Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
وزارت علوم، تحقیقات و فناوری
Vezārate 'Olum, Tahqiqāt va Fanāvari
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Agency overview
Formed2000
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Culture and Higher Education
JurisdictionGovernment of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Employees80,731 (2019)[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Websitehttps://www.msrt.ir/en
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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.[2]

In 2000 the ministry set up the Aerospace Research Institute.[3]

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.[4] 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

No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Party Head of government
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

Council of the Islamic Revolution

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)

Mir-Hossein Mousavi

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 Mohammad Reza Hashemi Golpayegani 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 Present Independent Ebrahim Raisi

See also

References

  1. ^ جزییات تعداد کارمندان دولت در سال ۹۷ Tasnim News
  2. ^ Abdol S. Soofi; Sepehr Ghazinoory (22 January 2013). Science and Innovations in Iran: Development, Progress, and Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-137-03009-2. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ Parviz Tarikhi (19 July 2014). The Iranian Space Endeavor: Ambitions and Reality. Springer. p. 60. ISBN 978-3-319-05347-9. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Higher Education in Iran". Ministry of Science Research and Technology. Retrieved 2019-08-15.

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