Shahid Beheshti University is a public research university located in Tehran, Iran. Founded in 1960 as the National University of Iran, it has 3 campuses, 19 faculties, 10 research institutes and 9 research centres, and is situated on a 60-hectare land in the Evin neighborhood in northern Tehran.
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History
Shahid Beheshti University has been sanctioned by governments in the EU, US, Australia, Canada, and Switzerland for their links to Iran's nuclear program. This restricts business and financial transactions with the university, in some cases including its students.
Campuses
Main campus: Located in Evin District, it extends into Velenjak District in northwestern Tehran, on approximately one million square meters.
Abbaspour College of Engineering and Technology (ex-Power and Water University of Technology) is in Tehranpars, Tehran
Faculties
Faculty of Electrical Engineering: Department of Telecommunication, Department of Electronics, Department of Systems and Control, Department of Power
Faculty of Computer Engineering and Science: Department of Software Engineering & Information, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Department of Computer Architecture and Networks
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Energy
Faculty of Architecture & Urban Engineering: Department of Architecture: Department of Landscape Architecture, Department of Construction, Department of Design, Department of Reconstruction, Department of Urban Planning
Faculty of Business & Management: Department of Public Management, Department of Business Management, Department of Commercial Management, Department of Financial Management, Department of Industrial Management, Department of Entrepreneurial Management, Institute for Research
Faculty of Biological Sciences: Department of Biology, Department of Genetics, Department of Marine Biology, Department of Microbiology, Department of Plant Sciences, Department of Zoology
Faculty of Economics & Political Sciences: Department of Economics, Department of Political Sciences
Faculty of Energy Sciences & Modern Technologies: Department of Aeronautics, Department of Biotechnology, Department of Energy, Department of Nanotechnology, Department of Cellulose and Paper sciences
Faculty of Earth Sciences: Department of Geology, Department of Geography, Department of Geophysics
Faculty of Law: Department of Criminology & Criminal Law, Department of Intellectual Property, Department of International Trade Law, Department of Economic Law, Department of Environmental Law, Department of Human Rights, Department of International Law, Department of Private Law, Department of Public Law
Research centers
Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences (ICBS)
Automated Software Engineering Research Group
Center for Environmental Research
Center for Cyberspace Research
Secure Communication and Cryptography
Content transfer technology
Center for Family Research
Center for Medicinal Plant and Drug Research Institute
Phytochemistry
Laser and Plasma Research Institute
Fiber optics
Gas Discharge Laboratory headed by Dr. Hamid Ghomi
LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy)
Magneto-optics
Non-destructive Testing
Polymers and Organic Materials Photonics headed by Dr. Mohajerani
Center for Pharmaceutical Research
Iranian Research Center for the Silk Road (IRCSR)
International Persian Language teaching Center
Institute for Science and Technology Studies
Notable people
Alumni
Mir-Hossein Mousavi (BA, MA), Prime Minister of Iran (1981–1989)
Masoumeh Ebtekar (BSc), Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs (2017–), Vice President of Iran–Head of Department of Environment (1997–2005, 2013–2017), Member of the Islamic City Council of Tehran (2007–2013)
Shahindokht Molaverdi (BA), academic, feminist, jurist, scholar, and aide to the President of Iran.
Mohsen Sazegara (MA), former government official, political activist
Abdolali Bazargan (MA), liberal politician, writer and intellectual
Elaheh Koulaei (BA), professor of political science, political scientist, reformist politician, and intellectual; Member of Iranian Parliament (2000–2004)
Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi (BSc, MSc), president of the Islamic Azad University (2018–2025), chancellor of the Shahid Behesti University (2012–2017), professor in the Faculty of Physics at Shahid Behesti University (1998–2025)
Leila Araghian (BA), Architect
Faculty
Fereydoon Abbasi (Nuclear Engineering), Member of the 11th Parliament of Iran, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (2011–2013)
Majid Shahriari (Nuclear Engineering), nuclear scientist, Iran's envoy in SESAME
Mahnaz Afkhami (born 1941) (English), Iranian-American politician and human rights and women's rights activist, served in the Cabinet of Iran (1976–78)
Parviz Davoodi (Economy), First Vice President of Iran (2005–2009), head of the Iran's National Elites Foundation (2006–2007)
Iraj Etesam (Architecture) is an Iranian contemporary architect, educator, and author, taught from 1960 to 1964.
Nasrollah Hekmat (Philosophy), philosopher
Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad (Law), member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran
Ahmad Khatami (Persian Language and Literature)
Saeed Laylaz (Economy), economist and journalist
World rankings
Times Higher Education
2018-2020: 801-1000
2017: 800
2016: 601-800
Asia University Rankings
2019: 201–250
Academic Ranking of World Universities
2019: 901-1000
Based on the ranking system (Kakarry Simonds, QS), Shahid Behesti University was in the fifth grade for 2017 and 2018 after the Sharif universities, science and industry, Amirkabir and Tehran, respectively at the 701 + And 1000-800.
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Damage during 2026 Iran war
The Laser and Plasma Research Institute at the main campus, as well as a workshop and central library at the engineering campus, were attacked and severely damaged in April 2026 by US–Israeli strikes during 2026 Iran war.