Iranian University Entrance Exam

Iranian women taking the University Entrance Exam.

The Iranian University Entrance Exam, simply known as Konkour (Persian: کنکور; from the French Concours), is a standardized test used as one of the means to gain admission to higher education in Iran. Generally, to get a Ph.D. in non-medical majors, there are three exams, all of them called Konkour.[1]

By 2023, 80% of top 3000 students were from private schools, while only 2 percent from public schools.[2]

Iran had 2183 universities in 2022 and started a program to merge them and reduce the number down to 400 universities.[3]

In September 2023, the Iranian government rolled back changes to the Exam to before 2020 and delayed changes until 14-06-2026, making the Exam a more important factor than high schools grades and finals.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Iran's Konkoor: the SAT on steroids | Saratoga Falcon". www.saratogafalcon.org. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  2. ^ https://www.irna.ir/news/85166004/%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86-%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF-%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA
  3. ^ https://www.irna.ir/news/85141751/%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88-%DB%B1%DB%B0%DB%B0-%DA%A9%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1.
  4. ^ "مجلس تأثیر معدل در کنکور را تا سال ۱۴۰۶ به تعویق انداخت".
  5. ^ "هیچ کدام از مخالفان تأثیر سوابق در کنکور دانش آموز نبودند - خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency".

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