Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

Shahid Rajaee University
دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجایی ; Daneshgah-e Tarbiyat-e Dabir-e Shahid Rajaei
Type	Public
Established	1980
Chancellor	Jamal-e-Din MahdiNejad
Academic staff	200
Administrative staff	400
Students	7500
Location	Tehran, Iran; 35°46′50″N 51°29′33″E / 35.78056°N 51.49250°E
Campus	Urban
Website	www.sru.ac.ir/en

Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU), is a public university in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The university is named for Mohammad Ali Rajaee, the second president of Iran. The university is located in the North East of Tehran, in the Lavizan neighborhood. The university was founded in 1980 on the premises of the former Tehran American School (1974-1979). The main mission of the Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University is to prepare teachers to teach curriculums at technical and vocational education schools in Iran.^{[citation needed]}

Background

Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU) provides both undergraduate and graduate programs in eight faculties for typical students and teachers hired by the Ministry of Education. The education programs of typical students are separated from teacher's education programs in order to provide professional education for each group. SRTTU is a public university and therefore, the budget for education and research programs is provided by the government of Iran. Students are accepted into the university by Iranian University Entrance Exam (Konkur) which conducted by the ministry of science and technology. SRTTU is located in the Northern part of Tehran, the capital of Iran. SRTTU is one of two centers of UNEVOC-UNESCO in Iran.^[1] The Campus of SRTTU is located in Lavizan, in north east of Tehran.

SRTTU has 9 School and Faculty:

Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Metallurgy and new technology Engineering
School of Computer Engineering
School of Architecture and Urban Design Engineering
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Physical science
Faculty of Humanities^{[citation needed]}

Rankings and reputation

The Shanghai Ranking ranked the Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University 1201 among world universities in 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Research

Journals

SRTTU has Journal of Computational and Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering (JCARME) for publishing research in the computational and applied mechanical engineering.

Journal of Technology of Education (JTE) is another Journal of SRTTU which has focused on research for increasing quality level of science and engineering education by using new technologies.^{[citation needed]}

Book publishing

Publication office of Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU) was established in 1998 in order to publish research books of faculties and researchers of the university.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities

Equipped laboratories for engineering education

CNC lab

SRTTU has many laboratories and workshops for teaching engineering sciences. Metrology lab, machine tools workshop and CNC lab, casting workshop, welding workshops, auto mechanic lab and die designing workshop are some of the university's workshops.

Casting Engineering Workshop

Sport complex

The university has sport facilities.^{[citation needed]}

Central library

Number of books in service are about 15,000 volumes in the English and 39,039 titles in the Persian languages.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "UNESCO-UNEVOC SRTTU Tehran conducts training programmes". www.unevoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

External links

Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University home page

[1] "UNESCO-UNEVOC SRTTU Tehran conducts training programmes". www.unevoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

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