Tarbiat Modares University

Tarbiat Modares University
دانشگاه تربیت مدرس
Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modarres
Tarbiat Modares University
Motto
  • خرد باید و دانش و راستی
Motto in English
One must have wisdom and knowledge and honesty
TypePublic
Established1982 (1982)
ChancellorYousef Hojjat
Students7,970
Location,
35°43′17″N 51°22′55″E / 35.72139°N 51.38194°E / 35.72139; 51.38194
CampusUrban
ColoursGreen and Gold
   
Websitewww.modares.ac.ir

Tarbiat Modares University (Persian: دانشگاه تربیت مدرس: Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modarres, lit. "Professor Training University") is a graduate public university located in Tehran, Iran. Tarbiat students have participated in several protests over the years. In 1999, a Basij crackdown on protestors in which the Basij killed a student led to a wave of protests which were repressed by Iranian security forces.