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Technical and Vocational University coat of arms
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Former names | Higher Education Complex of Payambar-e Azam (1995–2011)[1] |
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Motto in English | Beneficial knowledge |
| Type | Public university system |
| Established | -Institutes of Technology (1965) -Technical and Vocational University (renamed 2011)[1] |
| President | Erfan Khosravian |
| Students | 170,717[2] |
| Campus | 173Colleges[3] |
| Website | [1] |
The Technical and Vocational University (TVU) (Persian: دانشگاه فنی و حرفهای, Danushgah-e Feni-ye Herfehai) includes higher education that runs all technical/vocational colleges across the country.[4] The main objective of this University, training technicians in the majors technical. 4/5 of majors are belongs to Associate degree and 1/5 belongs to Bachelor's degree.[5]
The university has more than 176 schools and colleges across the country, and with more than 180 thousand students, it is one of the largest universities in Iran. there are all of the technical and vocational Majors.[6]
| Name | Tenure | Sponsored |
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| Institutes of Technology | 1965–1969 | Ministry of Science |
| Technical and Vocational teacher training centers | 1969–1980 | Ministry of Education |
| suspended | 1980–1986 | because of Revolution & War |
| Institutes of Technology | 1986–1995 | Ministry of Education |
| Higher Education Complex of Payambar-e Azam | 1995–2011 | Ministry of Education |
| Technical and Vocational University | 2011–present | Ministry of Science |
| Chancellor | Tenure | Alma mater | Speciality |
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| Sohrab Rezaei[7] | 2011–2014 | Istanbul University | Ph.D in English language teaching |
| Masoud Shafiee[7] | 2014–2017 | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge | Ph.D in electrical engineering |
| Naser Shams Gharne[7] | 2017–2018 | Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran | Ph.D in Industrial Engineering |
| Ebrahim Salehi Omran | 2018–2022 | University of Bath, United Kingdom | Ph.D in Educational Planning |
| Erfan Khosravian | 2022–Present | University of Tehran, Iran | Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering |
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| College | City | Established | Majors of Associate degree | Majors of Bachelor's degree |
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| Shamsipour Technical and Vocational College | Tehran | 1964 | 4 | 4 |
| Shahid Bahonar Technical College | Shiraz | 1979 | 12 | 6 |
| Enghelāb-e Eslāmi Technical College | Tehran | 1988 | 19 | 10 |
| Shahid Rajaee Technical and Engineering College | Kashan | 1979 | 15 | 8 |
| Montazeri Technical College of Mashhad | Mashhad | 1967 | 12 | 10 |
| Mohajer Technical And Vocational College of Isfahan | Isfahan | 1967 | 16 | 6 |
| Tabriz Technical College | Tabriz | 1977 | 12 | 8 |
| Shariati Technical College | Tehran | 1982 | 13 | 7 |
| Ghazi Tabatabai Technical College | Urmia | 1967 | 13 | 7 |
| Yazdanpanah Technical and Vocational College | Sanandaj | 1967 | 15 | 4 |
| Mohammad bagher technical college | Sari | 1979 | 12 | 6 |
| Rasht Technical and Vocational Institute | Rasht | 1967 | 13 | 6 |
| Dorud Technical College | Dorud | 1985 | 8 | 2 |
| Shahid Beheshti College | Urmia | 1985 | 12 | 4 |
