Tarbiat Modares University

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Tarbiat Modares University
دانشگاه تربیت مدرس
© Tarbiat Modares University
Established	1982
Type	Public
	Farhad Daneshjo
Location	Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.modares.ac.ir

Tarbiat Modares University is located in Tehran, Iran. It was founded in 1982. It is named for Hassan Modarres, who was the head of the Iranian House of Representatives many years ago and fought for freedom in Persian society. The current president of Tarbiat Modares University is F. Daneshjo.

Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) is a fully Accredited Graduate University and a prestigious center for higher education in Iran. TMU has 7 faculties: Arts, Engineering, Agriculture, Basic Sciences, Humanities, Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, and Medical Sciences. research centers:13 academic faculty members:478 adjunt faculty members:900 master programs:129 PhD programs:77 master students:3203 PhD students:1272 master alumni:1413 PhD alumni:9696 labs:198 employees:464

It is the only university in Iran which offers a master program for Medical Biotechnology and only 6-9 students are admitted annually according on their performance in National Graduate Studies Entrance Exam Konkoor

[edit] Notable alumni

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (محمد باقر قالیباف)
Fariborz Khosravi (فریبرز خسروی), deputy of National Library of Iran

Important Correction: The University's name, "Tarbiat Modares" is NOT after Seyed Hassan Modares, the revolutionist cleric (as it is indicated in Wikipedia), but for the reason that the university was originally established aiming to provide the Iranian universities with new lecturers and research staff. Since after the Islamic Revolution in Iran many university professors who were pro with the Shah's regime were expelled, and there was a shortage of "commited" and "clean" lecturers at that time, Tarbiat Modares University was initially in charge for training (تربيت, in Persian) university lecturers (مدرس, in Persian), and selecting its students after an "idealogic" screening process. Later, however, it admitted students similar to other universities.