Shahid Beheshti University

Not to be confused with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

Shahid Beheshti University (SBU)
دانشگاه شهید بهشتی Dāneshgāh-e Shahid Beheshti
Type	Public
Established	1959
Endowment	US$ 78.67 million (December 10, 2014)^[1]
Chancellor	Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi
Students	17067
Undergraduates	7507
Postgraduates	9560
Location	Tehran, Tehran province, Iran 35°48′08″N 51°23′36″E / 35.80222°N 51.39333°E / 35.80222; 51.39333Coordinates: 35°48′08″N 51°23′36″E / 35.80222°N 51.39333°E / 35.80222; 51.39333
Campus	Urban
Website	en.sbu.ac.ir (English)

Shahid Beheshti University is a university in Iran. Established in 1959 as the National University of Iran (NUI), the university started its academic life in 1960 with 174 students in the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, and the Faculty of Banking and Economics. The first Master's course at SBU was offered in the Faculty of Architecture in 1961, while the first Ph.D. program was introduced in the Faculty of Economics in 1991. The university's name was changed during the Cultural Revolution in Iranian universities, 1980-82.

Today, there are 69 programs at Bachelor's, 208 at Master's and 136 at Ph.D. levels. By 1978 several other faculties became active i.e.the faculties of Literature and Human Sciences, Basic Sciences, Law, Earth Sciences, Statistics and Informatics and Education and Psychology.

History

Shahid Beheshti University was founded as the National University of Iran in 1959 by Dr. Ali Sheikholislam, the first private university in Iran. The university was planned to be devoted to graduate studies. At its opening, it consisted of two schools, Architecture and Urban Planning and Banking and Economics, with 174 students in total. Soon the School of Literature and Foreign Languages began its life in downtown Tehran. The first graduate academic degree program was the Master's course in the School of Architecture, launched in 1961. In 1962, a new main campus was built in Evin, a suburb in the north of Tehran. Academic offerings expanded as facilities were added. The first PhD course was offered in the School of Economics in 1991.

Under royal auspices, the university library began to acquire important collections in the field of Oriental studies and literary classics in French and German. During that period, the university library ranked in importance second in the country only to Aryamehr (later Sharif) University of Technology.

In 2013 spring, Power and Water University of Technology (PWUT) was merged into the Shahid Beheshti University As a result, the former PWUT became a part of the Shahid Beheshti University.

Campuses

Abbaspour College of Engineering and Technology(ex-Power and Water University of Technology)^[2]
Campus 2:

It is located in Evin District and extends into Velenjak District in northwestern Tehran, Iran, on a main campus of approximately one million square meters. The university was founded in 1959. Due to an academic reform in 1986 the medical schools were separated from the main universities and became Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences working within the purview of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

Faculties

Faculty of Mathematical Sciences

Faculty of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Telecommunication
- Department of Electronics
- Department of Power
Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering
- Department of Software Engineering & Information Technology
- Department of Artificial Intelligence
- Department of Computer Architecture and Network
Faculty of Architecture & Urban Engineering
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Construction
- Department of Design
- Department for History of Architecture and Preservation
- Department of Reconstruction
- Department of Urban Planning
Faculty of Business & Management
- Department of Public Management
- Department of Business Management
- Department of Commercial Management
- Department of Financial Management
- Department of Industrial Management
- Department of Entrepreneurial Management
- Institute for Research
Faculty of Biological Sciences

School of Biological Sciences in Shahid Beheshti University in Iran, Tehran.

- Department of Biology
- Department of Genetics
- Department of Marine Biology
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Plant Sciences
- Department of Zoology
Faculty of Economics & Political Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of Political Sciences
Faculty of Energy Sciences & Modern Technologies
- Department of Aeronautics
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Energy
- Department of Nanotechnology
- Department of Cellulose and Paper sciences
Faculty of Geological Sciences
- Department of Geology
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geophysics
Faculty of Law
- Department of Criminology & Criminal Law
- Department of Intellectual Property
- Department of International Trade Law
- Department of Economic Law
- Department of Environmental Law
- Department of Human Rights
- Department of International Law
- Department of Private Law
- Department of Public Law
Faculty of Literature & Human Sciences
- Department of Linguistics and Literature
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of History
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of Sociology
- Institute of Iranology
Faculty of Mathematical Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Computer Sciences
Faculty of Nuclear Engineering
- Department of Applied Radiation
- Department of Fuel-Recycling
- Department of Radiology (Medical Radiation)
Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Sciences
Faculty of Psychology and Education
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Behavioral Studies & Advising
- Department of Educational Sciences
Faculty of Sciences
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Physics
Faculty of Water & environment (Civil) Engineering
- Department of Water Resources Engineering
- Department of Water and Waste water Engineering
- Department of Structural and Geo technical Engineering
- Department of Environmental Engineering

Research centers

Automated Software Engineering Research Group
Center for Environmental Researches
Center for Family Researches
Center for Medicinal Plant and Drug Research Institute
- Phytochemistry)
Center for Laser & Plasma Research (Laser Research Institute)
- Fiber optics
- LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy)
- Magneto-optics
- Non-destructive Testing
- Polymers and Organic Materials Photonics headed by Dr.Mohajerani
Center for Pharmaceutical Research

Notable faculty and alumni

Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a graduate of the School of Architecture, the last prime minister in modern Iranian history, and the leader of the Green Movement
Hashem Aghajari, a professor of history who was sentenced to death by the Islamic regime of Iran in 2002 on account of his anti-clerical remarks, but after nationwide demonstrations by Iranian students his life was spared
Masoumeh Ebtekar, the first female Vice President in Iranian history
Abbas Milani, former professor of political science, now director of Hoover Institution and professor of Iranian Studies at Stanford University
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, philosopher, served as chancellor of the university in the mid-1970s
Mohsen Sazegara, former government official, political activist. Earned his master's degree in history from the university
Saeed Laylaz, economist and journalist
Leila Araghian, architect
Farhad Dejpasand, economist and deputy supervisor of Budget and planning organisation

World rankings

^[3] World ranking 851
Category B++
Article 64.80
Citation 63.34
Total Document 30.59
JIT 54.25
JCIT 45.11
Collaboration 45.32
Total 303.42

References

↑ "Financial information=December 10 2014".
↑ http://www.pwut.ac.ir/EN/About/Pages/MessageMGR.aspx
↑ "University Ranking by Academic Performance". None. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

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Colleges and universities in Tehran

Public

Ministry of Science	Allameh Tabatabaei University Alzahra University Amirkabir University of Technology Enghelāb-e Eslāmi Technical College Iran University of Science and Technology Kharazmi University K.N.Toosi University of Technology Power and Water University of Technology Shahed University Shahid Beheshti University Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University Sharif University of Technology Tarbiat Modares University Tehran University of Art University of Tehran University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services

Ministry of Health	Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Other	Amin Police University Iran Broadcasting University Dar ul-Funun Imam Hossein University Imam Sadiq University Malek-Ashtar University of Technology Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences

Private

Islamic Azad University	Science and Research Branch Central Tehran Branch South Tehran Branch North Tehran Branch Tehran Medical Branch Tehran Dental Branch

Other	University of Science and Culture

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