[2] By 1984, a large number of infantry rifles, machine guns, and mortars and some small-arms ammunition were being manufactured locally.

[4] In 2003, Iranian Space Agency was established in an uninhabited desert area in Semnan Province, southeast of Tehran.

The Iran Space Research Center started testing launch capabilities since early 2007 reaching 150–200 km altitude based on Shahab-3 series.

[6][5] According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report on the biological activities in Iran, genetic cloning is being carried out at the Malek Ashtar University of Technology.

By 1986, they established a research center in Tehran's Pasteur Institute to work on toxic fungus and microbial substances.

Among those:[2][8][10] Admission in MUT is highly competitive and only top students may achieve this honor and all undergraduate and graduate programs requires scoring among top 1% of students in the Iranian University Entrance Exam, known as Concours (from the French; Konkoor, Konkour, and Konkur are transliterations of the Persian).

[3] MUT students compete in club and intramural sports, including soccer, volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis and ping pong.

The Sports and Recreation Center serves various facilities and fields throughout both Isfahan and Tehran campuses to athletic teams.