ABOUT THE KNT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

K.N.Toosi University of Technology is one of the largest academic and technological institution in Tehran and one of the best known throughout the country. In all its programs, undergraduate and graduate, K.N.Toosi University of Technology endeavors to provide an environment to promote a high level of professional preparation and performance for students from various backgrounds and areas of the country.

It also establishes high promoting inter-academic relations with distinguished home and foreign institutions on the basis of exchange agreements. Publishing books and journals and holding national and international conventions and conferences are among the other objectives of the University.

K.N.TOOSI University of Technology has been named after a thirteenth century Iranian Scholar "Khadjeh Nassir-Al-Deen Toosi". This scholastic figure has promoted a genuine school of thought in philosophy, and was a historian and an astronomer. Among other things, he built an observatory and a library containing more than 40,000 books.

The university was originally established in 1928 in Tehran and named "Institute of Communications". It was later expanded with an Electronic and Electrical Power Engineering department. The department of Civil Engineering was founded in 1955 as an institutes 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 officiated with the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education and all its levels of education are offered freely.

Ever since the foundation of this institute of higher education, new advanced and postgraduate programs have been initiated as needs have developed and as funds and facilities were made available. At present, the university offers bachelor's (B.S.) degrees in 12 and master's (M.S.) degrees in 13 academic fields. The courses offered have industrial orientation on a broad base. The university has 170 full-time faculty members. The total number of students are about 3,000.

The main research facilities at K.N.TOOSI University are:

These have been used for several successful industrial and defense projects.

Student Services are: