Farhangian University

Farhangian University

دانشگاه فرهنگیان Dāneshgāh-e Farhangiyān
Type	Teacher education, Public university system
Established	2012
Rector	Hossein Khanifar
Students	90,000
Location	Iran
Campus	98 (64 branches and 34 depended centers)
Affiliations	Ministry of Education (Iran)
Website	cfu.ac.ir/en

Farhangian University (Persian: دانشگاه فرهنگیان) is a public Teacher training university with more than 90^[1] teacher-training colleges and a total enrollment exceeding 39,000, located in Iran. In 2012, in order to merge all teacher-training colleges, the Iranian Ministry of Education changed the name of Tarbiat Modares (Persian: تربیت معلم) to Farhangian (Persian: فرهنگیان) and promote colleges to the university.

Campuses and Centers[]

Central organization of Farhangian University (Tehran)

Farhangian University has centers (branch) located throughout the provinces of Iran.^[2] Each branch is divided into various sub-branches.

Farhangian University at Tehran[]

Farhangian University, Mofateh Ray

Farhangian University, Shahid Chamran Archived 2020-09-25 at the Wayback Machine

Farhangian University at Shiraz[]

Farhangian University, Rajaee Archived 2019-10-24 at the Wayback Machine

Farhangian University at Esfahan[]

Farhangian University, Rajaei

Farhangian University, Fatemeh Zahra

Background[]

After the approval of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council in 2011, and the aggregation of all teacher training centers, Farhangian University was established in January 2012. It is an umbrella organization with around 100 branches and 70,000 enrolled student teachers throughout the country.

The branches are teacher education centers that existed long before the university organization took shape. Farhangian University, affiliated with the Ministry of Education and run by the board of trustees, has legal, financial, and administrative autonomy.^[3]

See also[]

• Education in Iran

References[]

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