Being"Public, Private or Government " of the of public universities’ real estate in Jurisprudence of Administrative Court of Justice

Lawsuits about real estate of Public universities are among the most frequent lawsuits in the Administrative Court of Justice. The existence of contradictory regulations that do not provide a single understanding of the nature of these real estates (private, public or government) is always the main reason for filing these lawsuits, which has also led to conflicting decisions in the Court.On the basis, two questions can be arised; First, Under which category of private, public or government property, is real estates of public universities in Iran regulated; And secondly, to what extent is the imagination of this nature for the mentioned property considered efficient in the financial management of the universities?In this study, relying on the statutes and decisions issued by the Court of Administrative Justice, based on the method of collecting library-documentary information and in the framework of descriptive-analytical research method, we concluded that In Iranian law, real estates possessed by public universities is organized under the legal regime of government property. Although this is an efficient nature in comparison with the public property regime,but in order to achieve the goals and policies of the universities, governmentalization of these properties is a major drawback which can not lead to the optimal function of the boards of trustees for the managment of property and development of the university.