Sharif University of Technology

File:Շարիֆի գիտական խորհուրդ.jpg and members of the scientific board of Sharif University of Technology in 1967.]]

The university was founded in 1966 with the name Aryamehr University of Industry by Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi. 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.{{cite book

| last = Mirzayi

| first = Mohammad

| title = Sharif University of Technology Booklet

| publisher = Sharif University Press

| year = 2005

|language=fa}}

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.{{cite web

|url=http://www.nasrfoundation.org/bios.html

|title=Biography / Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr

|access-date=28 May 2008}}

{{cite journal

| last = Leslie

| first = Stuart W.

|author2=Robert Kargon

| title = Exporting MIT: Science, Technology, and Nation-Building in India and Iran

| journal= Osiris

| year = 2006

|pages=123

| issue = 1

| volume=21

| doi = 10.1086/507138| s2cid = 146272994

}} 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 {{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}. Following the revolution, the university was named after Majid Sharif Vaghefi, who was one of the People's Mujahedin of Iran group's leaders who was killed by the members of a splinter group (later renamed to Peykar Organization) who had recently converted from Islam to Marxism and were adamant to forcefully change the Mujahedin's organization's ideology to Marxism.

Currently, the university has about 12,000 students and over 700 faculty members in 16 main departments.{{cite web

|url=http://www.sharif.ir/web/en/10

|title=Sharif University Introduction

|access-date=5 December 2020

|archive-date=25 December 2018

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225072147/http://www.sharif.ir/web/en/10

|url-status=dead

}} During the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022, many students participated, with video footage of the protest and subsequent response by Iranian security forces published first to social media and then by major news organizations. Iranian state news agency IRNA reported that at least 37 students were arrested and most were released shortly afterwards.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-10-03 |title=Iran protests: riot police use teargas on students at Sharif university |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/03/iran-protests-riot-police-clash-with-students-at-sharif-university |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Rebane |first1=Teele |last2=Ritchie |first2=Hannah |last3=Karadsheh |first3=Jomana |last4=Fox |first4=Kara |date=2022-10-03 |title='It was a warzone.' Iranian security forces beat, shot and detained students of elite Tehran university, witnesses say, as crackdown escalates |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/03/middleeast/iran-protests-sharif-university-crackdown-intl/index.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ershad |first=Alijani |date=2022-10-04 |title='They shot at us': A Sharif University student recounts 'apocalyptic' repression of protests in Iran |url=https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20221004-it-was-apocalyptic-a-sharif-university-student-recounts-violent-repression-of-iran-protests |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Observers - France 24 |language=en}}

The main campus of the university is located in the Tarasht neighborhood, near Azadi Square, Tehran, Iran. It is located close to the Azadi Tower, which is the symbol of Tehran and one of the main transportation hubs. The endowment of Sharif University of Technology has been estimated at $25 million.{{cite web

|url=http://kish.sharif.edu/~web/

|title=Sharif University International Campus Website

|access-date=17 November 2008}}

{{Infobox university|

| name = Sharif University of Technology International Campus

| image_name =

| image_size =

| caption =

| native_name = دانشگاه صنعتی شریف
پردیس بین الملل
Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Sharif

| established = 2005

| type = Public

| city = {{flagicon|IRN}}Kish Island

| state = Hormozgan

| country = Iran

| chancellor = Ali Selk Ghafari

| campus = Urban, 1.12 ha

| enrollment = ~1000

| colours = {{color box|#1E90FF}} Light Blue

| language = English language

| website = [http://www.kish.sharif.edu/ www.kish.sharif.edu]|

| coor = {{Coord|26|32|44.65|N|54|00|43.63|E|display=inline}}

| affiliations = Sharif University of Technology

| logo =

}}

Sharif University also has an International Campus on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf. The International Campus of Sharif University of Technology was established in 2005. Today there are two faculties active in this campus: Faculty of Engineering and Science, and Faculty of Management. The campus is currently admitting students for bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in engineering courses and a master's degree in management.

File:Sharif University of Technology.jpg

Sharif University was established in 1966 as an Engineering university with departments of Electrical, Metallurgical, Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering.

{{Infobox university rankings

| name = Sharif University of Technology

| QS_W = 334 | QS_W_year = 2024 | QS_W_ref = {{citation|title=QS World University Rankings® 2022|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2022|publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds Limited|access-date=24 September 2021}}

| THE_W = 401–500 | THE_W_year = 2022 | THE_W_ref = {{citation|title=World University Rankings 2021|date=25 August 2020 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2021/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|publisher=THE Education Ltd|access-date=2 September 2020}}

| ARWU_W = 501–600| ARWU_W_year = 2021 | ARWU_W_ref = {{citation|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2021.html|publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy|access-date=24 September 2021}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| CWTS_W = 371 | CWTS_W_year = 2021 | CWTS_W_ref = {{citation|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2020/list|publisher=Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University|access-date=24 September 2020}}

| USNWR_W = 598 | USNWR_W_year = 2023 | USNWR_W_ref = {{citation|title=Best Global Universities in Iran|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/iran|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=24 March 2022}}

}}In the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities (also known as Shanghai Ranking), the university ranked between 501 and 600 in the world and first in Iran. According to the QS Ranking,{{Cite web|title=QS World University Rankings|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/qs-world-university-rankings|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Top Universities|language=en}} Sharif University of Technology has stood in the first place of Iran and maintained its international rank 334th. In the 2022-2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking, the university ranked 598th in the world.File:Ibn Sina Tower.JPG

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 students Basij and the Association of Muslim students, briefly called Anjoman (Association). Most other smaller groups were allies of either Basij or Anjoman.

Basij was a serious opposer of Mohammad Khatami, the president of the time. Whereas, Anjoman was a loyal follower.

There have 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 martyrs of the Iran–Iraq War at the universities' Mosque court.{{cite news

|url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/03/6035bfe4-0e35-4807-ad4b-cdd4fce89821.html

|title= Iran: Students Protest Burials Of War Dead On Tehran Campuses

|newspaper= Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty

|publisher=Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty (RFEL)

|access-date=28 May 2008

|last1= Esfandiari

|first1= Golnaz

}}

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.{{cite web

|url=http://www.suta.org/bylaws

|title=SUTA Vision and Mission

|access-date=22 February 2011}}

{{See also|List of Sharif University of Technology people}}

• Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, 1965–1967
• Fazlollah Reza, 1967–1968
• Mohammad Reza Amin, 1968–1972
• Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 1972–1975
• Mehdi Zarghamee, 1975–1977
• Alireza Mehran, 1977–1978
• Hossein Ali Anvari, 1978–1979
• Ali Mohammad Ranjbar, 1979–1980
• Abbas Anvari, 1980–1982
• Ali Akbar Salehi, 1982–1985
• Abbas Anvari, 1985–1989
• Ali Akbar Salehi, 1989–1993
• Mohammad Etemadi, 1993–1995
• Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad, 1995–1997
• Saeed Sohrabpour, 1997–2010
• Reza Roosta Azad, 2010–2014
• Mahmud Fotuhi Firuzabad, 2014–2021
• Rasool Jalili, 2021–2023
• Abbas Mousavi, 2023–present

Alumni in academics include the late Maryam Mirzakhani, professor of mathematics at Stanford University and the first woman to be awarded a Fields Medal.

Imprisoned human rights blogger Kouhyar Goudarzi was an aerospace student at Sharif until pressure from state security forces allegedly caused his dismissal.{{cite web |url=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/04/kouhyar-goudarzi-i-wont-be-released-anytime-soon-trial-date-unknown/ |title=Kouhyar Goudarzi: "I Won't Be Released Any Time Soon," Trial Date Unknown |date=12 April 2010 |publisher=International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran |access-date=1 January 2012}} Omid Kokabee, an applied physics and mechanics alumnus,{{cite web

|title = Omid Kokabee (personal homepage)

|url = http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~kokabee/

|access-date = 12 April 2013

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120919035656/http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~kokabee/

|archive-date = 19 September 2012

|url-status = dead

|df = dmy-all

}} was arrested while visiting Iran during his postdoctoral research in University of Texas at Austin.{{cite news|

url=https://www.npr.org/2011/10/07/141090966/iran-charges-student-who-was-in-the-u-s |

title=Iran Charges Student Who Was In the U.S.|

first=Mike|

last=Shuster|

newspaper=NPR|

date= 7 October 2011}} He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for "communicating with a hostile government" and "illegitimate/illegal earnings."{{cite news|last=Maly|first=David|title=UT student Omid Kokabee gains more international support amid prison sentence|url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2013/01/08/ut-student-omid-kokabee-gains-more-international-support-amid-prison-sentence|access-date=12 April 2013|newspaper=The Daily Texan|date=8 January 2013|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118161747/http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2013/01/08/ut-student-omid-kokabee-gains-more-international-support-amid-prison-sentence|url-status=dead}}

File:Maryam Mirzakhani in Seoul 2014.jpg|Maryam Mirzakhani: professor of mathematics at Stanford University and the first woman to be awarded a Fields Medal

File:GM Elshan Moradiabadi.jpg|Elshan Moradi: chess grandmaster

File:Ali Daei, Saipa vs. Al-Rayyan pre-match conference.jpg|Ali Daei: former member and later head coach of Iranian national football team

File:Adel Ferdosipour 2019.jpg|Adel Ferdosipour: football commentator

File:Mohammad-Javad Larijani.jpg|Mohammad-Javad Larijani: Iranian conservative politician, mathematical logician, and former diplomat

File:Eshaq Jahangiri portrait 2018.jpg|Eshaq Jahangiri: Vice president of Hassan Rouhani's government

File:Ali Larijani in meeting with Malian Par. Chairman Issaka Sidibé 02 ().jpg|Ali Larijani: Iranian conservative politician, philosopher, former speaker of Iran's Parliament.

• List of Islamic educational institutions
• Higher education in Iran
• Pardis Technology Park
• Shahbal, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed at SUT
• Iranian Machine Design Competition

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• [http://www.sharif.edu/en/ Sharif University of Technology's home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202052727/http://www.sharif.edu/en/ |date=2 December 2008 }}
• [http://kish.sharif.edu Sharif University of Technology - International Campus]
• [http://kish.ir Kish Freezone Organization]

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