Payame Noor University
دانشگاه پیام نور | |
Tehran main office of Payame Noor University, designed by Taliesin Associated Architects (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation), William Wesley Peters | |
Other name | Payam Noor University, Payam-e Noor University, PNU |
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Former names | University of Abu Rayhan al-Biruni and Iran Azad University |
| Motto | آموزش برای همه، هرجا و هر زمان |
Motto in English | Education for all, anywhere and anytime |
| Type | Open university |
| Established | 1988 |
Academic affiliation | FUIW AAOU UNITWIN/UNESCO Eurasian Universities Union |
| President | Mohammad Hadi Amin Naji |
Academic staff | 3,200. Including 444 professor and assistant professor |
| Students | 430,000 |
| Location | Nakhl St, Lashkarak Highway, Tehran, Iran 35°48′3″N 51°30′9″E / 35.80083°N 51.50250°E |
| Language | Persian |
| Branch/Center | 31 provincial universities, with 502 urban branches/centers |
| Colours | Yellow |
Sporting affiliations | FISU, AUSF, IUSF |
| Website | pnu.ac.ir/ |
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athletics_affiliations, affiliations.Payame Noor University (PNU; Persian: Dāneŝgāhe Payāme Nur) is an open university system in Iran, with its headquarters in Tehran. Established in 1988, it is a legal institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran government. Payame Noor means "the message of light" in Persian.
PNU was established in 1988 in the Iran, after having integrated the University of Abu Rayhan al-Biruni and Iran Azad University. PNU took its first intake in five-degree programs at 28 study centres. Because of the governmental/public type of this university, its tuition is the lowest among all of the non-public universities.