Sharif University of Technology
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Sharif University of Technology (SUT) is a university of higher education in technology, engineering and physical sciences in Tehran
. Sharif University of Technology is one of the most prestigious universities in the country, and is considered Iran's MIT. The university is located in the Tarasht
neighborhood of Tehran
within walking distance of Azadi Square
, and has an international campus in Kish, a resort island in the Persian Gulf. The university is named after Majid Sharif Vaghefi
, a former student who was killed in 1975. 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.
Sharif University of Technology (SUT) provides both undergraduate and graduate programs in 14 main departments. The student body consists of about 6000 undergraduate students and 3700 graduate students from all the 30 provinces of Iran. Funding for Sharif University is provided by the government and through private investments. 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.
(محمدعلي مجتهدی). 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 .
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.
, Iran. It is located close to the Azadi Tower
, which is the symbol of Tehran and one of the main transportation hubs. Sharif University also has an international campus in Kish Island in Persian Gulf
.
, Petroleum Engineering
, Chemistry
, Civil Engineering
, Computer Engineering
, Electrical Engineering
, Industrial Engineering
, Mathematical Science, Mechanical Engineering
, Physics
, Aerospace engineering
, Management and Economics. The only non-engineering department is the Philosophy of Science
department, which offers exclusively PhD and M.Sc. graduate degrees.
Sharif University has been noted beyond the borders of Iran. 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".
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." Sharif university school of engineering is acknowledged as one of world best schools of engineering.
In 2008 in response to an invitation from the president of Sharif University of Technology, presidents of six U.S. research universities visited Iran. The group includes Jared Cohon
of Carnegie Mellon University
, J. Bernard Machen of the University of Florida
; C. Daniel Mote, Jr.
of the University of Maryland, College Park
; David Skorton of Cornell University
; Larry Vanderhoef of the University of California, Davis
and David Leebron
from Rice University
. This recognition is highly valuable, as there is no political connection between Iran and United States.
Following is a list of research centers affiliated with Sharif University.
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 .
Sharif University was appointed as a Center of Excellence (:fa:قطب علمی) 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". This appointment is based on national standing based on research achievements and invested funding in the mentioned topics.
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 1997–2003, were student Basij
and the Association of Muslim students, briefly called Anjoman (Association). Most other smaller groups were allies of either or 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 Martyr
s of the Iran–Iraq War at the universities' Mosque court.
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.
The university is known for its large number of alumni who pursue graduate studies and join the academia. While the number of such alumni is large, one can name 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
as some of the more famous ones.
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 carrier 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
.
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
. Sharif University of Technology is one of the most prestigious universities in the country, and is considered Iran's MIT. The university is located in the Tarasht
Tarasht
Tarasht is a very old neighborhood in west Tehran metropolis.The neighborhood is bordered by Azadi Ave. in the south, Jenah Exp. in the west, Aryashahr neighberhood in the north, and Towhid neighborhood in the east....
neighborhood of Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
within walking distance of Azadi Square
Azadi Square
Azadi Square is a city square in Tehran, Iran.It has an area of about 50,000 m2, plus adjacent areas, and is the largest square in Tehran and the second largest in Iran, being smaller than Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan....
, and has an international campus in Kish, a resort island in the Persian Gulf. The university is named after Majid Sharif Vaghefi
Majid Sharif Vaghefi
Majid Sharif Vaghefi was one of the Mujahedin e Khalgh group's leaders who was killed by his friends because of his insistence on keeping Islamic ideology while his friends decided to accept Marxism....
, a former student who was killed in 1975. 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.
Sharif University of Technology (SUT) provides both undergraduate and graduate programs in 14 main departments. The student body consists of about 6000 undergraduate students and 3700 graduate students from all the 30 provinces of Iran. Funding for Sharif University is provided by the government and through private investments. 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.
History
The university was first founded in 1965 with the name Aryamehr Technical University by Dr. Mohammad Ali MojtahediMohammad Ali Mojtahedi
Dr. Mohammad Ali Modjtahedi was an Iranian University professor and lifetime principal of the highly prestigious Alborz High School in Tehran, Iran....
(محمدعلي مجتهدی). 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
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...
appointed Sayyed Hosein Nasr as president of the university with the goal of modeling the school based on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, 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
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan University of Technology is one of the most prestigious engineering universities in Iran. It is located 15 Kilometers north west of Isfahan and is one of the major universities and research poles in Iran in the fields of science, engineering and agriculture...
(IUT). The emblem of IUT still closely resembles SUT's emblem .
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.
Campus
The main campus of University of Sharif's is in TehranTehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran. It is located close to the Azadi Tower
Azadi Tower
The Azadi Tower , previously known as the Shahyād Āryāmehr , is the symbol of Tehran, the capital of Iran, and marks the entrance to the city.-Construction:...
, which is the symbol of Tehran and one of the main transportation hubs. Sharif University also has an international campus in Kish Island in Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
.
Buildings
- SUT Civil Engineering Department
- SUT Aerospace Engineering Departmenthttp://ae.sharif.ir/
- SUT Chemistry Department
- SUT Civil Engineering Department
- SUT Computer Engineering Department
- SUT Department of Electrical EngineeringSUT Department of Electrical EngineeringThe Department of Electrical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology was founded in 1967. With years of activity it is one of the oldest departments of Sharif University of Technology...
- SUT Energy Department
- SUT Management and Economics School
- SUT Materials Science and Engineering Department
- SUT Mechanical Engineering Department
- SUT Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Department
- SUT Physics Department
- SUT Languages and Linguistics Center
- Avicenna Building (ساختمان ابن سینا), the main classroom building named in honor of 9th century PersianPersian peopleThe Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...
scientist AvicennaAvicennaAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā , commonly known as Ibn Sīnā or by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian polymath, who wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived... - Student Union (Shahid Rezaee Building)
- Jaber ebne hayyan Building, named in honor of 8th century Persian scientist Jābir ibn Hayyān
- 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
- Publication Office
- The Restaurant
Profile
Sharif University was established in 1966 as an "Engineering" university. The first departments of the university were Electrical, Metallurgical, Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering. Currently, Sharif University has 14 science and engineering departments in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical EngineeringChemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
, Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural gas. Subsurface activities are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, which are the activities of...
, Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
, Computer Engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
, Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
, Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering
Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...
, Mathematical Science, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
, Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
, Management and Economics. The only non-engineering department is the Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...
department, which offers exclusively PhD and M.Sc. graduate degrees.
International recognition
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering & IT | 264th | 183rd | 145th | 165th | 244th |
Sharif University has been noted beyond the borders of Iran. 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".
Professor Burton Richter
Burton Richter
Burton Richter is a Nobel Prize-winning American physicist. He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center team which co-discovered the J/ψ meson in 1974, alongside the Brookhaven National Laboratory team led by Samuel Ting. This discovery was part of the so-called November Revolution of particle...
'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." Sharif university school of engineering is acknowledged as one of world best schools of engineering.
In 2008 in response to an invitation from the president of Sharif University of Technology, presidents of six U.S. research universities visited Iran. The group includes Jared Cohon
Jared Cohon
Jared Leigh Cohon is the eighth President of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...
of Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
, J. Bernard Machen of the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
; C. Daniel Mote, Jr.
C. Daniel Mote, Jr.
Clayton Daniel Mote, Jr., Ph.D. served as President of the University of Maryland, College Park from September 1998 till August 2010...
of the University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
; David Skorton of Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
; Larry Vanderhoef of the University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
and David Leebron
David Leebron
David W. Leebron is the seventh president of Rice University. He has been a professor and dean of Columbia Law School, until he was named president of Rice University on July 1, 2004. Leebron is the first Jewish president of Rice University....
from Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
. This recognition is highly valuable, as there is no political connection between Iran and United States.
Affiliated research centers
In order to be able to expand its relations with the industry, Sharif 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 http://acri.sharif.ir/
- Advanced Information and Communication Technology Research Center (AICTC) http://www.aictc.ir
- Alborz Observatory for high energy cosmic and gamma rays http://observatory.sharif.ir
- BiochemicalBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
and Bio-environmental Research Center - Condition MonitoringCondition monitoringCondition monitoring is the process of monitoring a parameter of condition in machinery, such that a significant change is indicative of a developing failure. It is a major component of predictive maintenance. The use of conditional monitoring allows maintenance to be scheduled, or other actions...
Center (CMC) - EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
Center - Economical and Industrial Studies research Center
- ElectronicsElectronicsElectronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
Research Center http://sharif.ir/~erc - Energy Technology Research Center
- Green University: environmental research center http://sabz.sharif.ir/
- Industrial Systems Research Center
- Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology http://nano.sharif.ir/
- Institute for Transportation Studies and Research http://itsr.sharif.ir/
- Data and Network Security Laboratory (DNSL) (formerly Network Security Center – NSC)
- Sharif Applied Physics Research Center http://physics.sharif.ir/~appliedphysics/eng2.htm
- Water, Energy and Ocean EngineeringOceanographyOceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...
Research Center http://sharif.ir/~werc/first.htm
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. The people with ranks below the normal capacity of the universities will be required to pay part or all of the tuition.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 .
Sharif University was appointed as a Center of Excellence (:fa:قطب علمی) 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". This appointment is based on national standing based on research achievements and invested funding in the mentioned topics.
Political activities
Prior to the Islamic Revolution many political organizations including but not limited to Fadaian Khalg and People's Mujahedin of IranPeople's Mujahedin of Iran
The People's Mujahedin of Iran is a terrorist militant organization that advocates the overthrow of the Islamic Republic 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
SAVAK
SAVAK was the secret police, domestic security and intelligence service established by Iran's Mohammad Reza Shah on the recommendation of the British Government and with the help of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency SAVAK (Persian: ساواک, short for سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور...
among those Abdolmajid Pirzadeh Jahromi
Abdolmajid Pirzadeh Jahromi
Abdolmajid Pirzadeh Jahromi was an Iranian political activist.-Biography:He was born in Abadan, Iran, in 1954. At the time, Abadan was one of the few centers of intellectual activities in Iran. He studied in Razi High School in the field of Mathematics. Since 8th grade he was fascinated with the...
, 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 1997–2003, were student Basij
Basij
The Basij is a paramilitary volunteer militia established in 1979 by order of the Islamic Revolution's leader Ayatollah Khomeini. The force consists of young Iranians who have volunteered, often in exchange for official benefits...
and the Association of Muslim students, briefly called Anjoman (Association). Most other smaller groups were allies of either or Basij or Anjoman.
Basij was a serious opposer of Mohammad Khatami
Mohammad Khatami
Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...
, 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 Martyr
Martyr
A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s of the Iran–Iraq War at the universities' Mosque court.
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.
Chancellors
| Chancellor | Tenure | Alma mater | Speciality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi Dr. Mohammad Ali Modjtahedi was an Iranian University professor and lifetime principal of the highly prestigious Alborz High School in Tehran, Iran.... |
1965–1967 |  Université Lille Nord de FranceUniversité Lille Nord de France The University of Lille -Nord de France , located in Lille, France, is a center for higher education, academic research and doctoral studies located over multiple campuses in the Academie de Lille.... |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Prof. Fazlollah Reza Fazlollah Reza Fazlollah M. Reza is an Iranian university professor. He was born in Rasht, Iran.-Career:Reza graduated from Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran in 1938 by receiving his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering... |
1967 |  Columbia UniversityColumbia University Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the... |
Network and Information Theory |
| Dr. Mohammad Reza Amin | 1968–1972 | UC Berkeley University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA... |
Physics |
| Prof. Hossein Nasr | 1972–1975 | MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in... |
Physics |
| Dr. Mehdi Zarghamee Mehdi Zarghamee Dr. Mehdi S. Zarghamee is a former Iranian professor of Structural Engineering and former chancellor of Sharif University of Technology. Dr. Zargharmee currently works as Senior Principal in the department of Engineering Mechanics and Infrastructure of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc..Dr. Zarghamee... |
1975–1977 | MIT |
Structural Engineering |
| Dr. Alireza Mehran Alireza Mehran Dr. Alireza Mehran was chancellor of Sharif University of Technology from 1977 to 1978.Dr. Mehran has a Ph.D. in Biophysics from University of Geneva. He was the Vice-president in charge of planning for the Isfahan Campus, before he was appointed President in 1977. But it was a tough time and... |
1977–1978 |  University of GenevaUniversity of Geneva The University of Geneva is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin, as a theological seminary and law school. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for Enlightenment scholarship. In 1873, it... |
Biophysics |
| Dr. Hossein Ali Anvari | 1978–1979 |  INSA Toulouse |
Electrical Engineering |
| Prof. Ali Mohammad Ranjbar Ali Mohammad Ranjbar Dr. Ali Mohammad Ranjbar is an Iranian professor of electrical engineering and former chancellor of Sharif University of Technology.Dr. Ranjbar received the MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Tehran in 1967 and Imperial College London in 1975, respectively... |
1979–1980 |  Imperial College LondonImperial College London Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine... |
Electrical Engineering |
| Prof. Abbas Anvari | 1980–1982 |  Chalmers University of TechnologyChalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:... |
Physics |
| Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi Ali Akbar Salehi Ali Akbar Salehi is an Iranian politician, diplomat and academic and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs since 13 December 2010. Previous to his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran from 16 July 2009 to 13 December 2010... |
1982–1985 | MIT |
Nuclear Engineering |
| Prof. Abbas Anvari | 1985–1989 | Chalmers University of Technology |
Physics |
| Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi | 1989–1993 | MIT |
Nuclear Engineering |
| Dr. Mohammad Etemadi | 1993–1995 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses... |
Electronics |
| Prof. Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad Professor Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad is an Iranian professor of materials science and engineering, former director of Materials and Energy Research Center and once chancellor of Sharif University of Technology.-Education:... |
1995–1997 | MIT |
Metallurgical Engineering |
| Prof. Saeed Sohrabpour Saeed Sohrabpour Dr. Saeed Sohrabpour is an Iranian academic and the 15th chancellor of Sharif University of Technology from 1997 to 2010.He graduated from University of Tehran and later received his Ph.D... |
1997–2010 | UC Berkeley |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Dr. Reza Roosta Azad Reza Roosta Azad Reza Roosta Azad is the current chancellor of Sharif University of Technology since 2010.Roosta Azad holds a BSc from Isfahan University of Technology, a MSc from Istanbul Technical University and a PhD from the University of Waterloo.... |
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Notable alumni
The exact number of Alumni of Sharif University is not available at this point. Many of the alumni are connected to the SUTA association, and enjoy annual gatherings around the world. To count a few well known alumni, one can categorize the alumni as follows.The university is known for its large number of alumni who pursue graduate studies and join the academia. While the number of such alumni is large, one can name Behzad Razavi
Behzad Razavi
Behzad Razavi is an Iranian-American professor and researcher of electrical and electronic engineering. Noted for his research in communications circuitry, Razavi is the director of the Communication Circuits Laboratory at the University of California Los Angeles. He is a Fellow and a...
, Professor of electronics at UCLA, Mohammad Shahidehpour
Mohammad Shahidehpour
Dr. Mohammad Shahidehpour is Carl Bodine Distinguished Professor and Chairman in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he has been a faculty member for the past 25 years...
, Director of electrical engineering department and Associate VP for Research at Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...
, Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani is an Iranian mathematician, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University...
, Professor of Mathematics in Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
as some of the more famous ones.
A number of SUT alumni have been active in industry. Akbar Torkan
Akbar Torkan
Akbar Torkan was the first head of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from 1989. Formerly head of the defense industries establishment, he was a neutral civilian figure with no close ties to either the Iranian Revolutionary Guard or the regular...
, director of Petro-Pars Co. and previous Transportations Minister, Mehdi Setareh, professor of Architecture at Virginia Tech, Manoochehr Manteghi, managing director of Iran Khodro
Iran Khodro
Iran Khodro Company, also known as IKCO, is the leading Iranian automaker with headquarters in Tehran. The company's original name was Iran National. IKCO was founded in 1962 and it produced 688,000 passenger cars in 2009...
, Ahmad Ghalebaani, former managing director of SAIPA
SAIPA
Saipa is the second largest Iranian auto manufacturer.Saipa was established in 1966, with 75% Iranian ownership, to assemble Citroëns under license for the Iranian market...
, 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
Mohammad Ali Najafi
Mohammad Ali Najafi is an Iranian politician and university professor in mathematics. He was Minister of Science and Technology in the Cabinet of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and after that Minister of Education...
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
Mohammad Atrianfar
Mohammad Atrianfar is an Iranian journalist and reformist politician, currently the head of the "Policymaking Council" of the daily newspaper Shargh. He is a member of the Executives of Construction Party...
, former head of Tehran City Council, Morteza Alviri
Morteza Alviri
Morteza Alviri born 1948, is an Iranian politician who served as Mayor of Tehran from 1999 until 2002.-Education:He is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran and has a Master's in Management from the State Management Training Center.-Career:During...
, former Mayor of Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Ali Larijani
Ali Larijani
Ali Ardashir Larijani is an Iranian philosopher, politician and the chairman of the Iranian parliament. Larijani was the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from August 15, 2005 to October 20, 2007, appointed to the position by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,replacing Hassan Rowhani...
, speaker of Majlis
Majlis of Iran
The National Consultative Assembly of Iran , also called The Iranian Parliament or People's House, is the national legislative body of Iran...
and former presidential candidate and former head of IRIB and Mohsen Sazegara
Mohsen Sazegara
Mohsen Sazegara is an Iranian journalist and pro-democracy political activist. Dr. Sazegara held several high ranking positions in the Government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, such as deputy prime minister, minister of industry, deputy chairman of the budget and planning department, and many more before...
, 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
Foad Mostafa Soltani
Foad M. Soltani, or Kak Foad Foad Mostafa Soltani was one of the founders of the Revolutionary Organisation of the Toilers of Kurdistan, popularly known as Komala. He is popularly known as “kak Foad”—meaning “brother” Foad...
, former leader of Komala
Komala
Komala may refer to :* A. P. Komala was a South Indian playback singer.* Komala Saovamala was the Princess of Siam.* Komala's Restaurants is a Singapore-based restaurant-chain serving Indian vegetarian cuisine.* Komalah is a Kurdish political party in Iran....
political party of Iranian Kurdistan
Iranian Kurdistan
Iranian Kurdistan is an unofficial name for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has borders with Iraq and Turkey. It includes Kurdistan Province, Kermanshah Province, Ilam Province and parts of West Azerbaijan province....
and Maryam Rajavi
Maryam Rajavi
Maryam Rajavi is an Iranian politician who is President elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran, a front group for People's Mujahedin of Iran, since 1993. She is the wife of Massoud Rajavi, a founder of the People's Mujahedin of Iran...
, president of People's Mujahedin of Iran
People's Mujahedin of Iran
The People's Mujahedin of Iran is a terrorist militant organization that advocates the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran....
Organization.
Multiple alumni of SUT also continued their carrier as professional athletes. Having been affiliated with SUT's athletic teams, Ali Daei
Ali Daei
Ali Daei is an Iranian retired football player and former national team coach who currently manages a local Iranian team, Rah Ahan. He is a former captain of the Iran national football team, and is the world's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches...
, 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
Adel Ferdosipour
Adel Ferdosipour , is an Iranian journalist, translator, football commentator and television show host and producer. He is the host and producer of the famous and popular TV show: Navad Adel Ferdosipour (Persian:عادل فروسی پور ; born 1974, Tehran, Iran), is an Iranian journalist, translator,...
, prominent football commentator and Elshan Moradi
Elshan Moradi
Elshan Moradi Abadi is a chess grandmaster from Iran. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Leinier Domínguez....
Chess Grandmaster are also SUT alumni.
Other publicly known figures with a Sharif related background include Peyman Yazdanian
Peyman Yazdanian
Peyman Yazdanian is a famous and awarded Iranian pianist and music composer. As a composer, he has written over forty pieces for solo piano and has composed a lot for national and foreign featured films. He has also written original soundtracks for plays and multimedia. He has introduced a new...
, music composer and Mohammad-Javad Larijani, director of Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
The Institute for research in fundamental sciences is a government-sponsored advanced research institute founded in 1989 in Tehran, Iran. The institute was the first Iranian organization to connect to the Internet...
.
See also
- Higher education in IranHigher education in IranIran has a large network of private, public, and state affiliated universities offering degrees in higher education. State-run universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and Ministry of Health and Medical Education .-Pre-Islamic...
- Pardis Technology ParkPardis Technology ParkPardis Technology Park is an technology park, based in Pardis, a satellite city outside of the Tehran metropolitan area, in the Islamic Republic of Iran....
- Sharif's library management system
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External links
- Sharif University of Technology's home page
- Network Security Center(NSC)
- Department of Computer Engineering
- Sharif University of Technology's Graduate Application System
- Sharif University of Technology's Daily روزنامه شريف
- Sharif University of Technology Association
- Sharif University of Technology Alumni Linkedin Group
- Sharif University Mechanical Engineering Alumni
- Sharif University of Technology's Central Library