Sharif University of Technology (SUT)                           

 SUT is one of the largest engineering schools in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was established in 1966 under the name of Aryamehr University of Technology and, at that time, there were 54 faculty members and a total of 412 students who were selected by national examination.

In 1980, the university was renamed Sharif University of Technology. SUT now has a total of 300 full-time faculty members, approximately 430 part-time faculty members and a student body of about 8,000. Originally, the 20 hectare university campus housed four departments; Electrical, Metallurgical, Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry. Since then, SUT has expanded its services until, today, it comprises ten different departments in science and engineering. All departments offer B.S.,

M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs. 

SUT has established several research centers. These centers, while maintaining their own separate identities, co-exist within the university system. This arrangement gives individual researchers the opportunity and flexibility to conduct research while establishing a working relationship between the university and industry. There are also computer, language, Islamic studies, graphics, workshop and physical education centers on campus, as well as a large central library.

SUT also includes facilities such as the Office of International and Scientific Cooperation (OISC), which is responsible for establishing and maintaining relations with academic and scientific institutions abroad and for organizing events related to the advancement of scientific cooperation. OISC is in charge of the preparation and global distribution of university publications in English and Farsi.

SUT is also a member of the International Association of Universities (IAU), the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

Sharif University of Technology has earned a respected reputation and rank among institutes of higher learning in the Middle East. It strives to continue improving its standards.

The university is located in Tehran, the capital and largest city of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with a population of 12 million. More importantly, Tehran is the industrial nerve center of Iran. It is the ideal location for a technical institution such as SUT which seeks to orient its scholarly pursuits toward the satisfaction of the scientific and technological needs of industry and society as a whole.

The campus is situated in the southwest part of the city, near Azadi Square and Mehrabad International Airport. This location provides easy access to the university from all points in Iran and the world.