The special meeting of the general director of non-Iranian student affairs of the Student Organization of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology with the heads of international students offices of Khorasan Razavi province was held on December 12, 2018, at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM). The subject of the meeting is the internationalization of the universities.
Dr. Ghaboul, the head of the International Academic Relations Department of FUM pointed out that the significant potentiality of international student admission in the Khorasan Razavi province and Mashhad is a great opportunity for the universities. He said that FUM, as the most prestigious and the oldest Higher Education Center in the East of Iran, admitted international students from different courtiers. He added that by establishing International Center for Teaching Persian to Non-persian Speakers, FUM could attain the eminent position among the universities of Iran and the Middle East. It was required to reinforce this trend by the facilitates provided by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology.
Dr. Alizadeh, the general director of non-Iranian student affairs of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, appreciated the efforts and taken actions of the universities in the international student affairs at Khorasan Razavi. He evaluated their actions positively. Moreover, he maintained that in the recent the months, it was tried to organize the regional management for the international students’ affairs throughout Iran. We demanded the heads of international students offices of the universities in each region to help each other. The long-standing universities would make their experiences available to the new universities.
Considering the capacities and potentialities available in Khorasan Razavi province, Dr. Alizadeh stated that exploiting these potentialities was the most important issue. He added that our universities should not only admit the international students but also attract the internationally distinguished professors. He also said that we should establish the centers for training as well as teaching Persian to foreigners in different countries. By this mean, not only other countries benefit from Iran’s educational services, but also provide a good basis for attracting international students for inside and outside centers of Iran. This objective entails paying attention to educational quality and facilitating students’ entries to Iran and their use of the services.
Afterward, Dr. Moazzenzadeh, the head of International Students Office, welcomed the guests and thanked the Ministry's cooperation in supporting the universities. She voiced some problems at the meeting. Then, she expressed her hope that some long-term trends would be accelerated by more cooperation. In this regard, universities could pursue the national goals and gain the international students’ satisfaction.
At the end of the meeting, the representatives of the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Payame Noor University, Imam Reza International University and Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, presented their problems in student admission and consular services. These problems were resolved at the meeting.
