 The Technical Power Systems Training Center was founded in the northeast of Tehran on 1970 to improve the knowledge of technologists and engineers employed in power and water industries.Its activities continued on a limited level until 1980.At that time, special consideration of Hassan Abbaspour (Minister of Energy) for training experts in power and water industries and the efforts of Mohammad Sadegh Ghazizadeh, Mohammad Ahmadian and Kabir Sadeghi  lead to promotion of the Technical Power Systems Training Center to a research and training center which was responsible for training to undergraduate level.