Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)

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Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
وزارت علوم، تحقیقات و فناوری
Vezārate 'Olum, Tahqiqāt va Fanāvari
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Agency overview
Formed2000
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Culture and Higher Education
Jurisdiction Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Employees80,731 (2019) [1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Rouhollah Raziani, Deputy of Education
  • Mohammad Nabi Shahiki [2] , Deputy of Science and Technology
Website https://www.msrt.ir/en

The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) is the government ministry of science, research and technology in Iran. State-run (non-medical) universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. The ministry was established in 2000 when the ministry of culture and higher education was renamed as the ministry of science, research and technology. [3]

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In 2000 the ministry set up the Aerospace Research Institute. [4]

The supervision of higher education institutions and the approval of the study programmes, as well as the accreditation of universities and other higher education institutions are conducted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Medical education falls within the remit of the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education. [5] A list of recognised universities and institutes of higher education and private institutions is available on the website of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

Ministers since 1979 until 2024

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePartyHead of government
1 Ali Shariatmadari.jpg Ali Shariatmadari 5 February 19791 October 1979 JAMA (political party) Mehdi Bazargan
2 Hassan Habibi 1980.jpg Hassan Habibi 1 October 197928 May 1980 Islamic Republican Party Mehdi Bazargan

Council of the Islamic Revolution

3Hassan Arefi10 September 198017 August 1981 Islamic Republican Party Mohammad-Ali Rajai
4 Mohammad-Ali Najafi in Tehran City Council.jpg Mohammad-Ali Najafi 17 August 198114 August 1984 Islamic Republican Party Mohammad-Javad Bahonar

Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (acting)

Mir-Hossein Mousavi

5 Iradj Fazel.jpg Iradj Fazel 20 August 198428 October 1985 Independent Mir-Hossein Mousavi
6 Mohammad Farhadi.jpg Mohammad Farhadi 28 October 198529 August 1989 Islamic Republican Party
7 Mostafa Moeen - July 28, 2003.png Mostafa Moeen 29 August 198916 August 1993 Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
8 Mohammad Reza Hashemi Golpayegani 16 August 199320 August 1997 Independent
(7) Mostafa Moeen - July 28, 2003.png Mostafa Moeen 20 August 199723 August 2003 Islamic Iran Participation Front Mohammad Khatami
9 Jajar Tofighi 01.jpg Jafar Towfighi 8 October 200324 August 2005 Independent
10 Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi IMAGE634945642941982752.jpg Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi 24 August 20053 September 2009 Independent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
11 Kamran Daneshjoo.jpg Kamran Daneshjoo 3 September 200917 August 2013 Independent
12 Reza Faraji Dana.jpg Reza Farajidana 27 October 201320 August 2014 Independent Hassan Rouhani
(6) Mohammad Farhadi.jpg Mohammad Farhadi 26 November 201420 August 2017 Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society
13 Iran koochak- 06.jpg Mansour Gholami 29 October 201725 August 2021 Islamic Association of University Instructors
14 Zolfigol 2022 (cropped).jpeg Mohammad Ali Zolfigol 25 August 202121 August 2024 Independent Ebrahim Raisi

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