As Iran's first comprehensive graduate school, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) was founded in 1982 and initially offered the majority of Ph.D. programs in basic sciences and engineering. TMU is an elite, exclusively postgraduate university with the dual goals of training academic staff and researchers for universities and higher education centers and providing an environment for world-class research. TMU currently offers M.A./M.Sc. degrees in 171 academic programs and Ph.D. degrees in 132 academic programs, with over 7300 and 3700 students in each level, respectively. The university currently has 17 faculties and 14 affiliated research centers, and more than 700 full-time academic members collaborate with the university.