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University of Tehran
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<p>The University of Tehran is a <a href="/facts/Collegiate_university/PyqrqYBg">Collegiate university</a> and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in <a href="/facts/Tehran/S8dmdwyG">Tehran</a>, <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a>. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching profile, UT has been nicknamed "The Mother University [of Iran]" (<a href="/facts/Persian_language/jfUYbHbt">Persian</a>: دانشگاه مادر). It is also the premier knowledge producing institute among all <a href="/facts/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation/wWSQSzfF">OIC</a> countries. The university offers more than 111 <a href="/facts/Bachelor%2527s_degree/s739u69z">bachelor's degree</a> programs, 177 <a href="/facts/Master%2527s_degree/lQ5hT1cH">master's degree</a> programs, and 156 <a href="/facts/Doctor_of_Philosophy/paJumdN8">PhD</a>. programs. Many of the departments were absorbed into the University of Tehran from the <a href="/facts/Dar_ul-Funun_(Persia)/aCCgghtP">Dar al-Funun</a> established in 1851 and the <a href="/facts/Tehran_School_of_Political_Sciences/yazhvPHl">Tehran School of Political Sciences</a> established in 1899. </p><p>The main campus of the university is located in the central part of the city. However, other campuses are spread across the city as well as in the suburbs such as the Baghe Negarestan Campus at the central eastern part of the city, the Northern Amirabad Campuses at the central western part of the city and the Abureyhan Campus in the suburb of the capital. <a href="/facts/University_of_Tehran_main_entrance/xI8pgsKt">The main gate of the university</a> with its specific design and modern architecture (at Enghelab Street at the main campus) is the logo of the university. </p> <p>Admission to the university's undergraduate and graduate programs is limited to the top one percent of students who pass the <a href="/facts/Iranian_University_Entrance_Exam/w7JDExvT">national entrance examination</a> administered yearly by the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Science%2c_Research_and_Technology_(Iran)/vH7rz51x">Ministry of Science, Research and Technology</a>. </p>