The Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch (IAUCTB) (Persian: دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران مرکزی) formerly known as Islamic Azad University of Tehran is a major private research university located in central Tehran, Iran. It is the campus of the Islamic Azad University system and head of Tehran Province Universities.The university is the oldest,[6] the largest[4] and the top university among all branches of Islamic Azad University academic organization, established in 1982, originally as "Islamic Azad University of Tehran".[1] The university campuses rest on 297,904 m² of various districts of Tehran.[4] It offers approximately 445 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines such as Applied Sciences, Engineering, Art and Architecture, Humanities and Social Sciences and Medical Sciences.[4]