Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi | |
![]() Seal of the Islamic Azad University | |
Other name | IAU, Azad University |
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Motto | No official motto
Unofficial mottoes: |
Motto in English | No official motto[1]
Unofficial mottoes include: Seek Knowledge from the Cradle to the GraveIranian Aspirations for Globalization Learn and Live |
Type | Private university system[2] |
Established | May 21, 1982[1] |
Founder | Abdollah Jassbi |
Academic affiliations | SCRC MSRT MOHME AUAP ASAIHL FUIW IAU IAUP |
Endowment | $10 billion (2023)[1] |
Budget | $0.7 billion (2023)[1] |
Chairman | Ali Akbar Velayati |
President | Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi[3][4][1] |
Vice-president | Ali Sorouri-majd |
Academic staff | 53,789 { 21,273 (Full-time) & 286 (Part-time) + 32,230 (Visiting and Adjunct) } (2023)[1] |
Administrative staff | 29,117 (2023)[1] |
Students | 1,177,977 (2023)[1] |
Undergraduates | ~916,654[1] |
Postgraduates | ~199,126[1] |
~62,197 (including professional doctorate, medicine and residency)[1] | |
Location |
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Campus | 33 Universities (2 Independent and 31 state university in 367 branches) and 1,051 Sama Schools under direct administration (2023) |
Media | Farhikhteghan Newspaper, Azad News Agency (ANA), Isca News Agency |
Colours | Dark and light blue[5] |
Sporting affiliations | |
Website | www |
The Islamic Azad University (IAU; Persian: دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi) is a private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities in the world.[6][7] Besides Iran, the university has international satellite branches in countries such as Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and the United Kingdom.