Publish Date: 1 September 2015 - 15:00

TEHRAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) – Deputy Minister of science in international affairs expressed hope that by the end of the sixth National Development Plan, 15 Iranian universities will reach international levels.

On the sidelines of a visit to Amol University of Special Modern Technologies Hossein Salar Amoli stated that, “after the removal of sanctions, we established vast international relations which will lead to improvement of our activities."

He further numerated the four basic principles of internationalizing universities which include attracting foreign students, joint projects with foreign universities and carrying out joint programs with top the world’s top universities, employing foreign professors, along with taking advantage of the Iranians residing in foreign countries who are of high scientific level.