Shahid Beheshti University Tehran (SBU) Iran

Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), established in 1959 (The ex- National University of Iran), started its academic life in 1960 with only 174 students in two faculties: Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, and Faculty of Banking and Economics. The first Master`s course at SBU was offered in the Faculty of Architecture in 1961, while the first Ph.D. program was offered in the Faculty of Economics in 1991. Development of new facilities in the main campus paved the way for increased academic activities. By 1978, several other faculties became active at SBU, including Literature and Human Sciences, Basic Sciences, Law, Earth Sciences, Statistics and Informatics, and Education and Psychology. In 1986, following the merge of some of the treatment and educational units and organizations affiliated to the Ministry of Health, the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry of Shahid Beheshti University began its activities independently as Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.