2 201 - 1 TEHRAN 201 OF PROSPECTUS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN PROSPECTUS 2011 - 2012 2 201 - 1 201 P.O. Box: 14155-6619 P.O. Fax: +98 (21) 66498873 Email: [email protected] Telephone: +98 (21) 61111 Ext: 2951 +98 (21) 61111 Telephone: Central Administration Office: Enqelab Avenue, Tehran, Iran Avenue, Administration Office: Enqelab Central UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN PROSPECTUS 2011-2012 © 2011 Assistant Editors: Zinat- produced or used in any form to all the students who gave Publisher: Office of Vice- Sadat Motahari, Fatemeh by any means –graphic, elec- permission for us to publish President, International Azimzadeh Mousavi, tronic, mechanical, including their photographs in this The University of Tehran Saeedeh Allahdad, and photocopying, recording, Catalogue. EMail: [email protected] Saeed Baqershahi taping, or any information Project Manager & Editor: Printed by: Print & Design storage and retrieval system– Dr. Mohammad A. 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No part University staff and manage- Ahouie of this Prospectus may be ment for their assistance and Contents General Information ...................................................................... 5 Research Institutes & Centers of Excellence ......................... 173 Iran ............................................................................................ 7 Center for Graduate International Studies ............................. 177 Tehran ..................................................................................... 13 Center for Human Rights Studies .......................................... 178 The Center for Women’s Studies (CWS) ............................... 180 University of Tehran ................................................................... 17 Engineering Optimization Research Group ........................... 183 University of Tehran at a Glance ............................................. 18 Institute for the History of Science ......................................... 185 Useful Information for Foreign Students .................................. 24 Hydraulic Machinery Research Institute ................................ 187 Central Library and Documentation Center of the University .. 27 Institute for Cultural Studies and Research ........................... 189 Institute for Economic Research and Development .............. 190 Colleges & Faculties ................................................................... 31 Institute for Psychology and Educational Sciences ............... 193 College of Agriculture & Natural Resources ............................ 32 Center for Tourism Studies ................................................... 195 Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology .......... 34 Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics ............................... 197 Faculty of Agricultural Science & Engineering ................... 36 Institute of Comparative Law ................................................. 201 Faculty of Economics and Agricultural Development ......... 38 Cooperative Business Research Institute .............................. 203 Faculty of Natural Resources ............................................ 40 Institute of Geophysics .......................................................... 205 College of Engineering ............................................................ 50 Institute of Public Law Studies .............................................. 211 College of Qom ....................................................................... 58 International Center for Persian Studies................................ 212 Faculty of Law.................................................................... 60 Center for International Religious Studies ............................. 217 Faculty of Management ..................................................... 61 Desert International Research Center ................................... 219 Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence and Philosophy .............. 62 Iranian Research Center for Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 221 College of Science .................................................................. 68 Institute for Social Studies and Research .............................. 223 College of Abouraihan ............................................................. 73 Center of Excellence for Rural Studies and Planning ............ 225 College of Fine Arts ................................................................. 79 Kish International Campus ...................................................... 83 Organization .............................................................................. 229 Faculty of Economics .............................................................. 91 Organizational Chart (University of Tehran) .......................... 231 Faculty of Entrepreneurship .................................................... 95 Office of President ................................................................. 232 Faculty of Environment .......................................................... 103 Vice-President, International ................................................. 235 Faculty of Geography ............................................................ 109 Vice-President, Research ...................................................... 239 Faculty of Law and Political Science ..................................... 113 Vice-President, Cultural ......................................................... 241 Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures ...................... 121 Vice-President, Academic ..................................................... 243 Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences ............................ 127 Vice-President, Planning and Information Technology .......... 245 Faculty of Management ......................................................... 133 Vice-President, Finance and Administration .......................... 247 Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences ................ 139 General Office of (UT) President and Public Relations ......... 249 Faculty of Psychology and Education .................................... 143 Center of Information Technology and Cyberspace .............. 250 Faculty of Social Sciences .................................................... 147 E-education ........................................................................... 251 Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies ............................... 153 Student Centers .................................................................... 253 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine .............................................. 157 Faculty of World Studies ....................................................... 167 Science and Technology Park ................................................. 255 General Information 6 UT Prospectus General Information General Information UT Prospectus 7 6 UT Prospectus General Information General Information UT Prospectus 7 Iran Iran is not just a name attributed to specific geographic borders, no matter its geopolitical importance, rather, Iran is and has always been a home to fertile beliefs, dynamic astronomers, mathematicians, scholars and poets whose vigorous, inspirational cadences have, as Rene Grousset, the renowned orientologist once said ‘split over its borders and extended beyond its political and historical boundaries.’ Population: 69,515,000 For many centuries, history Capital: Tehran [7,352,000] books which marvel at the life Total size: 1,648,000 km2 and times of the oldest civiliza- Land size: 1,636,000 km2 tions of the world have referred International calling code: +98 to the ancient wonders of Iran/ Currency: Rial Persia. They have focused on a Flag: land where talented and deeply spiritual people have built a rich culture, a cradle of innovation and creative thinking in a natural paradise of extraordinary beauty. In fact, the geography is so diverse that one can find, in its different climates, the four 8 UT Prospectus General Information General Information UT Prospectus 9 seasons displaying their scenic merchants, artists and warriors, south-western Asia and borders grandeur at the same time. crossed through this land. Iran, the three CIS states, the Re- Iran is therefore not just a name therefore, has been distin- public of Armenia, the Republic attributed to specific geographic guished as a land of dialogue of Azerbaijan, and the Republic borders, no matter what the criti- and interaction between civiliza- of Turkmenistan, as well as cal importance, of its geopoliti- tions since ancient times. the Caspian Sea to the north, cal importance. Rather, Iran is, Like all ancient civilizations, Turkey and Iraq to the west, the and has always been a home to culture constitutes the focal point Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea fertile beliefs, dynamic astrono- and heart of the Iranian civiliza- to the south and Pakistan and mers, mathematicians, scholars tion with historical and urban Afghanistan to the east. and poets whose vigorous, settlements dating back to 7000 inspirational cadences have, as BC. Iran’s art, music, architec- Rene Grousset, the renowned ture, poetry, philosophy, tradi- Landscape orientologist once said ‘split tions, and ideology have made it A series of massive, heavily over its borders and extended an important nation in the global eroded mountain ranges sur- beyond