The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) is the government ministry of science, research and technology in the Islamic Republic of Iran. State-run (non-medical) universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. The ministry was established in 2000 when the ministry of culture and higher education was renamed as the ministry of science, research and technology.
وزارت علوم، تحقیقات و فناوری Vezārate 'Olum, Tahqiqāt va Fanāvari | |
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 2000 |
Preceding agency |
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Jurisdiction | Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Employees | 80,731 (2019) |
Minister responsible | |
Deputy Ministers responsible |
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Website | https://www.msrt.ir/en |
In 2000 the ministry set up the Aerospace Research Institute.
The supervision of higher education institutions and the approval of the study programmes, as well as the accreditation of universities and other higher education institutions are conducted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Medical education falls within the remit of the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education. A list of recognised universities and institutes of higher education and private institutions is available on the website of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
Ministers since 1979 until 2024
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Head of government |
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1 | ![]() | (Ali Shariatmadari) | 5 February 1979 | 1 October 1979 | (JAMA (political party)) | Mehdi Bazargan |
2 | ![]() | (Hassan Habibi) | 1 October 1979 | 28 May 1980 | (Islamic Republican Party) | Mehdi Bazargan |
3 | Hassan Arefi | 10 September 1980 | 17 August 1981 | (Islamic Republican Party) | Mohammad-Ali Rajai | |
4 | ![]() | (Mohammad-Ali Najafi) | 17 August 1981 | 14 August 1984 | (Islamic Republican Party) | (Mohammad-Javad Bahonar) Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (acting) |
5 | ![]() | (Iradj Fazel) | 20 August 1984 | 28 October 1985 | Independent | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
6 | ![]() | (Mohammad Farhadi) | 28 October 1985 | 29 August 1989 | (Islamic Republican Party) | |
7 | ![]() | (Mostafa Moeen) | 29 August 1989 | 16 August 1993 | (Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society) | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
8 | 16 August 1993 | 20 August 1997 | Independent | |||
(7) | ![]() | (Mostafa Moeen) | 20 August 1997 | 23 August 2003 | (Islamic Iran Participation Front) | Mohammad Khatami |
9 | ![]() | (Jafar Towfighi) | 8 October 2003 | 24 August 2005 | Independent | |
10 | ![]() | (Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi) | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Independent | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
11 | ![]() | (Kamran Daneshjoo) | 3 September 2009 | 17 August 2013 | Independent | |
12 | ![]() | (Reza Farajidana) | 27 October 2013 | 20 August 2014 | Independent | Hassan Rouhani |
(6) | ![]() | (Mohammad Farhadi) | 26 November 2014 | 20 August 2017 | (Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society) | |
13 | (Mansour Gholami) | 29 October 2017 | 25 August 2021 | (Islamic Association of University Instructors) | ||
14 | ![]() | Mohammad Ali Zolfigol | 25 August 2021 | 19 May 2024 | Independent | Ebrahim Raisi |
See also
- Higher education in Iran
- Science and technology in Iran
- (Houchang Nahavandi)
References
- جزییات تعداد کارمندان دولت در سال ۹۷ Tasnim News
- Abdol S. Soofi; Sepehr Ghazinoory (22 January 2013). Science and Innovations in Iran: Development, Progress, and Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 66. ISBN . Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- Parviz Tarikhi (19 July 2014). The Iranian Space Endeavor: Ambitions and Reality. Springer. p. 60. ISBN . Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- "Higher Education in Iran". Ministry of Science Research and Technology. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
External links
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