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دانشگاه خوارزمی | |
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Former names | Tehran University of Teacher Training (TOT) |
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Motto in English | Better Education for Better World |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1919 |
| Chancellor | Ali Hasanbeigi |
Academic staff | 541 |
| Students | ~14,500 |
| Undergraduates | 7850 |
| Postgraduates | 3400 |
| Location | , Iran, Middle East |
| Campus | Karaj and Tehran |
| Website | khu.ac.ir |
Kharazmi University (Abbreviation: KHU) (Persian: دانشگاه خوارزمی, Daneshgah-e Xuarazmi) [Former Name: Tehran University of Teacher Training (Persian: دانشگاه تربیت معلم سابق)] is a major public research university in Iran, KHU named after Khwarizmi (c. 780–850), Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer, offering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in a variety of disciplines. KHU is considered as the oldest institution of higher education in Iran.[1][2] It was established in 1919 as the Central Teachers' Institute and gained university status as Tarbiat Moallem University of Tehran in 1974. It changed its name to Kharazmi University on January 31, 2012.[3]
In 2015, the University of Economic Sciences (founded in 1936) was merged into Kharazmi University as its faculty of management, faculty of financial sciences and faculty of economics.[3] The university has two main campuses, the main campus including administration offices located in Tehran, another is in the Hesarak district of Karaj.[3]
Currently, KHU accepts students in various fields of basic sciences, humanities, literature education and engineering at different levels from bachelor's to doctorate even post-doctorate and higher levels. kharazmi is one of the state universities affiliated to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran, which is named after Mohammad bin Musa Khwarazmi, an Iranian scientist of the 3rd century AH, and is located in Tehran and a campus in the city of Karaj, the capital of Alborz province. This university has changed its name several times. The president of this university is Ali Hasan Beigi and the founder of university is Isa Seddigh.This old university was registered in the list of national monuments of Iran by UNESCO on the first date of Mehr month 1382 AH under number 10410.The architect of the KHU university is the Russian engineer Markov. Among the construction materials used in the construction of this building, plastering, tiling, inscriptions, etc. can be mentioned.
KHI School of Engineering and business school won international rankings of 601-800th in 2019, 2020, and 2021 in 351-400. in 2023 8th in Iran and 400-451 in the world. It ranked 6th and 10th in industrial incomes among Iranian universities Especially Business school in 2020 and Civil Engineering, Economy Education And MBA.[4]
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