Iran University of Science and Technology was originally founded in 1929 as the first Iranian institution to train engineers. Located in Tehran, it consists of 14 departments, and has two branches in Arak and Behshahr. Web site offers information about admission, news, and conferences.
The Department of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering was originally established in Tehran Institute of Technology (TIT) at 1957, under the title of group of metals melting and casting. In the very early days a four year intensive curriculum in metal melting and casting was offered by TIT, leading to M.Eng. degree. In 1961 the institute stopped offering intensive M.Eng. programme, while initiated the offering of anndergraduate course leading to B.Eng. degree. In 1970, due to development of educational programmes, TIT was renamed to Iran College of Science & Technology, ICST, within which the department of metallurgy was established offering a metallurgical engineering degree with two emphasis on casting and extractive metallurgy at B.Eng. level. With the development of steel, copper and aluminium industries as well as expansion in automotive, cement and construction industries in Iran, the necessity of the enhancement of scientific and technical programmes at ICST became more conspicuous than ever before. This observation led to the establishment of Iran University of Science & Technology, IUST, in 1977 in which the department of metallurgy was upgraded and renamed to the department of metallurgy & materials Engineering.
In addition to the mentioned disciplines offered by the department at that time, a ceramic engineering programme was also offered at B.Eng. level by then. The ceramic division of the department of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering has since then engaged itself in an intensive programme of teaching as well as research & development in ceramic engineering. These have resulted in a significant impact on Iran's ceramic industries. Post graduate programmes leading to M.Eng.
degrees in Design & Selection of Engineering Materials, Extractive Metallurgy, as well as Ceramic Engineering were first offered in Iran by the department in 1982, 1983 and 1986 respectively. Later in 1998 M.Eng. in Biomaterials Engineering and in 2001 M.Eng. in casting were presented by the department in an effort to extend the knowledge of Biomaterials and various casting techniques of particular class of materials. The need for further research in various advance ceramic and metallurgical topics coupled with the enhancement of the country,s capabilities in empirical and theoretical related research in materials science, prevailed in the inception of yet another advanced programme at the PhD evel since 1991.
Today, the department has over 800 full-time students, including over 100 postgraduates students attending various diciplines at different levels. The variety of research activities is immense and cover:
I. contract research projects selected and promoted by outside bodies such as industries.
II. research, both theoretical and applied, which arises primarily from the interests of the staff and students concerned.
At present there are over 600 students studying at the undergraduate level, and around 250 students at the graduate level, of whom about 25 percent are Ph.D. students. There are 36 faculty members working in the School. The library of the School contains 7000 volumes of specialized books, and also subscription to 50 scientific journals that are available to the students and faculty members.
The library is equipped with on and off- line search systems, for instance, the Metadex Data Bank is accessible. The School also has a computer center that provides facilities for the students and faculty members. In addition, many courses of computer application in materials science are offered by the center.
Departments: Biomaterials, Design and Selection of Engineering Materials, Casting, Ceramics, Extractive Metallurgy, Industrial Metallurgy.