Sharif University of Technology

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Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology (SUT)

Dneshgh-e San'ati-ye Sharif
Sharif University of Technology (SUT)
coat of arms
Established
1966
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Type Public
Endowment US$ 61.58 million
(February 22, 2011)
Chancellor
Reza Roosta Azad
[2]
Vice-Chancellor Seyed-Ghassem Miremadi
Admin. staff 395
Students
10,502
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Undergraduates 5,776
Postgraduates 4,726
Location
Tehran, Iran
35426.47N 51215.18E
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Coordinates: 35426.47N 51215.18E
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Newspaper
Sharif Daily
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Scientia Iranica
Colours Light Blue
Athletics 19 sports
IUSF
Affiliations FUIW
IAU
ICTP
TWAS
Website
sharif.edu
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www.sharif.ac.ir www.sharif.ir
Sharif University of Technology (SUT, Persian: ) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran
known traditionally for research and education in technology, engineering and physical sciences. The university is
located in the Tarasht neighborhood of Tehran within close proximity of Azadi Square, and also has an international
campus in Kish, a resort island in the Persian Gulf.
Established in 1966, it was formerly named the Aryamehr University of Technology and for a short period after the
1979 revolution, the university was called Tehran University of Technology. Following the revolution the university
was named after Majid Sharif Vaghefi, a former student who was killed in 1975.
Today, the university provides both undergraduate and graduate programs in 15 main departments. The student body
consists of about 6,000
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undergraduate students and 4,700 graduate students from all the 30 provinces of Iran.
Funding for Sharif University is provided by the government and through private funding. Undergraduate admission
to Sharif is limited to the top 1 percent of students who pass the national entrance examination administered yearly
by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
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In the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences rankings,
SUT is ranked 2nd in the Middle East. It is in the top 251-275 universities in the world and 37th in Asia in the 2014
Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
[8][9]
SUT also ranked 1st in the Middle East, 6th in Asia, and
27th in the world in Times Higher Education's top 100 universities under 50.
[10]
History
The university was founded in 1966 with the name Aryamehr Technical University by Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi
( ). At that time, there were 54 faculty members and a total of 412 students who were selected by
national examination. Also only four departments were established: Electrical, Metallurgical, Mechanical, and
Chemical Engineering. In 1972, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi appointed Sayyed Hosein Nasr as president of the
university with the goal of modeling the school based on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but with roots in
Iranian culture. In 1974 a new campus of the university was established in Isfahan. But later that campus became an
independent university, named Isfahan University of Technology (IUT). The emblem of IUT still closely resembles
SUT's emblem Wikipedia:Citation needed.
Currently the university has grown to an elite school with over 9000 students, 700 of whom are studying for a
doctorate, and over 500 faculty members in 15 main departments.
Campuses
Main Campus
The main campus of the university is in Tehran, Iran. It is located close to the Azadi Tower, which is the symbol of
Tehran and one of the main transportation hubs. The endowment of Sharif University of Technology has been
estimated at around $25 million.
Buildings
Avicenna Tower
SUT Languages and Linguistics Center
SUT Avicenna Building ( ), the main classroom
building named in honor of 9th century Persian scientist Avicenna
Student Union (Shahid Rezaee Building)
Jaber ebne hayyan Building, named in honor of 8th century
Persian scientist Jbir ibn Hayyn
Aboreihan Birooni, named in honor of 11th century Persian
scientist Abu Rayhan Biruni (hosting departments of
Mathematical Sciences and Industrial Engineering)
Khodro
Central library
SUT Mosque
The gym (I and II)
Publication Office
The Restaurant
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International Campus
International Campus'
coat of arms
Sharif University also has an International Campus on Kish Island in Persian Gulf.
International Campus of Sharif University of Technology was started in 2005.
Today there are two faculties active in this campus: Faculty of Engineering and
Science, and Faculty of Management. The campus is currently admitting students
for bachelors, masters, and PhD degrees in engineering courses and for a masters
degree in management.
Buildings
Central Building
Faculty of Engineering and Science Building
Laboratories and Workshops Building
Language Centre Building
Academic profile
Profile
Sharif University was established in 1966 as an Engineering university with departments of Electrical, Metallurgical,
Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering. Currently, Sharif University has 14 science and engineering departments:
In engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Civil
Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,and
Aerospace engineering.
In science, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematical Science.
In other fields, Management and Economics. The only non-engineering department is the Philosophy of Science
department, which offers exclusively PhD and M.Sc. graduate degrees.
International recognition
See also: SUT world rankings
The chair of Electrical Engineering Department of Stanford University has announced that: "Without a doubt the
finest university in the world preparing undergraduate Electrical engineers is Sharif University of Technology in
Tehran".
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Professor Burton Richter's opinion about Sharif's students during his speech in Sharif university was:
"The students here are very impressive, I expect to hear a lot more from you all in the future."
[12]
Sharif university
school of engineering is acknowledged as one of world best schools of engineering.
Affiliated research centers
The university has supported establishment of Research Centers. These are usually started with a spin off funding
provided by or through university, but will start to accept research and development projects from industry in their
first months of establishment. Most of the employees of these centers are Sharif University students, while in some
cases recent alumni or students of other universities have been recruited as well.
Following is a list of research centers affiliated with Sharif University.
Advanced Communications Research Institute
Advanced Information and Communication Technology Research Center (AICTC)
Alborz Observatory for high energy cosmic and gamma rays
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Biochemical and Bio-environmental Research Center
Condition Monitoring Center (CMC)
Entrepreneurship Center
Economical and Industrial Studies research Center
Electronics Research Center
Energy Technology Research Center
Green University: environmental research center
Industrial Systems Research Center
Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Institute for Transportation Studies and Research
Sharif Applied Physics Research Center
Water, Energy and Ocean Engineering Research Center
Research and endowment
Sharif University is a public university and its funding is provided by the government of Iran. For the top ranks of
the national university entrance exam, education is free in all public universities. Those ranking lower are required to
pay part or all of the tuition.Wikipedia:Citation needed
Industrial companies have supported Sharif University, and provided research funding for the desired programs and
projects. For instance, the Petroleum Engineering department was supported by Iran Oil industries
Wikipedia:Citation needed.
Sharif University was appointed as a Center of Excellence (fa: ) by Iran's Ministry of Science and
Technology in the fields of Advanced Materials, Aerospace Systems, Biological Process Engineering,
Communication, Design, Robotics and Automation, Energy Conversion, Earthquake Engineering, Mathematics,
Physics, Power System Management and Control, and Telecommunications.Wikipedia:Citation needed This
appointment is based on national standing based on research achievements and invested funding in the mentioned
topics.
Student life
Political activities
Prior to the Islamic Revolution many political organizations including but not limited to Fadaian Khalg and People's
Mujahedin of Iran active members and supporters were among students of the Sharif University. In the 14 years
since its inception many active members and supporters were arrested and killed by SAVAK among those
Abdolmajid Pirzadeh Jahromi, Majid Ahmadzadeh (Fedaian Khlaq) can be named.
Through the student political movement after the 2nd of Khordad Movement, Sharif students were also actively
involved. The major groups with political intentions at Sharif, during 19972003, were student Basij and the
Association of Muslim students, briefly called Anjoman (Association). Most other smaller groups were allies of
either Basij or Anjoman. Basij was a serious opposer of Mohammad Khatami, the president of the time. Whereas,
Anjoman was a loyal follower. There has been several clashes between member students of the two groups. Free
speech tribunes, occasionally end in harsh quarrel-like debates. However, the major clash between Anjoman and
Basij occurred while the student movement was in silence in most other universities. In 2006, a serious controversy
resulting in physical tensions, occurred after Basij attempted to bury bodies of unknown Martyrs of the IranIraq
War at the universities' Mosque court.
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Alumni association (SUTA)
Many of Sharif alumni are spread all around the world since lots of them continue their graduate studies in Europe or
North America and also some of them immigrated to these countries, therefore it is not easy to establish local
organization to be contacted by the alumni. Sharif University of Technology Association (SUTA) is a global
organization that was formed in 2000 to facilitate communication and collaboration among the graduates, faculty and
staff of the Sharif University.
This non-profit organization is registered in the state of California, USA and has many chapters and affiliates around
the world. Its mission is to enhance professional, academic, and social contacts among its membership, and to
strengthen the ties between the association members living outside of Iran and the University.
Since 2000 SUTA has had a reunion/conference every other year, in the following cities: San Diego (California),
Toronto (Canada), Hidelberg (Germany), Santa Clara (California), Vancouver (Canada), Gothenburg (Sweden) and
Ottawa (Canada) and the 2014 reunion/conference is set to be held in Milan (Italy).
Faculty and alumni
See also: List of Sharif University of Technology people
Chancellors
Chancellor Tenure Alma mater Speciality
Prof. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi 19651967
Universit Lille Nord de France
Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Fazlollah Reza 1967 Columbia University Network and Information Theory
Dr. Mohammad Reza Amin 19681972 UC Berkeley Physics
Prof. Hossein Nasr 19721975 MIT Physics
Dr. Mehdi Zarghamee 19751977 UIUC Structural Engineering
Dr. Alireza Mehran 19771978
University of Geneva
Biophysics
Dr. Hossein Ali Anvari 19781979
INSA Toulouse
Electrical Engineering
Prof. Ali Mohammad Ranjbar 19791980 Imperial College London Electrical Engineering
Prof. Abbas Anvari 19801982
Chalmers University of Technology
Physics
Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi 19821985 MIT Nuclear Engineering
Prof. Abbas Anvari 19851989
Chalmers University of Technology
Physics
Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi 19891993 MIT Nuclear Engineering
Dr. Mohammad Etemadi 19931995 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Electronics
Prof. Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad 19951997 MIT Metallurgical Engineering
Prof. Saeed Sohrabpour 19972010 UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Reza Roosta Azad 2010current University of Waterloo Chemical Engineering
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Notable alumni
The university is known for its large number of alumni who join the academic world. For example, Behzad Razavi,
Professor of electronics at UCLA, Mohammad Shahidehpour, Director of electrical engineering department and
Associate VP for Research at Illinois Institute of Technology, Maryam Mirzakhani, Professor of Mathematics in
Stanford University.
A number of SUT alumni have been active in industry. Akbar Torkan, director of Petro-Pars Co. and previous
Transportations Minister, Mehdi Setareh, professor of Architecture at Virginia Tech, Manoochehr Manteghi,
managing director of Iran Khodro, Ahmad Ghalebaani, former managing director of SAIPA, and Mehdi Mir Moezzi,
managing director of Iran national petroleum company can be named as some of the more famous alumni.
Many of the SUT alumni have entered in politics, including Mohammad Ali Najafi former minister of higher
education and member of Tehran City Council, Es'hagh Jahangiri, former Minister of Industries and Mines, Abbas
Mohtaj, former commander of Iranian Navy, Mohammad Atrianfar, former head of Tehran City Council, Morteza
Alviri, former Mayor of Tehran, Ali Larijani, speaker of Majlis and former presidential candidate and former head of
IRIB and Mohsen Sazegara, former government official, political activist.
Also, some of the opposition groups outside Iran have members who are SUT alumni. These members include Foad
Mostafa Soltani, former leader of Komala political party of Iranian Kurdistan and Maryam Rajavi, president of
People's Mujahedin of Iran Organization.
Multiple alumni of SUT also continued their career as professional athletes. Having been affiliated with SUT's
athletic teams, Ali Daei, former member and later head coach of Iranian national football team and Iraj Mozzafari,
former captain of Iranian national Volleyball team can be named. Adel Ferdosipour, prominent football commentator
and Elshan Moradi Chess Grandmaster are also SUT alumni.
Other publicly known figures with a Sharif related background include Peyman Yazdanian, music composer and
Mohammad-Javad Larijani, director of Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.
Imprisoned human rights blogger Kouhyar Goudarzi was an aerospace student at Sharif until pressure from state
security forces allegedly caused his dismissal. Omid Kokabee, an Applied Physics and Mechanics alumni, was
arrested while visiting Iran during his Postdoctoral research in University of Texas at Austin. He was sentenced to 10
years in prison for communicating with a hostile governmentand illegitimate/illegal earnings.
References
[1] http:/ / www. sharif. ir/ web/ en/ 10
[2] http:/ / www. sharif. ir/ 4all/ archive/ fa-showarch. jsp?arch=news& date=1389/ 05/ 26& time=1900
[3] http:/ / www. topuniversities. com/ university/ 1389/ sharif-university-of-technology
[4] http:/ / tools.wmflabs. org/ geohack/ geohack. php?pagename=Sharif_University_of_Technology& params=35_42_6. 47_N_51_21_5.
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[5] http:/ / mehr.sharif.edu/ ~sharifdaily/
[6] http:/ / www. sharif. edu
[7] http:/ / eduvp. sharif. ir/ speech86. pdf
[8] http:/ / www. timeshighereducation. co. uk/ world-university-rankings/ 2012-13/ world-ranking/ institution/ sharif-university-of-technology
[9] http:/ / www. timeshighereducation. co. uk/ world-university-rankings/ 2013-14/ world-ranking/ region/ asia
[10] http:/ / www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/ world-university-rankings/ 2014/ one-hundred-under-fifty
[11] http:/ / youtube.com/ watch?v=s957W6jomBc
[12] Sharif University of Technology Best in World in Field of Electrical Engineering: Stanford Chancellor (http:/ / www. mehrnews. com/ en/
NewsDetail. aspx?NewsID=13596)
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External links
Sharif University of Technology's home page (http:/ / www. sharif. edu/ en/ )
Sharif University of Technology's Daily (http:/ / www. sharifdaily. com)
Sharif University of Technology Association (http:/ / www. suta. org)
Sharif University of Technology PressTV documentary (https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=fjm6Fl-n5OA)
on YouTube
Sharif University of Technology Group on Linkedin (http:/ / www. linkedin. com/ groups/
Sharif-University-Technology-Alumni-Association-45429)
Sharif Free Software Users Group (http:/ / fsug. sharif. edu)
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