The Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research ( ACECR ) ( Persian : جهاد دانشگاهی ) is an Iranian public and non-governmental higher education institution established in 1980.
3-521: The Iranian Students Polling Agency ( ISPA ), affiliated to the Academic Center for Education , Culture and Research ( ACECR ), started its activities on May 8, 2001 (Khordad 18, 1380). The aim of this center is to do research in polling and public opinion in national, international and transnational levels, to help organizations, governmental, public, private and civil institutions that select decisions and policy base on observation and statistics. Among
6-519: The areas of: research and technology, education, cultural activities , and entrepreneurship . Only 20% of ACECR's funding comes from national budget, while the majority of its funding is derived from partnerships and cooperation with the private sector . ACECR has 680 full-time research and academic staff, and 1,600 full-time research assistants . Its activities are supported by 2,100 services and administrative staff. Industry experts and post graduate research students also contribute to projects on
9-891: The main priorities of the organisation is to focus on public opinions and necessity of using citizens opinions, with goal of increasing intercommunity of citizens in improvement conditions and development of the country's affairs. One of the successful polls of this center was anticipated the Islamic Republic of Iran's 12th Presidential Elections in 2017. This plan implemented in 12 levels and could estimate people participation rate in elections, voting rate of candidates in election advertisement days, and amount of voting of two candidates Hassan Rohani and Seyed Ebrahim Raisi . Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research ACECR engages in research and development projects in different fields of science and technology and real-world applications. Its activities can be broadly divided into
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