Industry-University Relationship; An Analysis of Policy-Instruments in Iranian Laws and Regulations

Even though many efforts have been made to promote the relationship between industry and university in Iran, a proper systematic relationship between them has not yet been established. This paper seeks to study and examine the status of policy instruments effective in promoting the relationship between industry and university in Iran. To do so the provisions of five laws and regulations were examined and 41 legal articles were reviewed. The results of the analysis show that about 86% of the laws and regulations are only indirectly related or just have a capacity to promote the industry-university relations.