Daneshpajoohan Pishro Higher Education Institute (DHEI) commenced its educational and research activities in 2006. DHEI was recognized as a first-rank institute among the nongovernmental higher education institutes in Iran by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in 2015. The institute, after eleven years of successful activities and its international relations with universities from Germany, Spain, India, and so on, is now serving more than 2500 students studying in 10 educational groups including Architecture Engineering, Urban Development, Industrial and Management, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Civil Engineering, Survey Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Social Science, with about 50 disciplines in Master of Science, Bachelor and Associate degrees.