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Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT, دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر), formerly named Tehran Polytechnic, is a public, coeducational research university located in Tehran, Iran. AUT is the first established technical university in Iran (It is referred to as "The Mother of Engineering Universities") and known as the best science, engineering and technology school in the country. AUT has also the first rank for industry related activities in Iran. AUT was founded by Habib Nafisi in 1958 and began activities with 5 engineering departments. With the expansion of the university, now it has fifteen science and engineering departments, and two other affiliated centers, located in Bandar Abbas and Mahshahr. AUT enjoys the co-operation of about 480 full-time academic staffs and 550 administrative employees with an overall number of 9100 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. AUT has the highest ratio of the number of academic staff to the number of students among all other universities within the country. The university's executive branch consists of four departments which enjoy the active participation of various councils in planning and administering their strategic affairs. AUT has also been designated as a Center of Excellence (قطب علمی) by Iran's Ministry of Science and Technology in the fields of Industrial Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. The Department of Computer and Information Technology is also nominated for such honor.
   AUT has established educational and research collaboration with international universities and based on its high quality performance was able to sign mutual agreements for joint scientific activities with well-known universities. The collaboration program between this university and the University of Birmingham is a new international program of Amirkabir University of Technology.
   Also, AUT is one of leading universities in E-Learning systems in Iran which has begun its activities in this method since 2004.

Departments

Former Presidents

Habib Nafisi

Prof. Mehrdad Abedi

Prof. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi

Prof. Yeganeh Haeri

Prof. Mohammad Jafar Jad Babayi

Prof. Kazem Najmabadi

Prof. Hossein Mahian

Prof. Siroos Shafiei

Prof. Miri

Prof. Mahdi

Prof. Hasan Farid Alam

Prof. Kamaleddin Nikravesh

Prof. Hassan Rahmizadeh

Prof. Aliakbar Ramezanianpour

Prof. Reza Hosseini

Prof. Mohammad Hossein Salimi Namin

Prof. Alireza Rahai

Prof. Abdolhamid Riazi

Prof. Ahmad Fahimifar

Prof. Alireza Rahai

Noted Alumni and Faculties

Science and Technology

Akbar Adibi, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Father of Electronics in Iran

Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Mehdi Balooch, Research Engineer in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley and Adjunct Professor of University of California, San Francisco

Ali Dabiri, Former Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Saeed Daniali, Professor of Structural Engineering, University of Washington

Mehdi Dehghan, Professor of Applied Mathematics, One of the Top 20 Most Cited Scientists of the Country

Mohammad Reza Eslami, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, One of the Top 20 Most Cited Scientists of the Country

Fariborz Farahmand, Professor of Computer Science, Purdue University

Kasra Ferdows, Professor of Global Manufacturing, Georgetown University

Keikhosrow Firoozbakhsh, Professor of Biomechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico

Reza Iravani, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto

Mohsen Kavehrad, Professor of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Bahman Litkouhi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Manhattan College

Majdedin Mirmirani, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles

Mohammad Modarres, Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

Mohsen Mosleh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Howard University

Saeed Niku, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University

Hossein Nivi, Dean of University of Detroit Mercy's College of Business Administration

Ali A. Pilehvari, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Massoud Pirbazari, Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California

Mohsen Razzaghi, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University

Kazem Sohraby, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas and Bell Labs

Mahmoud Tarokh, Professor of Computer Science, San Diego State University

Industry

Ahmad Reza Tabrizi, Co-Founder of the Iran Canada Business Council, President and CEO of Taim Consulting Inc. and Taim Canada Inc.

Frydon Torabi, Vice Chair of the Canadian Society of Iranian Engineers and Architects

Art and Culture

Pejman Bazeghi, Actor

Alireza Bazrafshan, Screenwriter

Iraj Karimi, Film Director

Kamal Tabrizi, Film Director

Politicians

Abbas Abdi, Political Activist

Bahaedin Adab, Former Member of Parliament

Ali Afshari, Political Activist

Masoumeh Ebtekar, Former Vice President of Iran, Currently a City Council Elect of Tehran

Naser Khaleghi, Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

Hassan Ghafourifard, Head of Iran's House of Parties, Former Minister of Power, Former Head of the National Olympic Committee and Former Member of Parliament

MohammadReza Hashemi Golpayegani, Former Minister of Science, Research and Technology

Mostafa Hashemitaba, Former Vice President and Former Head of the Physical Education Organization and National Olympic Committee

Soheila Jelodarzadeh, Former Member of Parliament, Political Activist

Hamid Reza Katoozian, Member of Parliament

Mohsen Mirdamadi, Secretary General of Islamic Iran Participation Front, the Largest Reformist Party in Iran

Mostafa Mirsalim, Former Minister of Islamic Culture and Guidance

Ahmad Motamedi, Former Minister of Communication and Information Technology

Behzad Nabavi, Former Minister of Industry and Former Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran

Mohammad SaeediKia, Minister of Housing and Urban Development

Ahmad Reza Tabrizi, Member of the Liberal Party of Canada

Ezzatollah Zarghami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting(IRIB), Iran's Television and Radio Organization

Political Activities

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