Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) was established in 1982[7] and is a comprehensive graduate school in Iran. The school offers Ph.D. programs in basic sciences and engineering. TMU currently offers MA and M.Sc. degrees in 171 programs and Ph.D. degrees in 132 programs, with more than 8000 students and 775 academic staff.
Faculty of Agriculture
The Faculty of Agriculture was established in 1983. Coursework includes seminars on solving agricultural challenges.
The Faculty of Basic Sciences (FBS) was initially composed of the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, and Physics. Rapid growth in student numbers led to the Departments of Biology, Mathematics, and Top Technologies forming their corresponding faculties. The FBS covers the Departments of Chemistry, Geology, and Physics.
The Faculty of Biological Sciences began with members of the Plant Sciences and Genetics departments, who the departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics later joined in the following year. The Department of Biology was formed into four groups consisting of plant sciences, genetics, biochemistry, and biophysics, with Nanobiotechnology and Biology being added later.
The Faculty of Humanities was established in 1982. The Faculty holds two language laboratories, a library, a computer center, and laboratories for geography, psychology, and physical education.
The Faculty of Law was established in 2012 to promote education and research].
Faculty of Management and Economics
The Establishment of the Faculty of Management and Economics commenced in 2009.
Faculty of Mathematical Sciences
The Faculty of Mathematical Sciences has four departments: Applied Math, Pure Math, Statistics, and Computer Sciences. Department of Applied Mathematics is active in Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Analysis, and Optimization. The research areas in the Department of Pure Mathematics include Algebra (Group Theory and Non-Commutative Algebra), Analysis (Harmonic and Functional Analysis), Dynamical systems, Topology-Geometry (Algebraic and Differential), and Logic. The Department of Statistics is involved in Spatial and Environmental Statistics, Statistical Shape Analysis, Multilevel Data Analysis, Bayesian Inference, and Official Statistics. Departments of Pure Math., Applied Math, and Statistics offer admission to students in M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs.
The Department of Computer Sciences is active in image processing, machine learning, data mining, and computational aspects of artificial intelligence
The Faculty of Engineering works in the areas of materials and mining engineering.
Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences
The Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences was founded in 1982 in the city of Noor. The faculty offers research opportunities in nine areas. The faculty includes the academic departments of Watershed Management, Forestry, Fishery, Wood and Paper Science, Environment, Range Management, Marine Biology, and Physical Oceanography.
Notable alumni and faculty
[[Barat Ghobadian[8]]], full professor of Renewable Energy.
Ali Ahmadzadeh, Iranian Politician and lawyer, Governor of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province.
Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iranian reformist politician and the leader of the "Green Movement".
Asghar Farhadi, Iranian filmmaker and writer who has won two Academy Awards and one Golden Globe for his films A Separation (2011) and The Salesman (2016).
Jafar Towfighi, Iranian chemical engineer, academic and politician who served as minister of science, research and technology in the cabinet headed by then president Mohammad Khatami from 2003 to 2005.
Farhad Daneshjoo, the former president of the Azad University and the current president of TMU.
Masoumeh Ebtekar, a scientist, journalist and politician, the first woman vice president of Iran.
Behrouz Boochani, Kurdish journalist, human rights defender, poet and film producer.
Science and Technology Park
MSTP is a Science and Technology Park in Tehran which was launched in 2003 by the directive of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. This organization possesses two campuses of 60 and 4.8 hectares in North-East (Shahid BaBaee) and West (Pajouhesh Campus) of Tehran, respectively.
In addition, a central office and six incubators (including technology, basic sciences, arts, humanities, agriculture and natural resources, health and medical sciences) are located in downtown Tehran.