Farhangian University

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

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 Mo'allem (Persian: تربیت معلم) to Farhangian (Persian: فرهنگیان) and promoted colleges to the university status. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University is included in this university.

Campuses and Centers

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

Farhangian University of Tehran

Farhangian University, Mofateh Ray

Farhangian University, Shahid Chamran^[3]

Farhangian University at Shiraz

Farhangian University, Rajaee ^[4]

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.^[5]