportedby through ajoint financial Technology”, “Biotech”, Energy” and“IT” professors willbesupportedinareasof“Nano signed in2020.Jointplansofbothuniversities’ UT withSaintPetersburg Universitywhichwas forInternational Scientific Studiesand . Technology. activities of many fundcalled“Dehkhoda- sessionswereheld collaboration ofinternational were heldviavariouseffective webinarswith of the Pandemic, numerous scientific sessions beyond imagination in thelast year. Inspite Universities”, “Syndicate of Iran andRussia UT isamember significant international syndicate of which of crisis. The following are a numberof universities’ resilience to make scientific cooperation andinpromotionof as asignificant approachininternational Membership inacademic syndicates isknown Associations Membership in Academic Unionsand received were heldseasonallyinParisandreports and ourcountry’s representative were present, heads ofnational commission ofUNESCO the lastyear, coordinating sessions, in which chairs managed to extend their second term of International Affairs andfortunately all the coordinated of UNESCOchairs in UT have been regularly chairs and it should draw more attention more successfulwithinthedomain of these regional scientific collaborations tendstobe the country’s chairs. Approach of developing potentials and UT hostsmorethanhalfof international leave. professors andstudentswhoare on sabbatical have triedtomaintain connection of UT with meeting were held regularly. These committees were formedinthe Vice “International and relevant international communities, institutes scientific relations with otheruniversities, of UT andalsoexpansionpursuanceof UNCESO Chairsare country’s In linewithInternationalization Plan fromthesechairs. , research centers of diverse countries andpursuedin the Vice-Presidency investmentswhicharefullof Nine-partite Committees” of UT : “Syndicate of Asia-Oceania -Presidency andtheir councilors. anexitout . Affairs . In -

UT Performance Report 67 March 2020-2021 Top Universities”, “International Organization Science and agreeing on holding the first of La Francophonie”, “International Syndicate International Conference on Demography of Universities” and “Federation of the of Iran, Russia and Caucasia and Caspian Universities of the Islamic World”. Sea Countries through cooperation of UT An important subject in regard to and financing support from Russia. presence and membership of UT in academic - Initiating relations between UT and syndicates was presidency of UT’ Dean University of Siberia via negotiations in Syndicate of Asia-Oceania Universities with University of Technology and until January 2021. UT’s Dean is currently Communications of Siberia, which is a member of International Association of located in Novosibirsk, and proposing University Presidents and Syndicate of Asia- cooperation with UT in this field and Oceania Universities. This presence is twice as assigning School of Electrical and valuable during the era of restricting sanctions Computer Engineering of UT as the and oppositions towards presence of Iran in cooperating party. international communities, whereas, attending - Initiating collaborations with Tomsk State these syndicates is a competitive matter among University of Russia and proposing joint universities while some countries are willing webinars on conditions of the pandemic to pay off lavish expenses to accomplish their and experiences of both countries in this goals in this regard. regard. This webinar will be held in April this year.

March 2020-2021 Developing Special Inter-University - Holding online students conference Collaborations with Russia on “Iran and Russiya; New Grounds for

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Through the initiative of esteemed dean of Cooperation in 21st Century” Moscow University and cooperation of UT and - Pursuing cooperation of Pardis Campus following formation of joint annual meeting Faculty of Art with Uzbekistan in the field for top Iranian and Russian universities, inter- of renovation of historical buildings and university collaborations entered a new phase coordination with the Ministry. and led to development of scientific cooperation between the two countries. An influential factor Holding the International Festival with Tehran in development of this cooperation was high University of Medical Sciences souled effort of the then ambassador of Islamic Despite difficulties of the pandemic, the Republic of Iran in Moscow which led to an joint International Festival of UT and acceleration in collaborations specially after his University of Medical Sciences of Tehran return and appointment to Councilor of UT’s was held with emphasis on cyberspace in a dean in International Affairs and Secretary partial-attendance manner with presence of of the Meeting for top Iranian and Russian ambassadors and political representatives of universities and secretary of the Working Group some of the countries. In this festival, various for International Cooperation with Russia, programs were presented and recorded Central Asia and Caucasia. Some of the above videos of messages of international students, mentioned efforts are mentioned here: ambassadors of countries, UT films and - Negotiating with Russian Institute of etc. were also shown and the winners of the 68 Demography in the Russian Academy for festival were rewarded. student exchangearementionedhere: the measureswhichweretakeninfieldof regarding academicyearsforstudents.Someof in thedestinationcountriesandproblems time, rejectionandpostponementofadmissions lab andlibraryresearch,failuretoissuevisason the pandemicconcerningincompletionoffield, dispatch students in spite of negative effects of countries. This administrationtrieditsbestto and technological advancements in other information andfamiliarizationwithscientific attaining experiences and knowledge, updating Benefitting from sabbatical leaves aim at 3- StudentExchanges Afghanistan, 18fromIraqand5 different countries of 2020-2021. The applicants come from23 and non-attendance mannerinthefirstsemester Ph.D. students,wereregisteredinattendance students, including 20 B.A.,49 M.A. and 23 December 2020and92newinternational 125 requestswerereceived until the end of of 2- Admission education ofthesestudentsasmuchpossible. coordination withtherelevantunitstofacilitated pursued and the required measures and like theIranianstudents,mattersofeducation Students 1- NotificationandPursuingthe Affairs of and Administrational Activities ExecutiveandAdministrationalActivities - Introducing 27 students regulations 14 studentsaccording to theexisting - Extending the sabbatical leave of amounts. of UT to 17 students - Issuingverdictofassigningallowances 32 Ph.D.studentsforsabbaticalleave - Investigating and approvingrequestsof residency of international students were residency ofinternationalstudentswere International Students including 57 studentsfrom based on the enacted to use scholarship from China. were taken via were taken via Students International Conferences of Professors and 4- RegulationsofSabbaticalLeaves/ professors andPh.D.students within theplanofErasmus-Plusto - Introduction of 4Spanish Universities State Universityof - Introducingstudentadmissioninthe Moscow Linguistics(Online) spring, summerandwinterschoolsof - Introduction ofstudent admission for scholarship of Waseda University in Japan. Japan International Tomsk State University, Scholarship of Netherland’s Australia, short-termscholarshipofthe Macquarie Universityscholarshipin year scholarshipofJapanStudies, scholarships ofIranandChina,on- - Notifyingstudentsregardingreciprocal Certificate within the format of Joint International - Investigating andintroducing 5students Petersburg of GeneralLawfromUniversitySaint - Admission of one student in the field Petersburg forSpringSemesterof2021 of exchangeswithUniversitySaint - Introducing 10 studentswithin the Moscow StateUniversity). faculty members (Saint relevant to exchange of studentsand international cooperation in theclause - Activating the existingagreements for of World StudiestouseDAAD - Introducing4M.A.studentsfromFaculty sabbatical leave Technology of MinistryScience, Research and regulations with representatives of - Investigating andrevisingofrelevant Plan withENSAM and to be dispatched for government, Scholarship of Moscow LawFirm Cooperation Agency, Petersburg and scholarship format Vice-

UT Performance Report 69 March 2020-2021 Presidency of Education, Research, correspondence with Organization of Students Administration of Educational Services, Affairs to approve departure of students in the Human Resources and Legal Services in climax of the crisis, admission of 2 Faculty more than 10 meetings and enacting it Members, 125 students and 3 researchers to on September 12, 2020 in UT Board of continue education, attend workshops and Directors. short-term programs of the university. - Holding numerous meetings on supporting International Online Conferences and 7-Domain of Administrational and assembling regulations for attending online Financial Vice-Presidency conferences and preparing instructions and The domain of Administrational and Financial relevant forms. Vice-Presidency is without any doubt one of the - Investigating and pursuing automation of busiest and most responsible Vice-Presidencies procedures of sabbatical leave for students of UT due to the variety and enormous extent of with coordination of UT Administration of responsibilities and activities such as personnel Education and the Center of Statistics and and administrational affairs of faculty Informatics. members and staff, financial and auditing affairs, supporting maintenance and repairing 5- International Affairs of Faculty Members of buildings, facilities and welfare, legal - Holding numerous meetings and matters, staff training, logistics, holding tender presenting offers to prepare a platform to offers and auctions, purchasing and contractual

March 2020-2021 assemble new regulations for attendance affairs, protecting amenities and properties, of faculty members in online conferences supervision over financial and administerial

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT and international webinars. execution in all units of UT, affairs of green - Inspecting execution of obligations of areas, interaction and responsiveness to 15 faculty members who had been on observatory administrations (Supreme Audit sabbatical leave last year. Court of Iran, General Inspection Organization - Investigating profiles of 29 applicants of of Iran, Court of Administrative Justice of sabbatical leave in 2021 Iran) via cooperation with General Legal - Dispatching 4 faculty members on a one- Administration and Upstream Administrations year sabbatical leave (General Treasury, Retirement Organization, - Dispatching faculty members on research Social Security Organization, Planning and missions Budget Organization, Ministry of Science, - One research mission from 2 to 6 months Municipality and etc.), cooperation with level- - 7 one-year missions one universities, collaboration with University - 11 cases of extending research missions of Medical Science of Tehran, interaction with staff guild council, Basij Organization for 9- Consul Affairs Professors and personnels. With emergence of Consul Office of UT is responsible for the pandemic in 2020, the responsibilities of consul affairs of students and applicants from this Vice-Presidency increased. the beginning of applying for admission One of the problems of UT in 2020 was until graduation and checkout. The consul financial restrictions. While the universities 70 services for students in 2021 has included budget was increased only 8% in 2020 within and salariesoffacultymembersonlyonce of UT, salaries ofstaff wereincreased twice and theannualinflation added totheexpenses addition, some of UT incomes were not attained the General Budget ofthecountryand,in Key Measures Taken in2020 and etc Vice-Presidency of Science and Technology Ministry ofScience, Research and other relevant administrations such as support ofPlanningandBudgetOrganization Financial and Planning Vice-Presidencies and financial management of allunitsespecially finished numerousprojectsduetotheefficient meet all its requirements completed withthehelpof UT financial procedure, inthisregards,were in Rials. The accountingmethodand the Treasury andreceive in foreigncurrenciesanddepositthem to first time in thecountry, toobtain earnings proposed to initiate a mechanism, for the Iran and Supreme Audit Court of Iran, UT Affairs andFinance, the Central Bank of the supportofMinistryEconomic foreign exchangeearningsofUT: With 5- Adjusting financial procedures in offers andauctions purchasing methodsandholdingtender System (SETAD) fortransparency in 4- Employing the Government Logistic which wasunprecedented 3- Inspecting and updating UT accounts of Trustees Regulations 2- RevisionofUT financial Transactions Presidency ofPlanning interaction and cooperation with UT despite severe financial restrictions via 1- Efficient financial Management of UT Fortunately, UT notonlymanaged to . anditsenactment in theBoard butalsoit initiated or theequivalence and Technology, . Vice- .

initiation of the2 18- Designandexecution of wastewater and Humanities reinforcement of theFacultyLiterature 17- Completion ofthe 1 Foundation students via cooperation with Jamalzadeh 16- Completion ofdormitory of married retirement ofthemembers. and agreement of theOrganization with special the Retirement Fundinregardtoenforcing 15- Negotiating andacquiring approvalof relevant verdictsearlyinFebruary 14- Increasingsalaries of staff andissuing promotion files 13- Completion and commercial alter City (Abrisham Qods Town) inorderto 12- Agreement with theMunicipality of and landsofQodsCity to Landsof Abu Raihan with the Mostazafan Foundations in regard 11- Negotiations and initial agreements second yearintherow Economic Affairs and Finance for the acquiring 10- Adjusting financial inventories and Saderat’s debtclaimant 9- Pursuingandclarifying the caseofBank by GeneralLegal Administration Central Pardis Campus of UT aspursued the ownershipdeedof 8- Acquiring electronic systems 7- Initiation and employment of 11 official info inSANA system. plants propertiesandentering some ofthe initiating accounting of livestock and depreciation of properties, assessing of Properties System, evaluating them 6- Taking inventory and data monitoring land-useofthepropertytoresidential gradesoffacultymembersUT confirmation of Ministry and updating of staff nd phaseofretrofitting and PardisCampus st phaseand ,

UT Performance Report 71 March 2020-2021 treatment project at the Scientific and celebrating the exemplary employee Conference Center of UT located in Farah via abiding by hygiene protocols Abad, Sari 29- Cooperation with Ministry of Science, 19- Smartization, constant monitoring, Research and Technology concerning and comprehensive control on cooling and assembly of regulations and negotiations heating mechanical rooms with the Retirement Fund and Social 20- Holding educational courses for Security Insurance and removing joint managers and staff of UT by Center of in- obstacles of universities with the mentioned Service Training administrations. 21- Negotiations with Housing and Urban 30- Negotiations with Iranian National Tax Development: In regard to fixing the Administration and 90% reduction of tax housing problem of the staff and acquiring fines approval of Ministry of Housing and Urban 31- Interaction with monitoring Development to provide 600 residential administrations and removing ambiguities units in the new city of Hashtgerd and in-between initial agreement over assigning a piece of land with an area of 32 hectares to 8-Domain of Cultural and Social Vice- construct a green town devoid of pollution Presidency 22- Managing and forming committee of One of the priorities and policies of UT in its fighting the Covid-19 and assembling and activities and plans has been to promote delicate,

March 2020-2021 notifying the relevant instructions social and professional skills of students such 23- Assembling and approving instruction as creativity, innovation, critical morale, self-

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT of identifying and assessing providers of management, entrepreneurship and team work commodities morale and some of these skills are obtained 24- Applying and implementing green via cultural and social activities. Therefore, the management protocols in construction of Cultural and Social Vice-Presidency of UT has new buildings and purchase of equipment taken such subjects into consideration in its plans and products with respect to energy saving and has formed his actions based on these plans. concerns 25- Completion of the 1st phase and The Most Important Measures Taken by initiation of the 2nd phase of renovating the Cultural and Social Vice-Presidency of and retrofitting the facilities’ tunnel of the UT in 2020 central campus of UT - Defining and deepening academic culture 26- Supervision over ongoing constructions and identity after confirmation of Supreme Council of - Establishing grounds for moral atmosphere UT Architecture and religious-oriented activities 27- Establishment of Board of Trustees - Promoting quality and quantity of student for Faculty Members Welfare Fund and organizations and increasing contribution pursuing and negotiating to solve the of students in such organizations problems related to the Welfare Fund - Improving specialized skills of students 28- Holding festivals to praise the in order for them to be prepared to enter 72 exemplary children and the retired staff the business market - Automation in culturalandsportiveactivitiesofUT necessary groundstoemploy cyberspace cyberspace and IT andestablishing - Diversifyingtheactivities using development of - Plantooptimize utilization of capacities competence of develop capabilities and toprofessional responsibility and social areas and promote social to playamoreefficient role in cultural - Providinggroundsforfaculty members withscientificstudentunionsasadvising activestudents Collaborationof119 facultymembers students’ familiesinlinewithUT’s 12 Attaining 25650participantsineventsand th Publishing 70online Holding180scientificand internationalMovementfestival workshop forskilltraining Holding230educational 119 active Graph 22-Representation ofthescientificstudentunionsin 2020 promotional events , professionalethics and UT facultyMembers thetoppositionin of cultural affairs via professors workshops inthescientificunions student unions journals Affairs Holdingunisonsessionswithadvising Assemblingexecutionalinstructionof mitteeofthe Holding electionsforthecentralcom Holding the6 professors ofscientificstudentunions Holdingwebinarsessionsonunison foundationandactivityofscientific

Holdinga3minutecompetitionof petitionsofpromotionalspeeches General Office of Cultural and Social General OfficeofCulturaland Holdingtheintramuralfestivalof war veterans. are relatedtotheMartyrsandfamilies of - Promotingstudyskillsofstudentswho sports-oriented - Developing thephysical culturaland study help studentstoselect their future fields to promote - Initiating communications with schools and SocialSystemofUT initiation of theComprehensive Cultural with scientificstudentunions in OctoberandNovember defending dissertations student unionsofUT scientificstudentunions Movement th roundofDELTA com- science and technology and areas - of

UT Performance Report 73 March 2020-2021 Holding 150 cultural events and 43 active cultural unions activities

Participation of 16850 students in the 1450 active students in cultural unions events of cultural unions

Publication of 10 journals Volunteer and responsible activities

Holding elections for cultural unions of Holding the intramural festival of students in October and November Growth

Holding unison webinars sessions with Producing content for the social media activists of cultural unions of students

Graph 23- Demonstration of artistic, religious and social assemblies of students in 2020

Activities of 2500 students in the field 290 active student journals of student journals March 2020-2021 Online publication of 160 journals Issuing Release License for 50 journals UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Attending national festival for students Issuing professional license to publications and media via dispatching 7 journals of 672 works

Holding educational workshops Issuing alteration license for for student publications 72 journals

Holding regular meetings with the supervising committee over publications of Holding webinar unison sessions students

Graph 24- Depiction of student journals in 2020

General Office of Sports Affairs and - Physical health counselling Physical Training - Sports counselling - Holding sports competitions that suit - Presentation of proper trainings condition of the pandemic - Self-evaluation of one’s physics - Attending online competitions of physical - Establishment of Sports Committees of fitness, Taekwondo and Ping Pong students, faculty members and UT staff 74 - Training at home - Pursuing improvement of areas assigned Professional Ph.D. Specialized Ph.

Graph 25-Representation ofemployedstudentswhoare related tothewar veteransin 2020 - Multi-functionalgym–NorthKargar St - PoolinNorthKargar St. to physicaltraining 7830 Grade Table 26-Demonstrationofstatisticsthestaffwhoare related tothewar veterans M.A. Total B.A. Total 3835 جمع Faculty Members Table 25- The number ofemployed studentsrelated tothe Martyrs

3995 1399 D. Total Total Staff ایثارگر شاغل به تحصیل شاهد در سال Specialized Ph.D. Students Under Coverage 908 دكتري تخصصي تخصصي تحت پوششدانشجويان تتپش 5% Studentswith Admission Quota 241 families or thewar veteransin2020 667 3995 1794 1451 667 83 Professional Ph.D. and employedatUT 116 اي حرفه دكتري حرفه اي % 33 5 ورودي سهميه داراي دانشجويان دريسمهووي

83 Studentswith5% Admission Quota and the Warand Veteran the Staff Who Are RelatedtotheMartyrs GeneralOfficeof and Affairs ofStudents دانشجویان نمایش دانشجویان 3415 ارشد كارشناسي ارشد 1621 Students UnderCoverage M.A. 1794 3835 1621 1940 241 33 جمع

- 837 215 622 25 3391 نمودار كارشناسي 1940 B.A. 1451 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 0 Total 7830 3415 3391 908 116

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Graph 26- Demonstration of statistics of the staff who are related to the war veterans and employed at UT نمودار 26- نمایش آمار کارکنان ایثارگر شاغل در دانشگاه Executing the plan of Assigning Advising Professors for Students related to the Martyrs or the War Veterans

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76 Graph 27- Depiction of advising professors to students who are related to the Martyrs and war veterans in separate categories

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های 53 The Islamic دانشجویان Community of Students

- The Islamic 28 Students برنامه 53 نمودار

12 تعداد

تطبیقی نمایش تطبیقی عدالتخواه جنبش عدالتخواه یی Justice-Seeking دانشجو عدالتخواه جنبش عدالتخواه دانشجو Justice-Seeking The Students 31 The Students Movement دانشجویی Movement 2019 2020 31 13

- 29 نمودار 1398 1399

سال سال

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Office of Museums and Cultural Areas of UT Section One: Visits and Income Statistics

Table 27- Earnings from ticket sales of Negarestan Garden-Museum in 2019 and 2020

2020 9.137.660.000

2021 2.029.720.000

3,000,000,000

2,500,000,000

2,000,000,000

1,500,000,000

1,000,000,000

500,000,000

- اسفندFeb-Mar بهمنJan-Feb دیDec-Jan آذرNov-Dec آبانOct-Nov مهرSep-Oct شهریورAug-Sep مردادJul-Aug تیرJun-Jul خردادMay-Jun اردیبهشتApr-May فروردینMar-Apr 20191398 2,411,500 907,080,0 635,550,0 658,350,0 784,440,0 848,050,0 842,760,0 678,040,0 472,170,0 418,630,0 481,090,0 - نا تمام uncompleted 452,030,0 98,830,00 - 130,980,0 201,710,0 409,090,0 293,470,0 258,990,0 184,620,0 - - 20201399 March 2020-2021

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Negarestanنمودار of -the30 نمایش tickets مقایسه salesدرآمد حاصلfrom از فروش earnings بلیت باغ موزه between نگارستان طی سالa comparisonهای of 1398و Graph 30- Depiction1399 Garden-Museum during 2019 and 2020

Table 28- The number of visitors of the Negarestan Garden-Museum in 2019 and 2020

2020 133,234

2021 599,52

Note: Based on notification of National Museum Garden and museum House of Committee to Encounter Corona Disease Moghadam within UCMS concerning shutdown of museums, the - Creating 360-degree online tour of earnings attained from selling tickets of Negarestan Museum Garden both in Negarestan Garden have reduced nearly 78% English and Persian in 2020 compared to 2019. - Executing the first phase of flagstone pavement of margins of north and east Part Two: The Most Important Executed doors of Negarestan Museum House Plans and Actions - Preparation and assembly of identity 78 - Initiation of new website for Negarestan certificate of works in Negarestan Museum The Numberof All ParticipatingStudentsinPerformancesandPrograms - Assembling statute of CouncilPolicy- Tanavoli - Pursuingestablishment of MasterParviz Bank inNegarestanGardenMuseum of Contemporary Visual Arts ofPasargad - Commencement of activities in Museum Heritage List and MoghadammuseumsinIranNational - RegistrationinNegarestan of10works national universitymuseums scientific conference andfestival - Initiating preparations toholdthefirst Garden andMoghadamHouseMuseum The Number

inNegarestanGardenMuseum ها جشنواره های اجرا ا شور ه The NumberofAll تعدادتماشاگران کل Performances of Audiences inAll The Numberof Audiences inthePerformances the Festivals of All Audiences in All Performancesofthe 1010 Graph 31-Representation oftheprograms ofMolaviHall Table 29- The number ofprograms intheMolaviHall The NumberofPerformed Theatres تعدادتماشاگران کل

مولوی Performances of Audiences The Number اجراها 8412 in the

Title تاالر

های of کل تعداددانشجویان مشارکت در کننده کننده در و برنامهاجراها ها نمایش برنامه

All Participating

The Numberof Performances and Programs Students in 4000 The MolaviHall

10 days performances - Overall number ofaudiences of all considering addressees performances: 8,412 people without - Overall number of all audiences in all students in performances and programs: over 4,000 - The numberofall participating students - The number of all performed theatres: 17 Making ofUT Museums - 31 نمایش های اجرا تعداد نمایش های اجرا نمودار of Performed The Number Festivals شده Theatres 17 offestivals: 1,010 people in ofthefestival 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 Abundance 1,010 8,412 4,000 17

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9-Domain of Vice-Presidency of Students intervening the problems on all three levels Affairs and Organization of Students of prevention. This plan improved sense of Services self-worthiness among students and sense The Vice-Presidency of Students Affairs is a of affiliation to UT via pursuance during the domain that is directly at the service of students pandemic, initiation of positive senses of being and tries to remove problems and obstacles understood, establishment of proper grounds and provide required facilities such as loans, for efficient relations of students with the UT nutrition, place of residence, mental and Counselling Center and formation of a positive physical health and grounds for educational image on the students’ side towards supporting improvement and research. Having in mind services of the Counselling Center. the problems created during the pandemic In line with the Plan of “Sympathy” and year, this domain tried to pay special attention “the Plan of Welcoming”, some of the other to providing services that suit the underhung services of UT Counselling Center can be problems apart from performing its inherent named here: duties. The most important activities of this - Upgrading social contribution and Vice-Presidency are mentioned in the following happiness of students through the online four sections: semester and reduction of social isolation of students 1- Development of Services for Hygiene and - Holding Domino national competitions Mental Health specially for students of domestic

March 2020-2021 As one of the most important and most universities with focus on mental health credible national counselling centers, UT - Development of telephonic and online UT Performance Report Performance Report UT Counselling Center performed numerous counselling programs, which will be elaborated on, with - Improvement of students’ awareness of a realistic approach during the pandemic via mental health through holding webinars on improvement of quality and quantity of its mental health activities to encounter destructive effects of - Holding more than 195 webinars which Covid-19 outbreak. were accessible to all students in the The Plan of Sympathy: As mentioned country. The number of participants were earlier, the Plan of Sympathy was executed 176,352 per hour within difficult circumstances of the pandemic - Improving capabilities of experts and aiming at maintaining accountable relations of specialists of counselling centers via UT with students with contribution of 22,700 holding a chain of webinars students. It seems that this plan along with - Production and publication of 131 Plan of Welcoming, which aimed at facilitating volumes containing mental health material process of socializing of new students of UT - Holding a chain of webinars which are and were performed via 3,847 phone calls, exclusive for experts and specialists of attained many positive achievements for universities’ counselling centers and so far students and UT. In addition to improving the 62 specialized webinars have been held positive relations between students and UT, and the number of participants has reached this plan managed to prevent many problems 47,812 people per hour 80 among students via identifying and timely to universitiesclientele and other citizensso during theshutdownprovidednon-stopservices and services of treatment diagnosis bythe Hygiene In spiteofthepandemic in thelastyear, the Physical Health 2- DevelopmentofServices for Hygiene and No 6 7 5 3 2 1 4 Health Center of UT developed and even

Tel Follow-upofpsychological Providing on-phonecounsellingservices Providing in-personpsychiatryservices Presenting onlinecounsellingservices Presenting in Graph 32-DemonstrationofservicestheCounselling Center of UT in2020 psychotherapy services Neurotherapy services Social-work services

Type ofServices 43665 1399

Tel Follow-upTotal of Table 30- The servicesofUT CounsellingCenter 2020 psychological -person counsellingand Total سال

Social-workcondition services 2038 دانشگاه در خدمات مرکز مشاوره Neurotherapy services 9204

Providing in-person condition psychiatry services 746

Presenting in-person psychotherapy services 3069 counselling and these servicesare last that morethan90thousandreferencesinthe Number 15366 43665 2- Activeness of the the dormitories applicants so that no crisis occurred within 1- Assessment ofhealth of alldorm- 5191 9204 2038 3069 5191 9300 year have occurred. Details of some Providing on-phone counselling services 746 نمایش 9300

- counsellingPresenting services online

32 Via MashverappApplication ر ا د و م نمودار 15366 describes here: On phone On phone In-person In person In person In person Method 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 special clinic and

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providing services, within 10 specialized regulations for the disabled students, medical fields, for 11,000 clientele acquiring donations for the affairs of the 3- Initiation of free incident insurance disabled students, organizing UT’s aids to coverage for all students via financing such students according to regulations) from UT 2- Providing grounds for contribution 4- Health evaluation of more than 10,200 of students in improvement of the given students who had entered UT in October services through holding elections of 2020 and collection of info on students Students Unions with underlying disease 3- Assembling the hygiene and nutrition 5- Providing and distributing 195 tablets protocol of the students’ dining halls among students who were left behind from during the pandemic online education via student loans and 4- Hygiene inspection and supervision over benefactors active dining halls during the pandemic 5- Equipping self-services with new 3- The Students Services automating cooking machines and Combi Despite numerous problems during the Star ovens pandemic, Office of Students Services tried to 6- Facilities of presented loans: Developing facilitate process of education and checkout for the amounts and kinds of student loans. students in the last year. Some of the services Specially initiating new facilities to provided are as follows: purchase laptops to implement educational

March 2020-2021 1- Establishing a unit for disabled students justice in using online classes to identify the target society (preparing UT Performance Report Performance Report UT

Table 31- Actions of Office of Students Affairs in the 1st semester of 2020

Numbers So No Types of Student Loans in the First Semester of 2020-2021 Amount Far

1 Educational 3321 659.81

2 Tuition 769 39.410

3 Special Ph.D. loan from the Bank of Development 361 3.423

4 Special Ph.D. loan from the Fund 6211 25.788

5 Dwelling loan for the Elites 3 1.200

6 Essential (Special cases and etc.) 92 1.100

7 Laptop loan 414 20.700

8 Marriage 75 1.710

9 Residence for the Married 07 17.500 82 Total 129.796

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1399 NO 10 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Graph 33-DepictionofactionsUT OfficeofStudents Affairs inthe1stsemester of2020 ( نیمسال سال اول مبلغ

Types ofStudentLoans مسکن the متأهلی the Married 17.5

17.5 1.7120.71.11.225.7883.42339.4118.965 70 5741429311261639671233 70 Table 32- Actions ofOfficeStudents Affairs inthe2 for Residence Special Ph.D.loanfromtheBankofDevelopment

ازدواج 1.71 57 Marriage Special Cases(specialdisease andetc.)

در دانشگاه در Special Ph.D.loanfromtheFund

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163 from the Bank of of Bank the from Special Ph.D. loan loan Ph.D. Special

نمایش

شهریه 39.41

967 Tuition

- 3 تحصیلی 18.965 1233

نمودار nd Educational semester of2020 NumbersSo 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 9311 Amount (millionRials) Number 702 826 991 188 Far 71 82 21 45 1

Amount 22.608 24.933 690.91 2.575 1.967 4.800 1.620 4.179 840.6 240 20

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مبلغ)میلیون لایر( تعداد Amount (million Rials) Number 1139 881 628 240 207 199 54 28 20 24.933 17 22.608 12 1 4.8 6.048 4.179 1.62 2.575 1.967

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نمودار 34- نمایش اقدامات ادارهکل خدمات دانشجویی دانشگاه در نیمسال دوم سال 1399-1398

March 2020-2021

Graph 34- Depiction of actions of UT Office of Students Affairs in the 2nd semester UT Performance Report Performance Report UT in 2019 and 2020

4-Accommodation of Students - Improvement of conditions of the existing During the pandemic, accommodating students dormitories with approach of qualitizing in dormitories was one of the most challenging and efficiency issues of universities all around the country. - Redesigning and executing 1,100 square UT dormitories provided limited access for meters of cultural, welfare, sports spaces students since May hoping to support research in Gods Dormitory No. 3 development and necessity of students’ presence - Fundamental reconstruction of the Martyr in labs, farms and technical workshops while Students Dormitory with area of 1,700 applying instructions that comply with the square meters in 5 floors with capacity of regulations of the Committee of Encountering 160 people Corona. Overall, more than 4,700 students - Fundamental reconstruction of Rudaki managed to use dormitories. Some of the Dormitory with are of 2,700 square meters activities in this domain are elaborated on here: in eight stories with capacity of 180 people - Smartization of 34 powerhouses within - Fundamental reconstruction of Ghods the framework of Green Dorm policies Dormitory with area of 1,700 square - Initiation of system of registering meters in seven stories with capacity of 84 electronic requests of married students 155 people Concerning thetwomentioned functions, pillars communication functions, isoneofUT’s main provided later. agenda and areview of itsactivities will be Office of Public Relations by thePublic Relations. As aresult,recreating society. Suchactivities should becarried out and itssuccessfulinfluential figures tothe of UT isintroduction of various One ofthemanifestations of social responsibility Information 10-Domain ofPublic Relations and Public Relations,withtwomanagerial diagnosed ones conditions of 30suspiciousstudentsand suspicious of Covid-19 manage the diagnosed students or - Initiating RedRoomand Yellow Roomto Azar 16thdorms - Establishingpowerhousesin Amin and Rudaki andGhods1dorms - Installing lifts inShahidMotahari,Ghods, 5 dormswuthareaof1,700squaremeters - Adjusting and changing waterproofing of Rials equipment worth morethan20billion - Repairing 500 squaremeters - Retrofitting dormitory withareaof1,000squaremeters - Retrofitting thewarehouseofUT 25% sofar Jamalzadeh with projectadvancement of support ofCharity Foundation of late Lady with capacity of 300peoplethrough - Initiating talents” whichhasadvanced25%sofar title of “dormstudentswithexceptional with capacity - Initiating construction of anewdorm in accomplishing its missionsand goals. construction of anewdorm UT dormsgymwitharea of and retrofitting sports of167people under the was included in the activities of UT and pursuing and Performance inthe are discussedhere: fields performance of Public Relations of UT in two and - Planningandholdingoccasional ceremonies formal programs environment of UT inceremoniesand advertisement and notifications in public in UT andperforming affairs of - Organizing environmental advertisement personnel benefactors, conference of exceptional top children,festivalofendowersand senior members’ festival, ceremony education festival, research conference, technology centers, international festival, year ofuniversities and research commencement of theneweducational ceremonies such as:ceremony of cooperation invariousfestivalsand - Performingexecutional affairs and held inadministerial - Presentingonlineservicesinallmeetings programs/formal ceremonyof - Documentation (videotaping) of30 in thecountry around 1,000versionsamongtopofficials UT calendar - Assembling, completing and publishing for newstudents) and not holdingthe welcoming country (duetothepandemic circumstances students andsendingthem all around the than 3,500special parcels fornewB.A. - Providing,packinganddispatching more affiliated toUT Association Registration Office andthenregistration of of Graduates”UT inCompanies - Official registration of “Association of “execution” and “content creation” memorials andrelevantgifts of Graduatesinunitsthatare of 2021and distributing Domain ofExecution: domain ofUT UT ceremony of

UT Performance Report 85 March 2020-2021 Performance in the Domain of Content newspapers via close cooperation with Creation multi production medias - Initiating a website of UT news - Creating organizational #dashboard for and analysis aiming at developing UT and monitoring media trends and social dissemination of information (news/ media which are relevant to UT activities reports, interviews, and etc) - Assembling and regular publishing of - Creating qualitative transformation in “Modat” journal which is analytical and approach of dissemination of information news-oriented organ in two languages (6 and public relations of UT via initiation of routine volumes and one special volume new sections in the UT website such as: 1. for “Women’s Day” in 2020) Scientific campaign of #IRAN in 2021 with - Managing emails of general relations performing more than 50 comprehensive with UT and referring them to relevant and scientific interviews with faculty officials or responding to them members, 2. Completion of chronology section of UT from 1934 up to now, 3. 11.Domain of General Office of Legal Initiation of a section for national and Affairs international achievements, 4. Completion Extensiveness of facilities of UT such as of luminaries profile, 5. Rereading news properties, real estate, other movable properties archives and produced reports within last and intellectual properties accompanied by 10 years in order to categorize them base its unique national and international position

March 2020-2021 on the subjects, require constant and competent protection and - Producing, organizing and publishing Office of Legal Affairs is responsible for part

UT Performance Report Performance Report UT more than 1,200 media contents (including of this duty. news, reports, interviews and …) and The history of UT shows that whenever publishing them in UT website Office of Legal Affairs performs its duties - Initiation of social media channels and appropriately, legal and legitimate interests formal notification of UT in Instagram, of UT will be preserved properly. However, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Aparat and UT has suffered considerable losses where Eitaa. there has been irresponsibility in some cases. - Activating multimedia section of the Fortunately, enough care and concern has administration (Producing 4-5 clips from been bestowed on this field in the recent UT activities every month) years. A brief description of UT’s legal - Coordinating execution and playing more activities in 2020 will be presented in the than 70 TV programs for administerial following. activities of UT and also faculty members Following efforts which have been put in - Content updating of UT website 2020, around 220 verdicts have been acquired (including all sections and subsections) from the Judiciary out of which 173 verdicts - Inspection of affiliated websites and have been in favor of UT. In the field of civil notifying the adjustments actions by UT or civil actions against UT, eye- - Creating proper news coverage for catching accomplishments have been attained activities of UT (average of 150 news and this office managed to preserve billions 86 reflections) in media and national of Tomans in financial cases by or against and alsonumeroussub divisions, including of activities andtherangeoftheirinfluence of UT inthelastyear. Duetothe extensiveness all activities, transformations and achievements There isnodoubtthatthisreportcannotreflect The ConcludingRemarks winning ratio). 120 courts andcourtofadministrative justice, ratio). In addition, out of150casesinpublic have beenissuedinfavorofUT (76%winning criminal claims, 53verdicts in the jurisdictions has included 219 legal claims andcomplaints, and theCourtof Administrative Justice,which lawsuits beforetheGeneralCourtofJustice legal claims,civilorcriminal lawsuitsand years fromestablishmentofUT. Campus “one-paper deedforlandsofCentral Pardis have beenachieved among whichisacquiring documentation, eye-catching accomplishments issued infavorofUT. case only, averdictof75billion Tomans was achieved concerningtheirpensions.Inone rights offacultymembersandstaff havebeen confirmed bythe judicial authoritiesandalso transactional independenceofUT havebeen Besides, administrational,financialand certificates whichhavebeenissuedbyUT. scientific creditofUT andeducational Yet, issuingofsuchverdictshavepreserved aspects andcannotbeevaluatedfinancially. issued infavorofUT thathavenon-financial In addition,numerousverdictshavebeen or hinderingfinancialobligationsforUT. UT from losingownershipoveritsproperties are directlyacquiredforUT orpreventing UT. This figureincludespropertieswhich been 79%. Separately, outof69legal and Furthermore, the winningratio of UT in As formanagingpropertiesand verdicts were issuedinfavorofUT (80% of UT” in June 7, 2020andafter 86 ut.ac.ir information, division, containingdetailed and statistical center and etc.,theperformance report ofeach Pardis Campuses,faculties, institutes, research byUT’s PublicRelations. will be announced via its website:

UT Performance Report 87 March 2020-2021 Muhammad Al-Tunji Nechirvan Barzani Asghar Farhadi Hooshang Seyhoun Hossein Alizadeh Researcher and translator President of Kurdistan Film Director Architect Musician Region, Iraq. & Oscar Winner

Marek Smurzynski Janet Afari Kourosh Faramarzi Lotfi A. Zadeh Mohammad-Reza Persian and Iranian culture Professor at University Architect Mathematician and Shafiei Kadkani researcher and expert of California, Santa Barbara Computer Author, poet, literary critic, and Engineering Scientist editor, and translator

William Chittick Armen Der Kiureghian Abbas Kiarostami Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda Caro Lucas Author and philosopher Ex-president of American Film director Supervisor and author of Father of Iran’s Robotic University of Armenia Dehkhoda Dictionary Science

Alan Baghumian Asadollah Radmand Gernot Ludwig Windfuhr Faramarz Tamanna Hossein Elahi Developer of Parsix GNU/Linux Ex-president of Khwaja Retired professor from the Ex-president of the Ghomshei Abdullah Ansari Institute University of Michigan, the University of Afghanistan Philosopher of Higher Education Department of Near Eastern in Kabul Studies

Many high-profile men and women have studied at UT throughout its establishment. Among them, one can find Presidents, Ministers, high-ranking experts, and many national and international leaders, prize/Medal winners. You may find the chorology of the University of Tehran with particular attention to “Development News” on ut.ac.ir/en