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Bahai Institute for Higher Education
The Baha'i Institute for Higher education (BIHE) is a university committed to high academic standards, international collaboration and an innovative teaching-learning environment. Founded in 1987 and offering 22 degree programs across 5 faculties, BIHE continues to develop and deliver academic programs of learning and research in technology, the sciences, the social sciences and the arts.

At BIHE, we believe that through collaborative and versatile learning that emphasizes conceptual as well as practical aspects of living in a global society, challenges can be transformed into possibilities. Indeed, that has been the founding principle of BIHE. BIHE aspires to make its services accessible to all, irrespective of their affiliations, and to be a useful instrument for the well-being and prosperity of nations in the 21st century.

BIHE students and graduates will be trained to seek knowledge, to search for truth, beauty and justice, to pursue excellence in a spirit of loving fellowship, to become independent learners, creative thinkers and problem solvers, to examine dynamic interactions between scientific facts and universal values as a frame of reference for the meaningful application of knowledge, to appreciate the role of technology in laying the material foundation of civilization, and to draw upon the lessons of the past in order to advance new understanding for the future.

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International University of Iran (IUI)
International University of Iran is a non-profit private institution of higher education accredited by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran. The main campus of IUI is Farabi Virtual Institute of Higher Education in Tabriz, Azarbaijan. IUI is dedicated to advancing knowledge and educating students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve Iran and the Middle East in the future.

IUI is envisioned to serve as a platform for the participation of expatriate academics and professionals in the process of transformation of Iran and the broader Middle East into the information age. The mission of IUI is to harness the research and scientific resources of the Iranian and the Middle Eastern Expatriates for the advancement of knowledge and education of students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve Iran and the Broader Middle East Region in the future. This University is committed to generating and disseminating knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on Iran and the Middle East challenges. IUI is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse community.

 
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