Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) (Persian: دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر), also called the Tehran Polytechnic, is a public technological university located in Tehran, Iran. Founded in 1958, AUT is the oldest technical university established in Iran.^[1][2]

It is referred to as the 'Mother of Engineering Universities'.^[3] Acceptance to the university requires scoring among the top 1% of students in the Iranian University Entrance Exam, known as 'Konkour'^{[citation needed]}

The university was founded in 1928 as a technical academy and was further transformed into a full-fledged university by Habib Nafisi in 1956. After that, it was extended and enlarged by Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, during the Pahlavi dynasty. Named the Tehran Polytechnic, it initially offered five engineering degrees, namely; Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical, Textile, Chemistry, and Construction and Infrastructure. Six months before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Tehran Polytechnic, was renamed after the Iranian prime minister Amir Kabir (1807–1852).^{[citation needed]}

The university now has 18 science and engineering departments, dozens of research groups and laboratories, and three other affiliated centers, located in Garmsar, Bandar Abbas and Mahshahr.^[4] Around 13,400 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. AUT has more than 500 full-time academic faculty members and 550 administrative employees. The executive branch consists of four departments that receive participation from councils in planning and administering affairs.^{[citation needed]}

AUT has signed agreements with international universities for research and educational collaboration. There is a joint program between AUT and the University of Birmingham.^[5]

AUT is the pioneer of sustainable development in Iran^[6] and established the Office of Sustainability in 2011. The activities of this office contribute to the AUT campus by reducing energy consumption, costs, and emissions, and also provide student coursework, volunteer opportunities for students, as well as research and education academic activities on sustainable development. ^{[citation needed]}

The establishment and formation of the Amirkabir University of Technology dates back to October 1956 by Eng. Habib Nafisi (حبیب نفیسی). The core of the university was formed at that time under the name Tehran Polytechnic in order to expand the activities of two technical institutes: the Civil Engineering Institute and the Higher Art Center. After Habib Nafisi, the founder of Tehran polytechnic, Dr. Abedi, became the president of the university for a few months until Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, the principal at the Alborz High School, was appointed as president of the university in 1963.^{[citation needed]}

The university has grown into a national center of science and engineering and its undergraduates number more than 7,000, with a further 6,400 graduate students.^[7] The university boasts 35 undergraduate majors, around 90 M.Sc. majors and 36 Ph.D. and post-doctoral programs.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2013 Shanghai Rankings, Amirkabir University of Technology's Computer Science program was ranked 100–150 globally. In 2014, its Engineering Sciences program was ranked 151–200 globally.^[12] The Polymer Engineering Department of Amirkabir University of Technology is the first and most prestigious Polymer Engineering program in Iran.^[12]

The university also ranked first among Iranian universities in the 2014 CWTS Leiden Ranking.^[13] In the 2014 U.S. News & World Report subject rankings, Amirkabir was ranked 89th globally in Engineering Sciences and 90th in Computer Science.^[14]

The 2021 QS World University Rankings ranked Amirkabir University 477th globally and second among Iranian universities, behind Sharif University of Technology, which was ranked 407th.^[15]

The library and document center at AUT, the largest technical and engineering library in Iran's capital, is one of the richest academic libraries in the technical and engineering field in the region. The library includes a central library and 16 satellite libraries in Tehran and Bandar Abbas. ^{[citation needed]}

AUT has 18 departments, including:

• Science And Technology
• Electrical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Polymer and color Engineering
• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Chemical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering & Management Systems
• Civil And Environmental Engineering
• Physics and Energy Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Textile Engineering
• Petroleum and Geoenergy Engineering
• Maritime Engineering
• Aerospace Engineering
• Chemistry
• Materials and Metallurgical Engineering

Aut Has 4 Campuses, In:

• Garmsar
• Coastal Marine
• Mahshahr
• Kish

Scientific associations exist to help students transform themselves into contributing members of the professional community. Course work develops only one range of skills.^{[citation needed]}

University association websites are as:

• Scientific Association of Physics

• Habib Nafisi (1958–1962)
• Prof. Rahim Abedi (1962)
• Prof. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (1962–1965)
• Prof. Bina (1965–1967)
• Prof. Yeganeh Haeri (1967–1969)
• Prof. Mohammad-Jafar Jadd Babaei (1969–1972)
• Prof. Kayvan Najmabadi (1972–1975)
• Prof. Hossein Mahban (1975–1977)
• Prof. Siroos Shafiei (1977–1978)
• Prof. Miri (1978)
• Prof. Mahdi (1978–1979)
• Prof. Hasan Farid Alam (1979)
• Prof. Kamaleddin Nikravesh (1980–1981)
• Prof. Hassan Rahimzadeh (1981–1982)
• Prof. Aliakbar Ramezanianpour (1982)
• Prof. Reza Hosseini Abardeh (1982–1983)
• Prof. Mohammad Hossein Salimi Namin (1983–1996)
• Prof. Alireza Rahai (1996–1997)
• Prof. Abdolhamid Riazi (1997–2001)
• Prof. Ahmad Fahimifar (2001–2005)
• Prof. Alireza Rahai (2005–2014)
• Prof. Ahmad Motamedi (2014–2021)
• Prof. Hassan Ghodsipour (2021–2023)
• Prof. Alireza Rahai (2023–2025)
• Prof. Abbas Soroush (2025 to present)

AUT is a public university, and the government of Iran partly provides its research funding. AUT has cooperation with industrial companies, especially in the oil and gas industries. As a result, many research projects in the university are funded by industrial companies.^{[citation needed]}

The Amirkabir University of Technology was appointed as a Center of Excellence by Iran's Ministry of Science and Technology in the fields of Biomechanics, Power Systems, Radiocommunication systems (RACE) and Thermoelasticity.

The university houses a supercomputer which has a speed of 34,000 billion operations per second. The computer is available for both university affiliated as well as non-affiliated research.^[16]

Amirkabir Journal of Science and Technology is a scientific journal which publishes research achievements of academic and industrial researchers in all engineering and science areas.^{[citation needed]}

The AUT Journal of Mathematics and Computing (AJMC) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original articles, review articles and short communications in all areas of mathematics, statistics and computer sciences.^{[citation needed]}

Research and Technology Center of AUT is an office which collaborates with industries and universities in order to improve research level in the university.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Fars News Agency reported that the "President of Iran's Amirkabir University of Technology Alireza Rahaei announced the country is preparing to put a new home-made satellite, called Nahid (Venus), into orbit in the next three months".^[17]

• List of Islamic educational institutions
• Amir Kabir newsletter

• AUT homepage
• IBIMA – Iran Building Information Modeling Association

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