Students 800,000 total Total enrollment 1,101,182 (2010) Phone +98 21 2332 0009 Academic staff 4,000 | Established 1988 Color Light blue | |
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Motto in English Education for all, anywhere and anytime Chancellor Prof. Aliasghar Rostamey Similar University of Applied Science a, Islamic Azad University, Sharif University of Techno, Shahid Beheshti University, Shiraz Payamenoor University | ||
Payame Noor University (PNU) is a public university system and one of the largest universities in Iran, and a mega university in world, with its headquarters in Tehran, 31 provincial centers, 500 local study centers, other campuses around the country, and an International Study Center located in the headquarters in Tehran. Established in 1988, is a legal body under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
Contents
- History
- Undergraduate course
- Post graduate course
- PhD course
- Post doctoral course
- International student information
- Admission
- Language courses for non Persian
- Controversy
- Department and Faculty of Humanities
- Department and Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
- Department and Faculty of Engineering
- Department and Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
- Department and Faculty of Basic Sciences
- Department and Faculty of Art and Media
- Department and Faculty of Theology and Islamic Sciences
- References
PNU took its first intake in five study fields at 28 local study centers. Presently, the university has 4,000 academic members and 800,000 national and international students.
Its name means "The message of Light" in Persian.
History
Payam-e Noor University (Payame Noor University = Payam Noor University) is one of the largest public universities in Iran and a mega university in world, whose name means "The message of Light" in Persian. It was established by decisions based on the meetings (No. 94 & 97) in 1986 by SCCR (Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution of Iran). It accepted the first group of students in Mehr 1367 (September 1988) in five branches and in the remaining 28 centers of the University of Abu Rayhan and Iran Free University.
Undergraduate course
Bachelor's degree programs
Business
Social Culture
Engineering
Post graduate course
Master's Degree programs
Ph.D course
Ph.D Degree programs
Post doctoral course
Physics
International student information
In 1990, the Faculty of Overseas of PNU was established for the study of Persian Language and Literature at Bachelor, Master and Ph.D levels. The aims of these programs is to give foreign students an understanding of Iranian culture and art.
In the new organization of the university, the Faculty of Overseas is replaced by the International Study Center. This implies that the Center is authorized to offer all the degree programs of PNU. These programs are correspondence courses, which heavily rely on textbooks. The language of instruction is Persian. The center has 1182 students admitted through Degree programs in 55 countries.
Admission
Since it is impossible for most international students to enroll and take part in the National University Entrance Exam, the International Study Center provides opportunities for students to continue their studies through degree programs at Bachelor, Master and Ph.D level.
International applicants are admitted at the university on the basis of their high school GPA or their exam results. The center also enrolls students on the basis of their secondary school or their bachelor's degree GPA at two levels of bachelor's and master's degrees subsequently. The final exams of students of the center are administered with the assistance of the Iranian consulates and embassies around the world. Having acquired necessary scores at the exams of the first semester, and having a high educational background at university or high school levels with high GPA, the encompassing students will become regular students.
Language courses for non-Persian
The following Persian basic language courses are launched for non-Iranian nationals worldwide:
Controversy
Iranian universities faced criticism in early 2007 about their treatment of Bahá'í students. Although religious identification has been removed from entrance exam papers, students are reportedly being expelled once their religion is discovered.
The controversy specifically focused on Payame Noor when an official university letter confirmed the expulsion as government policy. Over 30 Baha'i students have been expelled under the policy.
Additionally, in 2008, the university declared that Arabic will be the "second language" of the university, and that all its services will be offered in Arabic, concurrent with Persian. (See Iranian Arabs).