Education

Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is the third-largest university governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. Its location in the heart of Wichita –a mecca for aircraft manufacturing, healthcare and business– provides the opportunity for applied learning and research to be infused throughout each student’s educational experience. By conducting research and internships in their fields, students gain real-world experience, allowing them to develop and apply critical skills.
Wichita State University offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in six colleges. The Graduate School offers 44 master’s degrees in more than 100 areas and a specialist in education degree. It offers doctoral degrees in applied mathematics; audiology; chemistry; communicative disorders and sciences; nursing practice; physical therapy; psychology (programs in human factors, community and APA-accredited clinical psychology); educational administration; aerospace, industrial and mechanical engineering; and electrical engineering and computer science.It has Ranked #1 among all U.S. universities in industry-funded aeronautical research and development expenditures and Ranked #4 among U.S. universities in aeronautical research and development expenditures.

Linköping University (LiU) is one of Sweden’s larger academic institutions and among those that offer the largest number of professional degree programmes, in fields such as medicine, education, business, economics and engineering. Research is conducted within a variety of disciplines, with strong internationally recognised research environments, e.g. materials science, information technology and disability studies.

Since gaining university status in 1975 (and before that, too), LiU has worked with innovation in education and research. For example we were first in Sweden to introduce interdisciplinary thematic research, problem-based learning (PBL), graduate schools and several innovative study programmes.

Sharif University of Technology is one of the best and largest engineering schools in Iran. It was established in 1966 under the name of Aryarmehr University of Technology and, at that time, there were 54 faculty members and a total of 412 students who were selected by national examination. In 1980, the university was renamed Sharif University of Technology (SUT); according to last statistics it has a total of 300 full-time faculty members, approximately 430 part-time faculty members and a student body of about 12,000 now.

In the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences rankings, SUT is ranked 5th in the Middle East. It is in the top 251-275 universities in the world and 37th in Asia in the 2014 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. SUT also ranked 1st in the Middle East, 6th in Asia, and 27th in the world in Times Higher Education’s top 100 universities under 50.

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET or SAMPAD) are national selective schools (middle and high school level) in Iran developed specifically for the development of exceptionally talented students. NODET was first established in 1976, then re-established in 1987.Admission to Nodet schools is selective and based on a comprehensive nationwide entrance examination procedure. Every year thousands of students apply to enter the schools, from which less than 5% are chosen for the 99 middle schools and 98 high-schools within the country.All applicants must have a minimum GPA of 19 (out of 20) for attending the entrance exam.

In 2006 87,081 boys and 83,596 girls from 56 cities applied, and finally 6,888 students were accepted for the 2007 middle schools. The entrance exam is very competitive in larger cities, especially in Tehran, in which 120 students are accepted after two exams and interviews, out of over 50,000 applicants.