Iranian University Entrance Exam

The Iranian University Entrance Exam, simply known as Konkour (Persian: کنکور; from the French Concours), is a standardized test used as one of the means to gain admission to higher education in Iran.

[4][5] Iranian Government Supreme Cultural Revolution Council in 2020s greatly changed the structure of university enrollment admission reducing share of this test exam to less percent of total grade score.

[citation needed] The Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology has established the Education Evaluation Organization to oversee all aspects of the test.

However, the problem in that era was that the selection methods provided advantages to candidates from urban areas, especially those from the upper and upper-middle classes with better education and preparation.

The university entrance exam judged admissions candidates not only by their academic test score but also by their social and political background and loyalty to the Islamic government.

[citation needed] Graduates of such universities have a better chance of securing increasingly limited jobs in prestigious professions in Iran — such as medicine, engineering, and law — making success in the entrance exam the first and perhaps the most important hoop through which Iranian students must jump.