Iran University of Science and Technology
 Iran University of Science and Technology  (University)    | |
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| Motto | "Nothing is Impossible" |
| Formation | 1929 |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Type | Public |
| A research institution and university of engineering and science. | |
The Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran. The university is home to 15 faculties offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of engineering-based subjects as well as maths and physics. In 1995 IUST awarded Iran’s first PhDs in materials, metallurgical and traffic engineering. IUST is the only university in the Middle East which has a school of railway engineering and a school of progress engineering. It is also the only university in Iran which has a school of automotive engineering. There are also 12 research centres, nine centres of excellence and 19 specialised libraries as well as four satellite campuses in other parts of the country.[1] IUST is located on Hengam Street in the Narmak neighborhood in northeast Tehran. IUST and its surrounding communities provide a cultural and recreational environment suited to the work of a major research institution.
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Notable Alumni
Politics and government
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (B.S., M.S., PhD. 1997) - sixth President of Iran, and former Mayor of Tehran
- Hamid Behbahani (B.S.) - former Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)
- Kamran Daneshjoo (B.S.) - former Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)
- AbdolReza Sheikhol Eslami (B.S., M.S., PhD.) - former Iranian Minister of Employment
- Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi (B.S.) - former Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
- Seyyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh (B.S.) - former Iranian Ministery of Oil
- Mohsen Rezaee (B.S.) - former Chief Commander of the IRGC, and secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Alireza Ali Ahmadi (B.S.) - former Iranian Minister of Education, former president of Payame Noor University
- Mohammad Soleimani (B.S.) - former Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran
- Mehdi Ghazanfari (B.S. 1986) - former Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade and former Ministry of Commerce of Iran
- Bahman Eshghi (B.S.) — Secretary-General of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture
Business
- Alireza Nasiri (B.S. 1993) - founder of online degree programs in University of Tehran and father of commercial forestation in Iran
Academia
- Abdollah Jasbi (B.S.) - former president of Islamic Azad University
- Mohammad Ali Barkhordari (B.S.) - professor of Civil Engineering, former president of Yazd University, University of Zanjan, and Iran University of Science and Technology
- Sayyed Mahdi Abtahi (B.S.) - professor of Civil Engineering, president of Isfahan University of Technology
- Jalil Shahi (B.S.) - professor of Civil Engineering, founder and former president of Yazd University, and former president of Iran University of Science and Technology
- Mohammad Bagher Niv (B.S.) - The first graduate of engineering in Iran
An Alumnus on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Summary | Description |
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| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 28 October 1956 | Academic Politician Engineer 9-11/Dissident | An Iranian President who publicly called for an investigation into the events of 9/11 in the UN. |
