Open AccessStructural Requirements of the Third-Generation University: The Case of Medical Sciences Universities in Iran
Author(s) -
Ali Ghorbani,
Zohreh Sohrabi,
Shahram Yazdani,
Salimeh Khalili Azandehi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s231826
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , commercialization , organizational structure , unit (ring theory) , business , entrepreneurship , engineering management , engineering , knowledge management , management , political science , marketing , computer science , psychology , politics , mathematics education , economics , law , finance
Given the social, economic, environmental and internal developments of universities, the necessity for medical universities to move to being third-generation universities has been demonstrated. These universities, along with the requirements of entrepreneurship and commercialization of research, are in need of structural requirements. This study was conducted with the aim to identify and introduce the structural requirements of medical sciences universities in Iran in the transition to the third-generation universities.