[citation needed] The university now has 18 science and engineering departments, dozens of research groups and laboratories, and three other affiliated centers, located in Garmsar, Bandar Abbas and Mahshahr.

The executive branch consists of four departments that receive participation from councils in planning and administering affairs.

[citation needed] AUT has signed agreements with international universities for research and educational collaboration.

[citation needed] The establishment and formation of the Amirkabir University of Technology dates back to October 1956 by Eng.

Among the accomplishments of Dr. Mojtahedi is the construction of a central amphitheatre, a dining area and a sports ground as well as various faculty buildings.

[citation needed] The university has grown into a national center of science and engineering and its undergraduates number more than 7,000, with a further 6,400 graduate students.

The Mahshar campus of AUT has been constructed in the province of Khouzestan in 2001 in order to establish close cooperation with the national company of petroleum industries.

[citation needed] The Bandar Abbas campus of AUT has been established in the province of Hormozgan, which is the center of marine industries in Iran.

[citation needed] Scientific associations exist to help students transform themselves into contributing members of the professional community.

[citation needed] Fars News Agency reports: "President of Iran's Amirkabir University of Technology Alireza Rahaei announced the country is preparing to put a new home-made satellite, called Nahid (Venus), into orbit in the next three months".

[21] Cientifica reports in news item on Nanowerk, April 25, 2012: Iranian scientists are using lecithin to synthesize and bind silver nanoparticles more tightly to wool.