Department of Educational Administration and Planning
Department of Administration and Planning is currently admitting students in Bachelors, Masters, and PhD levels. Due to the urgent need for training specialised graduates in the areas of Educational Administration and Educational Planning, the Department has ever since its establishment tried to offer relevant degree programmes to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
To date, there are 7 full-time faculty members teaching and researching in the Department. The faculty members are offering the latest advances in various branches and areas of Educational Administration and Planning. Of the 7 faculty members, 5 members are associate professors and 2 members are assistant professors.
Moreover, there are currently about 210 students studying in the Department. Since 1993, a total of 1359 students have graduated from the Department. In the 2018-2019 academic year, a total of 71 freshmen were admitted into the Department and 197 students were graduated.
Degree Programmes
The programmes offered in the Department of Educational Administration and Planning are introduced and specified below.
Bachelors Degree Programme
- Education: This bachelors degree programme was established in 1984. All bachelors degree programmes in ATU last for 4 years, 8 semesters.
Masters Degree Programmes
- Educational Administration: The masters degree programme in Educational Administration started to admit students since 1988. The programme is offered in Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. After passing the taught courses, students have to prepare and defend a masters dissertation to receive their degrees.
- Human Resource Development and Training: The masters degree programme in Human Resource Development and Training started to admit students since 2016. The programme is offered in Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. After passing the taught courses, students have to prepare and defend a masters dissertation to receive their degrees.
Department Head
Dr Morteza Taheri
PhD in Educational Administration from Shahid Beheshti University, Iran (2012).
Faculty Member
Email Address: m.taheri@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3189
Research Interests: Professional development, Research methodology, Evaluation.
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Faculty Members
To date, 7 full-time faculty members are employed and collaborating with the Department in providing educational and research services to the students and researchers. The faculty members of the Department are briefly introduced below. The names are sorted alphabetically.
More detailed information about faculty members is available from ATU's ARIS portal.
Dr Abbas Abbaspour
PhD in Management: Human Resource Management from University of Tehran (2002)
Faculty Member
Email Address: abbaspour@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3132
Research Interests:Human resource administration, Higher education, Educational administration.
Dr Hossein Abdollahi
PhD in Educational Administration from University of Tehran, Iran (2008)
Faculty Member
Email Address: abdollahi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3258
Research Interests: Educational administration, Organizational behaviour, Educational development planning, Human resource development.
Dr Samad Borzoian Shirvan
PhD in Educational Economics from the University of Mumbai, India (2014).
Faculty Member
Email Address: borzooian@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3285
Research Interests: Economics in education, Financial resource allocation, Internal efficiency in education, Financing in higher education.
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Dr Saeed Ghiasi Nodooshan
PhD in Higher Education Development Planning from Shahid Beheshti University, Iran (2013).
Faculty Member
Email Address: ghiasi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3181
Research Interests: Higher education policy, Strategic planning and future studies in higher education, Succession planning.
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Dr Ali Khorsandi Taskoh
PhD in Educational Policy Studies from Ontario Tech University, Canada (2014).
Faculty Member
Email Address: ali.khorsandi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3256
Research Interests: Critical policy analysis in education and higher education, Higher education governance and policy, Internationalization of higher education, Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies.
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Dr Hamid Rahimian
PhD in Educational Administration from University of Maryland, US (1992)
Faculty Member
Email Address: rahimian@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3169
Research Interests: Development administration and change, Organizational leadership and behaviour, Human resource development and training.
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Emeritus Faculty Members:
ALi Alagheband
Morteza Aminfar
Soroush