Department of Public Administration


About the Department

Department of Public Administration (PA) is currently admitting students at Bachelors, Masters, and PhD levels. Due to the urgent need for training specialised graduates in the areas of Public Administration, the Department has tried to offer relevant degree programmes to undergraduate and postgraduate students since its establishment.
To date, 13 full-time faculty members are teaching and researching in the Department. The faculty members are offering the latest advances in various branches and areas of Public Administration. Of the 13 faculty members, two members are full professors, six are associate professors, and the remaining five are assistant professors.
Moreover, there are currently about 466 students studying in the Department. Since 1991, a total of 2893 students have graduated from the Department. In the 2019-2020 academic year, 97 freshmen were admitted into the Department, and 70 students were graduated.

 

 

Degree Programmes

The programmes offered in the Department of Public Administration are introduced and specified below.

 

 

Bachelors Degree Programme

All Bachelors degree programmes in ATU last for four years, 8semesters.

— Public Administration. This Bachelors degree programme was established in 1984.

 

Masters Degree Programmes

All Masters degree programmes in ATU last for two years, four semesters. Students have to write a Masters thesis and defend it to pass the course and receive their degree certificate.

— Public Administration: Human Resource Development. This masters programme was established in 1988.
— Public Administration: Development Management. This masters programme was established in 1988.
— Public Administration: Organizational Behaviour Management. This masters programme was established in 1988.
— Public Administration: Public Policymaking. This masters programme was established in 1988.
— Urban Management. This masters programme was established in 2001.

 

 

PhD Degree Programme

All PhD programmes are offered at Allameh Tabataba'i University for four years, eight semesters. Students have to pass 18 taught credits, followed by another 18 dissertation credits, 36 credits in total. After passing the 18 taught credits, students have to sit a "comprehensive exam" and receive a minimum mark of 16 out of 20. After the Comprehensive Exam, the PhD candidates are allowed to choose their dissertation titles and prepare their proposals with the help of supervisors and advisors

— Public Administration: Public Decision-making and Policymaking. The PhD degree programme in Business Administration started to admit students in 1994.
— Public Administration: Comparative and Development Management. The PhD degree programme in Business Administration started to admit students in 1994.
— Public Administration: Human Resource Management. The PhD degree programme in Business Administration started to admit students in 1994.
— Public Administration: Organizational Behaviour Management. The PhD degree programme in Business Administration started to admit students in 1994.

 

 

Department Head

Dr Vajhollah Ghorbanizadeh Dr Vajhollah Ghorbanizadeh
PhD in System Management, from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2005)
Faculty Member
Email Address: ghorbanizadeh@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392946
Research Interests: Governance and public administration; Philosophy of the methodology science; Learning systems and organisations.
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Faculty Members

To date, 13 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.
For more detailed information about the faculty members, you can refer to ATU's SIMAP Portal.

 

 

Dr Hossein Aslipour Dr Hossein Aslipour
PhD in Public Administration, from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2014)
Faculty Member
Email Address: aslipour@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392962
Research Interests: Public policymaking; Public administration theory; Research methods; Policy research.
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Dr Seyed Jalaladin Faraji Dr Seyed Jalaladin Faraji
PhD in Landscape Architecture and Urban Management, from Nanjing Forestry University, China (2016)
Faculty Member
Email Address: faraji@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: To be announced
Research Interests: Urban management; Urban landscape architecture; Smart cities; Comparative studies; Urban village; Informal settlement.
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Dr Davood Hosseinpour Dr Davood Hosseinpour
PhD in ... from University of ............. (...)
Faculty Member
Email Address: d.hosseinpour@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392813 and 48392966
Research Interests: To be announced
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Dr Gholamreza Kazemian Shirvan Dr Gholamreza Kazemian Shirvan
PhD in Geography and Urban Planning, from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2005)
Faculty Member
Email Address: kazemian@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392866 and +9821 48392935
Research Interests: Urban management; Urban and regional planning; Development management; Urban Policymaking.
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Dr Hadi Khanmohammadi Dr Hadi Khanmohammadi
PhD in Policymaking from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2014)
Faculty Member
Email Address: khanmohammadi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: To be announced
Research Interests: Public administration; Policy analysis; Policy research.
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Dr Alireza Koushkie Jahromi Dr Alireza Koushkie Jahromi
PhD in ........... from University of ............, Iran (...)
Faculty Member
Email Address: koushkie@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: To be announced
Research Interests: To be announced
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Dr Behrooz Rezaeemanesh Dr Behrooz Rezaeemanesh
PhD in Public Administration: Human Resource Management, from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2014)
Faculty Member
Email Address: rezaeemanesh@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392940
Research Interests: Philosophical foundations of management theory; Organisational behaviour; Philosophical foundations of Islamic management.
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Dr Habib Roodsaz Dr Habib Roodsaz
PhD in Information Systems Management from University of Tehran, Iran (1996)
Faculty Member
Email Address: roodsaz@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392942
Research Interests: Electronic government; Information systems in management; Research methodology.
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Dr Mirali Seyed Naghavi Dr Mirali Seyed Naghavi
PhD in Public Management: Human Resources, from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2005)
Faculty Member
Email Address: seyednaghavi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392927
Research Interests: To be announced
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Dr fattah Sharifzadeh Dr Fattah Sharifzadeh
PhD in Public Administration, from Florida International University, US (1992)
Faculty Member
Email Address: sharifzadeh_f@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392836
Research Interests: Management; Public administration; Decision making; Policymaking.
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Dr Reza Vaezi Dr Reza Vaezi
PhD in ......... from University of ...(...)
Faculty Member
Email Address: vaezi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: To be announced
Research Interests: +9821 48392873
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Dr Saeed Zarandi Dr Saeed Zarandi
PhD in .......... from University of ......... (...)
Faculty Member
Email Address: saeed_zarandi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: +9821 48392840
Research Interests: To be announced
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