The Tehran School of Political Science ( Madraseh-ye olum-e siyasi), was one of the first modern institutions of higher education in Iran at the turn of the twentieth century. Most of the nation's political elite graduated from the school.

History

The School of Political Science was founded in 1899. It was run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is an Iranian government ministry. The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the Cabinet member in charge....

. It later merged with the School of Law (Madreseh-ye alee-e hoquq), which had been established in 1918 to form the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the University of Tehran

University of Tehran

The University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian...

 in 1933.

Political

Many of the school's faculty and alumni later became ministers and political figures in Iran. Notable examples are:

• Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Dean of the School of Political Science, literary figure and founder of the Dehkhoda Encyclopaedia
• Mohammad Ali Foroughi
  Mohammad Ali Foroughi
  Mohammad Ali Foroughi Zoka-ol-Molk was a teacher, diplomat, writer, politician and Prime Minister of Iran. He was born to a family from Isfahan and studied at the élite Dar ul-Funun in Tehran. In 1907 he became the dean of the College of Political Sciences.In 1909 Foroughi entered politics as a...
  
  , Prime Minister
• Abolqasem Najm, Minister, diplomat and astronomer.

See also

• Higher education in Iran
  Higher education in Iran
  Iran has a large network of private, public, and state affiliated universities offering degrees in higher education. State-run universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and Ministry of Health and Medical Education .-Pre-Islamic...
  
  
• Academy of Gundishapur
  Academy of Gundishapur
  The Academy of Gondishapur , also Jondishapur , was a renowned academy of learning in the city of Gundeshapur during late antiquity, the intellectual center of the Sassanid empire. It offered training in medicine, philosophy, theology and science. The faculty were versed in the Zoroastrian and...
  
  
• Nizamiyyah
  Nizamiyyah
  The Nezamiyehs , are a group of the medieval institutions of higher education established by Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk in the eleventh century in Iran. The name nizamiyyah derives from his name...
  
  
• List of universities in Iran
• Dar al-Funun
• Tehran University of Medical Sciences
  Tehran University of Medical Sciences
  - General and History :Tehran University of Medical Sciences is the largest and "most distinguished", and most highly ranked medical school of Iran. In September 2008, the health minister of Iran - General and History :Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) is the largest and "most...
  
  , part of Tehran University until 1986.