He made the remarks in a get-together meeting held at the venue of Sari Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences University on Tue. in the presence of faculty members and university lecturers and added that the government has recently prepared the grounds for cultivating students’ talents in different areas.

The science minister introduced universities and academic centers as the best hubs for producing wealth and fulfilling demands of the society and urged the different sectors, such as industry, to establish necessary cooperation and collaboration with universities in order to materialize relevant objectives.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Gholami described ‘agricultural economy’ as the most important alternative for oil economy and added, “accordingly, farmers should be guided towards the modern and scientific methods.”

Once agricultural sector is equipped with most modern methods, the country can compete with advanced countries in the relevant field, science minister added.

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Iran will also offer different MoU to Syria and Iraq to create branches of Iranian universities in these countries and also to support research opportunities.

“We have held a meeting with Malaysian authorities that there will be joint projects in addition to the exchange of students,” deputy science minister for scientific cooperation added.

He went on to say that exchanging of professors and holding joint projects with European countries such as Germany, France, and Italy will also be continued.

Koohian noted that Iranian scientists can show the countries capabilities by holding science day in different countries.

“Increasing the number of international students in our country is one of our other policies in this year,” he added.

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