Payame Noor University is a public university and one of the largest universities in Iran, with its headquarters based in Tehran, 31 provincial centers, 485 local study centers, other campuses all around the country, and one International Study Center located in the headquarters in Tehran. Established in 1988, is a legal body under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. PNU took its first intake at 5 study fields at 28 local study centers. Presently, the university has 3,500 academic members and 1,101,182 national and international students.