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Payame Noor University

IRAN - Tehran

Education for Everyone, Everywhere, and Every Time

PNU was established in 1988 as a unique ODL institution in the country after having integrated the University of Abureihane Birouni and Iran Free University. The degrees it awards are all recognized and have the same status as those of other state universities. PNU took its first intake in five degree programs at 28 study centers. In addition to admit student through passing the National Entrance Examination held annually by the National Organization for Educational Testing, the university launched encompassing degree programs to admit students through an acceptable GPA. Presently, PNU has 502 local study centers and campuses which are scattered throughout the country and administered by 31 provincial centers. It has also an Office of the Coordinating and Planning of the International Study Centers located in the university headquarters in Tehran. PNU has about 3,148 faculty members and 940,515 students.

Vision

Payame Noor University, in the horizon of 2040, is a comprehensive, responsible, demand-driven, and entrepreneur university as well as a reference in open and distance education, an international pole for open and distance education in the region, a pioneer in technology with a self-reliant and sustainable economy, and one of the five top open universities in the world.

History

Payame Noor University was established in 1988 as the only open and distance learning university in the Islamic Republic of Iran by integrating the University of Abureihane Birouni and Iran Azad University. The University took its first intake in five degree programs at 28 study centers. Presently, PNU has 502 local study centers and campuses throughout the country, administered by 31 provincial centers, and an International Study Center located at the university headquarter in Tehran.

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