An Analysis on the Art Programs of Universities and Higher Education Institutes under the Direct Administration of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology

It has been more than seventy years since the first art school in Iran was officially established under the auspices of higher education. Since then, art disciplines have emerged in many sections of the nation under the names of specialized universities, campuses, faculties, groups, and fields. As a result, in order to answer questions such as: what are the number of sub-fields of art sub-departments of universities directly supervised by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, and their sections, as well as what is the organizational system of university management of sub-sub-fields of art sub-fields and how to enhance its expansions are all issues focused in this paper.

One of the primary aims of this research is to better understand the structure of higher education in Iranian art and the disciplines and sections of higher education for different purposes such as admission of foreign students to Iranian universities' art departments.
Research

The data for this research was acquired via the Internet portals of universities, the field handbook of the assessment organization, and other information sources and libraries; and this was accomplished via using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The content analysis is provided statistically based on the historical path of the formation of the disciplines and the organization of the sections of the academic disciplines in Iran, and its findings are presented analytically as part of the data research process.

According to the findings of this article, approximately 341 field courses in three levels: Bachelor, Master, and PhD have been launched under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and under 86 approved titles since the establishment of the university. Bachelor's degrees accounted for 186, Master's degrees for 222, and PhD for 46. The authors believe that among the numerous creative disciplines, carpet programs have been established based on local and regional skills, and that among these, music program is an empty field, based on these figures and what is described in the text. As a result, local universities should consider launching other programs with special regional capacity, as well as introducing a new generation of academic artists from regions where productions and artistic disciplines are rooted to the Iranian and international art communities with innovative knowledge.