K. N. Toosi University of Technology

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K.N.Toosi University of Technology دانشگاه صنعتی خواجه نصيرالدين طوسی

© K.N.Toosi University of Technology
Established	1928
Type	Public
President	Dr. Ali Khaki-Sedigh
Faculty	170
Students	3,000
Location	Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Campus	Urban
Athletics	8 teams
Website	www.kntu.ac.ir/

K.N.Toosi University of Technology (KNTU), is a university in Tehran, Iran.

1 History
2 Faculties
3 Current
4 See also
5 Links

[edit] History

The university was originally established in 1928 in Tehran and named “Institute of Communications”. It was later expanded with an Electronic and Electrical Power Engineering department. The department of Civil Engineering was founded in 1955 as an institute of Surveying. This institute was later joined by the institutes of Hydraulic Engineering and Structural Engineering. The department of Mechanical Engineering was founded in 1973. These institutes of higher education were formally integrated in 1980 and named “Technical and Engineering University Complex”. As a general practice of paying tribute to the scientific and scholastic figures of the nation, the university was renamed in 1984 “Khajeh Nassir-Al-Deen Toosi (K.N.Toosi) University of Technology”. This university is officiated with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran.

[edit] Faculties

The faculties of this University were founded as following,

Faculty of Electrical Engineering (1928)
Faculty of Civil Engineering (1955)
Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (1955)
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (1973)
Faculty of Science (1980)
Faculty of Industrial Engineering (1998)
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (2005)

[edit] Current

The university currently offers bachelor's (B.S.) degrees in more than 12 and master's (M.S.) degrees in more than 13 academic fields.The university also has several PhD and joint educational program. The courses offered have industrial orientation on a broad base. The university has 170 full-time faculty members. The total number of students are about 3,000.