 The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology approved the institution to be changed into the Faculty of Power and Water in 1991.It was changed into Shahid Abbaspour (Power and Water) University of Technology in 2005.It also functions as a faculty under the University of Applied Science and Technology (UAST), at least for the associate degree program in Computer Software in particular, for which UAST awards the degree, while PWUT issues the official transcript.