The
University of Tehran is considered as
Iran's best university and one of the best universities in the
Middle East (it is the largest).
The University of Tehran was established by the Iranian Parliament with the help of scientist
Mahmoud Hessaby in 1934 and originally consisted of six separate faculties:
- Engineering
- Natural Science and Mathematics
- Literature, Philosophy and Pedagogical Sciences
- Medicine and related sciences
- Jurisprudence, Political and Economic Sciences
- Theology
Other faculties were founded later on:
- Fine Arts (1941)
- Veterinary Medicine (1943)
- Agriculture(1945)
- Business Administration (1954)
- Education (1954)
- Natural Resources (1963)
- Economics (1970)
- Foreign Languages (1989)
- Environmental Studies (1992)
In 1992 the faculties of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacology became separated from the University of Tehran and composed the University of Medical Sciences of Tehran[?].
Today over 30,000 students in more than 115 academic fields in 40 academic centers are studying in UoT's six campuses.