Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU), is a public university in the
Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. The university is named after
Mohammad Ali Rajaee, the second president of Iran. The university is located in the North East of
Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
, in the
Lavizan neighborhood. The university was founded in 1980 on the premises of the former Tehran American School (1974-1979). The main purpose of Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University is to prepare teachers to teach the national curriculum developed by the Ministry of Education at public secondary schools in Iran. It is worth mentioning that most of the graduates in the majors related to engineering teach in technical and vocational education schools.
SRTTU offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in nine faculties and various disciplines for typical students and teachers hired by The Ministry of Education. Programs of typical students are separated from teacher 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 this university by
Iranian University Entrance Exam
The Iranian University Entrance Exam, simply known as Konkour ( Persian: کنکور; from the French '' Concours''), is a standardized test used as one of the means to gain admission to higher education in Iran. In order to receive a PhD in non-m ...
(known as ''Konkur'') which is conducted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Research (MSRT). SRTTU is one of two centers o
UNEVOC-UNESCOin Iran.
The Campus of SRTTU is located in Lavizan, which is in the north east of Tehran, the capital of Iran.
''SRTTU has 9 Faculties:''
* Faculty of Electrical Engineering
* Faculty of Civil Engineering
* Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
* Faculty of Metallurgy and new technology Engineering
* Faculty of Computer Engineering
* Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design Engineering
* Faculty of Sciences
* Faculty of Physical Sciences
* Faculty of Humanities
As an example, in the faculty of Humanities the following programs are offered by the department of English language:
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at BA and MA degrees.
- Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) at MA degree.
Rankings and reputation
The
Shanghai Ranking
The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University ...
ranked the Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University 1201 among world universities in 2022.
Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU) is ranked 25th in IRAN and +1001 in the world, according to University Impact Rankings 2021, Times Higher Education (THE). It is also ranked 278th in Asian University Rankings - Southern Asia 2025.
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.
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.
Facilities
SRTTU has more than 15 hectares of real estate holdings that include faculties, offices, laboratories, workshops, sport facilities, and student housing and dormitories.
Equipped laboratories for engineering education

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.
Language laboratory
This lab is located in the faculty of Humanities, building 1. It is equipped with 22 computers, headphones, a digital projector, and a smart board. Some classes of the English Language department are conducted in this lab.
Sport complex
The university has some sport facilities.
Central library
Number of books in service are about 15,000 volumes in the English and 39,039 titles in the Persian languages.
See also
*
List of universities in Iran
This is a list of universities in Iran.
Iran had 2,183 universities in 2022 and started a program to merge them and reduce the number down to 400 universities.
List of universitiesHamedan University of Technology Hamedan University of Technolog ...
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References
External links
Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University home page
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1980 establishments in Iran
Universities in Tehran
Universities and colleges established in 1980
Universities in Iran