Shamsipour Technical and Vocational College is one of the higher education centers in

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. Before the

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, it was being called "Tehran Institute of Technology", which changed to " artyrShamsipour Technical University " after ''Hossein Ali Shamsipour''. STVC provides study programs in different majors for associate and Discontinuous

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students and now is under the supervision of Technical And Vocational University of Iran (TVU) and

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. Fields of study which are taught at are: *

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(ICT engineering) (undergraduate) *

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(associate and undergraduate) *Computer Networks Engineering (Undergraduate) *

Electronic engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flo ...

(associate and undergraduate) *

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entity, economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. Accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activit ...

(associate and undergraduate) * IT (associate) *Medical Equipment (Associate) *Hotel Management (Associate) *Control Engineering (Associate and Undergraduate) *Insurance Management (Associate) *Industrial Management (Associate)

Campus

The main campus of Shamsipour Technical and Vocational College was in

. For entering into this college all the students needs to take a National Entrance Exam (Konkur) of Associate or Undergraduate.

History

The college was first founded in 1964 with the name ''Higher Institute of Accounting''. The center was later renamed to ''Tehran Institute of Technology''. At that time it was equipped with

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s and Learning Resource Center and was administered under the supervision of American advisers from

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university and by that time was named "American College".

IEEE STVC Student Branch

The student branch of the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (

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) was established in this faculty under the name "STVC STUDENT BRANCH" on May 24, 2017, and on June 4, 2017, with the issuance of a license from the Iran Section, "IRAN SECTION" officially started its activities. In April 2024, after years of inactivity, the branch was reactivated.

Notable people

Mohammad Shariatmadari Mohammad Shariatmadari (Persian: محمد شریعتمداری; born 24 June 1960) is an Iranian politician and current CEO of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Corporation since December 2024. He was former Minister of Cooperatives, La ...

, politician.

Honours

*In the 2006 Robocup Rescue Championships in

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(called the Kosar team) *First Rank in the 2007 Iran National Robotics championship *First place in the seventh Kharazmi Youth Festival (2006) in

*Second place in the Innovation & Business league Fira Roboworld Cup 2019

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- Changwon

References

External links

Technical and Vocational University The National University of Skill (NUS) (, ''Danushgah-e Melli-ye Maharat'') formerly known as the Technical and Vocational University, is a state comprehensive university, affiliated to Ministry of Science Research and Technology of Iran. NUS head ...

Shamsipour Students ClubShamsipour Technical and Vocational College's home page
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