According to the MoU, Islamic Azad University and London Metropolitan University will cooperate in fields of training, research as well as exchange of professors and research scholars.
The Islamic Azad University, commonly referred to as Azad University is the world's third largest university and the largest private university system. The university is based in Iran.
Headquartered in Tehran, the Islamic Azad University, founded in 1982 by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, currently has 1.5 million students, making it the worlds' third largest higher education institute.
Azad University has over 100 branches across the country and overseas. It has branches in UAE, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Lebanon and Armenia and has plans to establish more branches in Malaysia, Canada, Afghanistan and Tajikistan in the near future.