Tarbiat Moalem University (Persian: دانشگاه تربيت معلم), also known as Kharazmi University (Persian: دانشگاه خوارزمي), is a major Iranian university in Tehran, Iran, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate studies in different fields. Being established in 1919 as "The Central Teachers Institute", it was changed to the "Higher Institute for Tarbiat Moalem" in 1928, gained Collegiate status in 1963, gained university status in 1967 and then was renamed to "Kharazmi (Persian: خوارزمي)" in 2000. Today the university is one of the largest universities in Iran with faculties of Engineering, Mathematical & Computer Sciences , Letters and Humanities, Psychology & Education, Physical Education & Sport Sciences and Chemistry. It has a second campus located in Hesarak near Karaj, inaugurated in 1986. There are also similar "Tarbiat Moalem" teacher training institutes scattered throughout the country as well, which are independently managed and are not related to the university. Tarbiat Moalem University was initially founded, in 1919, as the "Central Teachers Institute". The objective of this institute was to train teachers for primary schools.