United States, or were directly led by American universities: The "Faculty of Agriculture" for example, was largely expanded with the assistance of Utah State University. In 1954, the "Institute of Business Administration" (Mo'assaseh-ye olum-e edari) was established with the help of the University of Southern California, directed by Harry Marlow of USC, offering master's and PhD degrees. That institute is the current Tehran University Faculty of Management. In 1958, the "Institute of Journalism" (Mo'asseseh-ye ruz-nameh negari) was founded with cooperation of James Wellard of the University of Virginia. In 1965, a postdoctoral program of cytopathology was inaugurated with the assistance of Johns Hopkins University. And in 1971, construction of a new building designed by Abdolaziz Farmanfarmayan was completed, which housed the university's main central library which today holds nearly 700,000 volumes, a large collection of Persian manuscripts, many of them unique, as well as 1800 periodicals from all over the world. Secession of the College of Medicine In 1986, by legislation of the National Parliament, the university's oversized College of Medicine separated into the independent Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), coming under the new Ministry of Health and Medical Education. The university (TUMS) is currently Iran's most prestigious medical school with 13,000 students. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, however, publishes all its scientific research under the name "University of Tehran" and continues to enjoy close relations with Tehran University's main campus. References External links University of Tehran History University of Tehran University Tehran University of Tehran