Iranian
students ranked first, second, seventh and ninth on the highly competitive
qualification exams at
Stanford University
All
the incoming Masters and PhD students need to take the qualification
exam in order to be able to file for PhD Candidacy. Here are the
results of this year's EE PhD qualification exams at Stanford University.
All
13 students who were recently admitted from Sharif University of
Technology in Tehran passed the exam. Only 79 out of 194 passed.
Special congratulations to Abtin Keshavarzian, Mehdi Mohseni, Hossein
Kakavand and Reza Navid who ranked first, second, seventh and ninth
on this highly competitive exam.
Interesting
Facts:
1-Stanford
Electrical Engineering Program has been ranked second among EE departments
all over the nation.
USNEWS.COM
2- 2002 Electrical Engineering PhD qualification exams results:
Top
5%
- 1st
- Abtin Keshavarzian
- 2nd
- Medi Mohseni
- 7th
- Hossein Kakavand
- 9th
- Reza Navid
3.
Number of applicants for Stanford EE Department (2000):
Masters: 913
PhD: 287
Number
of applicants admitted to the Program and enrolled (2001):
Masters: 208
PhD: 21
Number
of Iranian Students admitted and enrolled in the EE Program (2001):
Masters: 6
PhD: 7
4.
In last 10 years, 16,000 students from 7 so called "states
sponsor of terrorist" have entered US. Of those 13,000 were
Iranians who have never been associated or accused of any criminal
wrongdoings.
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