Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU), is a public university in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The university is named for Mohammad Ali Rajaee, the second president of Iran. The university is located in the North East of Tehran, in the Lavizan neighborhood. The university was founded in 1980 on the premises of the former Tehran American School (1974-1979).

The main mission of the Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University is to prepare teachers to teach curriculums at technical and vocational education schools in Iran. This is a unique program among Iranian universities.

Background
Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU) provides both undergraduate and graduate programs in eight faculties for typical students and teachers hired by the Ministry of Education. The education programs of typical students are separated from teacher's education programs in order to provide professional education for each group. SRTTU is a public university and therefore, the budget for education and research programs is provided by the government of Iran. Students are accepted into the university by Iranian University Entrance Exam (Konkur) which conducted by the ministry of science and technology, winning prestigious scientific awards like Khwarizmi as well as direct postgraduate programs of the ministry of science for top ranking students. SRTTU is located in the Northern part of Tehran, the capital of Iran. It has therefore the privilege of hosting some top students of provincial universities as guest and transfer students in competitive situations every year. SRTTU is one of two centers of UNEVOC-UNESCO in Iran. The Campus of SRTTU is located in Lavizan, in north east of Tehran.

SRTTU has 9 School and Faculty:


 * Faculty of Electrical Engineering
 * Faculty of Civil Engineering
 * Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
 * Faculty of Metallurgy and new technology Engineering
 * School of Computer Engineering
 * School of Architecture and Urban Design Engineering
 * Faculty of Science
 * Faculty of Physical science
 * Faculty of Humanities

Rankings and reputation
The Shanghai Ranking ranked the Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University 1001 among world universities in 2021. Also, The Shanghai Ranking ranked the Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University 1201 among world universities in 2022.

Journals
SRTTU has Journal of Computational and Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering (JCARME) for publishing recent research in the computational and applied mechanical engineering. Original research papers from all branches of the mechanical engineering are published in the Journal.

Journal of Technology of Education (JTE) is another Journal of SRTTU which has focused on research for increasing quality level of science and engineering education by using new technologies.

Book publishing
Publication office of Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU) was established in 1998 in order to publish research books of faculties and researchers of the university.

Equipped laboratories for engineering education
SRTTU has many equipped laboratories and workshops for teaching engineering sciences to the students. Metrology lab, machine tools workshop and CNC lab, casting workshop, welding workshops, auto mechanic lab and die designing workshop are some of the university's workshops.

Sport complex
The university has good sport facilities such as covered swimming pool, soccer place and tennis courts.

Central library
Number of books in service are about 15,000 volumes in the English and 39,039 titles in the Persian languages. Main subjects are periodicals and journals, thesis and reports, e-resources, journals for faculties of sciences, human science and physical education departments.