K. N. Toosi University of Technology
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| K.N.Toosi University of Technology | |
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| دانشگاه صنعتی خواجه نصيرالدين طوسی | |
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| Established: | 1928 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Dr. Seyed Mohammad Taghi Bathayi |
| Faculty: | 250 |
| Students: | 7,000 |
| 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.
[edit] History
The university was founded in 1928, at the age of Reza Shah Pahlavi, in Tehran and was named the “Institute of Communications”(Persian: دانشکده مخابرات). It is therefore considered to be the oldest academic institution across the country. This institute was later expanded with an Electronic and Electrical Power Engineering department. The 50th anniversary of the establishment of this academic institute is celebrated in 1978, and a commemorative stamp was also published in this respect by the Post of Iran, prior to the Islamic Revolution of 1979. 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 affliciated with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran.
[edit] Faculties
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The faculties of this University were founded as following,
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering (1928)[1]
- Faculty of Civil Engineering (1955)[2]
- Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (1955)[3]
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (1973)[4]
- Faculty of Science (1980)[5]
- Faculty of Industrial Engineering (1998)[6]
- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (2006)[7]
- The E-Learning Center (2004)[8]
Due to the varied origins of K.N.Toosi, the faculties are not concentrated in one campus and as a result, the university has 5 campuses plus a central building. However, the plan for centralizing the University is underway.Each faculty has its own computer center and library. All libraries are attached to the Simorgh library network. The university has several housing building available for both men and women. There are also sports facilities on most campuses.
[edit] Programs
The university offers Bachelor's (B.S.) degrees in more than 20 and Master's (M.S.) degrees in more than 44 academic fields.The university also has more than 16 PhD programs. It also hosts more than 4 joint educational programs both at B.S. and M.S. levels. The courses offered have industrial orientation on a broad base. The university has 232 full-time faculty members. The total number of students is about 7,000.
[edit] Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering was founded in 1928. It is the main and the oldest faculty of K.N. Toosi University of Technology. It is also the first Electrical Engineering faculty in Iran. The faculty has about 70 full-time faculty members. Currently, this faculty is among the best Electrical Engineering faculties in Iran, especially in graduate studies in the field of Communications, Controls, and Biomedical Engineering (Signal & Image Processing). It currently offers the following programs:
| B.Sc. | M.Sc. | Ph.D. |
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| Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | |
| Electrical Engineering-Communications | Communications | Communications |
| Electrical Engineering-Controls | Controls | Controls |
| Electrical Engineering-Electronics | Electronics | Electronics |
| Electrical Engineering-Power Engineering | Power Engineering | Power Engineering |
| Computer Engineering-Hardware |
[edit] Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
This is the youngest of the KNTU faculties. The core of the faculty was formed as Aerospace group in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in the year 2000. It provided MSc programs in aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics and aerospace structures. In the year 2001, it launched the first MSc program in space machinery engineering in Iran. Later, in the year 2004, the BSc joint aerospace engineering program with MATI(Moscow Aerospace Technological University) was launched. In the year 2006, the Faculty was officially opened and the first group of BSc state students were admitted through the Iranian University Entrance Examinations.
During the years 2000-2007 the faculty used the facilities of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty. In June 2007, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering moved to its new campus, and the faculty became independent. Some of the facilities of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (such as workshops) were kept on the Aerospace Engineering campus.
The campus is located in University Boulevard, Vafadar St., Tehranpars. The faculty has a large library that is being equipped. The computer center has 20 computers and 3 printers. The mechanical engineering student accommodation is located just beside the faculty. The Nasir Gym is also located beside the faculty.
There are about 170 students studying at the faculty and there are 10 full-time faculty members. The faculty also uses many part-time professors, usually from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The first group of joint program students were sent to Russia in August 2007. The faculty is going to launch its P.H.D program in 2008.
The faculty was the host of the Sixth national and Second international Conference of the Iranian Aerospace Society.
The table below shows the programs currently available at the faculty:
| B.Sc. | M.Sc. | Ph.D. |
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| Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering(Propulsion) | Aerospace Engineering(Propulsion) |
| Aerospace Engineering(Joint Program with MATI University- Russia) | Aerospace Engineering(Aerodynamics) | Aerospace Engineering(Flight Dynamics and Control) |
| Aerospace Engineering(Space Machinery) | Aerospace Engineering(Joint Program with MATI University-Russia) | |
| Aerospace Engineering(Flight Dynamics and Control) | ||
| Aerospace Engineering(Aerospace Structures) |
[edit] Faculty of Civil Engineering
This faculty comprises six groups: water engineering-soil engineering-structural engineering-transportation engineering-environmental engineering It currently offers the following programs:
| B.Sc. | M.Sc. | Ph.D. |
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| Civil Engineering | Water: Water Resources | Applied Designing |
| Water: Hydraulics | Structural Engineering | |
| Environment | Soil and Foundation Engineering | |
| Earthquake | ||
| Structures | ||
| Hydraulic Structures | ||
| Road and Transportation | ||
| Soil Mechanics and Foundations | ||
| Marine Structures |
The campus is jointly used by this faculty and the Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering. The library contains about 7,000 books in Persian, 6,000 books in English and other foreign languages, 130 journals in different languages, and 150 thesis and research reports. The university's bookshop is located on this campus. There is also a housing facility and some sport facilities. The faculty has several fully equipped labs used for research or teaching.
The laboratories are as follows:
Structural Engineering Laboratories: Concrete, Structures, Mechanics of Materials, Materials of Construction.
Water Engineering Laboratories: Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Hydraulic Models.
Road and Transportation Engineering Laboratories: Pavement Properties
Soil and Foundation Engineering Laboratories: Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Earthquake Engineering Laboratories: Structural Dynamics Laboratory, including ambient and forced vibration testing devices for the evaluation and measurement of the dynamic characteristics of the existing structures, as well as an earthquake computer site.
Environmental Engineering Laboratories: Water and Waste Water Chemistry, Redundant Solid Materials, and Microbiology.
This faculty is expert in concrete engineering and has won national and international awards for its achievements in this field. These include first place in 2002 and 2003, second place in 2001 and third place in 2004 in the cement competitions of the American Concrete Institute(ACI). They have also been awarded third place in the bridge design and construction with Balsa wood competition in 2003. The students publish a scientific journal named "Abanegan آبانگان" dedicated to Water Engineering. The faculty has 28 full-time faculty members.
[edit] Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was founded in 1973. In June 2007, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering moved to its new campus. The faculty has 44 full-time faculty members. This is one of the most equipped mechanical engineering faculties in Iran and Middle East. It currently offers the following programs:
| B.Sc. | M.Sc. | Ph.D. |
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| Mechanical Engineering(Heat and Fluids) | Mechatronics | Energy Conversion |
| Mechanical Engineering(Solids) | Applied Design | Applied Design |
| Energy Conversion | ||
| Manufacturing Technology and Processes | ||
| Material science | ||
| Sensing and Control Systems | ||
| Energy Systems | ||
| Automotive Engineering |
[edit] Faculty of Science
The ex-Faculty of Basic Sciences started its activities in 1980 by presenting basic science courses to engineering students of different disciplines. In 1987, the expansion of the Faculty allowed admission of undergraduate applied science students and the name was altered to Faculty of Science. The Faculty consists of four departments: Applied Chemistry, Applied Physics, Mathematics, and the Department of General Courses. The latter department provides courses in theology and ethics, Persian literature, English, and physical education.
[edit] Programs and Degrees Offered at the Faculty of Science
| B.Sc. | M.Sc. | Ph.D. |
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| Applied Chemistry | Physical Chemistry | Electrochemistry |
| Pure Mathematics | Organic Chemistry | Physical Chemistry |
| Applied Mathematics | Inorganic Chemistry | Organic Chemistry |
| Solid State Physics | Analytical Chemistry | Mathematics |
| Pure Mathematics | ||
| Applied Mathematics | ||
| Nuclear Physics | ||
| Solid State Physics |
[edit] Department of Applied Chemistry
The department has 12 full-time faculty members specialized in chemical physics, analytical chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry, and electrochemistry. Besides the undergraduate program, the Department offers an undergraduate program leading to BSc in applied chemistry and graduate programs leading to MSc and PhD degrees in different related disciplines.
[edit] Joint International Programs
KNTU is currently collaborating in various research and teaching programs with many universities around the world. In this regard, Memoranda of Understanding have been signed between KNTU and universities from Australia, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
The courses in most international programs are offered in English. Admission to these programs is either through the National Entrance Exam (Konkoor) or through special exams conducted by KNTU. The tuition fee varies for each program. The following joint international programs are currently active:
MSc program in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems with the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), the Netherlands. MSc program in Automotive Engineering with Kingston University, London, UK. MSc program in Energy Systems with University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. BSc program in Aerospace Engineering with Moscow State University of Aerospace Technology (MATI), Moscow, Russia. Phd program in Aerospace Engineering with Moscow State University of Aerospace Technology (MATI), Moscow, Russia.
