University of Tehran

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institution of higher education public university research university

The University of Tehran is Iran’s oldest and most prestigious public university, widely regarded as the country’s leading center for higher education and research.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Daneshgah-e Tehran	1
Karaj Campus	1
Tehran University	1
“دانشگاه تهران” (commonly used name; formal motto varies by source)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	institution of higher education ⓘ public university ⓘ research university ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	University of Tehran ⓘ surface form: Daneshgah-e Tehran University of Tehran ⓘ surface form: Tehran University
cityRank	leading university in Tehran ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
foundedBy	Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ
foundingDate	1934 ⓘ
fundingType	publicly funded ⓘ
governedBy	Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran ⓘ
hasApproximateStudents	tens of thousands of students ⓘ
hasCampus	Amirabad Campus ⓘ Central Campus ⓘ Jahrom Campus ⓘ University of Tehran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Karaj Campus North Kargar Campus ⓘ
hasFaculty	College of Engineering ⓘ College of Science ⓘ Faculty of Economics ⓘ Faculty of Fine Arts ⓘ Faculty of Law and Political Science ⓘ Faculty of Literature and Humanities ⓘ Faculty of Management ⓘ Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies ⓘ Faculty of Social Sciences ⓘ Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies ⓘ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine ⓘ School of Chemical Engineering ⓘ School of Civil Engineering ⓘ School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ⓘ School of Mechanical Engineering ⓘ School of Mining Engineering ⓘ
hasLevelOfEducation	doctoral ⓘ postgraduate ⓘ undergraduate ⓘ
hasMainEntranceOn	Enghelab Street ⓘ
hasNotableAlumni	Abdolkarim Soroush ⓘ Ali Javan ⓘ Rahbar ⓘ surface form: Ali Khamenei Hassan Rouhani ⓘ Jalal Al-e-Ahmad ⓘ Lotfi A. Zadeh ⓘ Maryam Mirzakhani ⓘ Mir-Hossein Mousavi ⓘ Mohammad Khatami ⓘ Parvin E’tesami ⓘ
hasNotableFaculty	Ali Shariati (ideologue) ⓘ surface form: Ali Shariati Ehsan Yarshater ⓘ Mahmoud Hessaby ⓘ Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari ⓘ
hasSymbol	distinctive main gate on Enghelab Street ⓘ
isConsidered	Iran’s leading center for higher education and research ⓘ Iran’s most prestigious university ⓘ Iran’s oldest modern university ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian
locatedIn	Tehran ⓘ surface form: Greater Tehran Tehran ⓘ Tehran Province ⓘ
memberOf	Association of Arab and European Universities ⓘ Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific ⓘ Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World ⓘ International Association of Universities ⓘ
motto	University of Tehran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: “دانشگاه تهران” (commonly used name; formal motto varies by source)
nationalRank	top-ranked university in Iran by many metrics ⓘ
nickname	UT ⓘ
region	Middle East ⓘ
specializesIn	Islamic studies ⓘ economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ fine arts ⓘ humanities ⓘ law ⓘ management ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ
type	public ⓘ

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University of Tehran → alsoKnownAs → University of Tehran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tehran University

University of Tehran → alsoKnownAs → University of Tehran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daneshgah-e Tehran

Lotfi A. Zadeh → educatedAt → University of Tehran ⓘ

Shirin Ebadi → educatedAt → University of Tehran ⓘ

University of Tehran → hasCampus → University of Tehran self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karaj Campus

Tehran → hasUniversity → University of Tehran ⓘ

University of Tehran → motto → University of Tehran self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: “دانشگاه تهران” (commonly used name; formal motto varies by source)