شعار غیر رسمی شامل: اطلب العلم من المهد الى اللحد (Arabic) ز گهواره تا گور دانش بجوی آرمان ایرانی برای جهانی شدن یادگیری و زندگی Unofficial mottoes include: The Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch is a private research university located in Tehran, Iran.
The Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University was established in November 1984 with the objective of 'enhancing the youth education enabling them to specialize and be efficient'.
In Tehran, the SRBIAU began activities with the enrolment of 250 students in humanities, engineering, basic sciences and agriculture.
SRBIAU grew and is now home to 13 faculties and 17 research centers offering 700 disciplines at undergraduate and graduate levels with a total of over 45,000 students.
SRBIAU finances are essentially based on tuition fees, although the university is attempting to diversify its sources of income through commercialization of its research activities.
[2] The office of the president incorporates general directorates dealing with international affairs, gender issues and public relations.
The main goal of this faculty is to educate and train students in mathematics, physics, mechanics and aerospace sciences to develop, strengthen and enhance abilities to analyze, model, build, measure, design and implement solutions throughout a broad spectrum of engineering fields.
[3][4] The Faculty of Marine Science and Technology (FMSE) aiming to improve the qualitative and quantitative aspects of oceanographic disciplines, started its work in 2005 and is now home to over 420 students studying at post-graduate and doctorate levels.
Following the formation and separation of three independent faculties — Economics and Management, Law and Political Sciences, and Divinity and Philosophy; this early structure evolved and transformed into the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) upon the approval of the SRBIAU management and endorsement of the president of the Islamic Azad University.
The Faculty of Medical Engineering formally began its activities in 1998 with the admission of students at undergraduate and graduate levels (BS, MS and PhD) in bio-electric, bio-mechanics, and bio-materials.
The departments at the FFLL include: The Faculty of Food Sciences and Engineering (FFSE) was established and began to admit students in 1999.
[11] The Faculty of Engineering (Persian: دانشکده فنی و مهندسي) has 6500 square meters of built space and a five-story building.
In addition, some 200 visiting professors per semester, in coordination with the deans of faculty departments, help the students in their education and research.
[12] The Faculty of Law and Political Sciences (FLPS) was founded in May 2003 following the establishment of separate independent entities dealing with humanities.
The faculty started its activities as an independent entity in a single room, the work office of the Politics and International Relations Department, with one staff member with support from the Educational Deputy of the Branch.
Notable alumni: Mohammad Hossein Farhanghi, Ali Tajari, Jalel Maleki Management related disciplines were amongst the first to be offered at PhD level at the Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University (SRBIAU).
The Faculty of Material Engineering includes 12 full-time and 9 part-time faculty members and runs eleven laboratories and specialized workshops of ceramic, material processing, welding, heating operations, congelation, molding, surface corrosion and engineering, mechanical properties, metallography, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), and Transmission Scanning Microscope (TEM).
Established in 2006, the Faculty is offering BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in a number of Chemical, oil and gas related fields while being equally active in advanced research and technology.