GORDON BROWN, DEAN OF MIT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING. 1974

THE MASTER GOAL TO ESTABLISH IUT IN 1974, WAS TO CREATE “A PROBLEM-SOLVING TYPE OF EDUCATION.” IN THE HEART OF INDUSTRIAL AND CULTURAL ZONE OF IRAN. IUT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A COPY OF A WESTERN UNIVERSITY BUT BASED ON IRANIAN CULTURE AND SOCIETAL CHARACTERISTICS.