What is Dar ul-Funun?
{{NPOV|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox university | name = Dār ul-Funun | native_name = {{lang|fa|دَارَالْفَنُونِ}} | native_name_lang = fa | image = Dar ul-Funun Courtyard 20120326-112041.jpg | image_alt = Eastern gate of Dar ul-Funun | caption = Eastern gate of Dār ul-Funun in the Nāser Khosrow Street. The motto is inscribed on the upper part of the front face. | latin_name = | motto = {{lang|fa|تُوَانَا بُودْ هَرْكَهْ دَانَا بُودْ}}<br>{{lang|fa|ز دَانْشْ دِلْ بِىرْ بِرْنَا بُودْ}}<ref>[[Transliteration of Persian|Transliteration]]: Tavānā bovad har keh dānā bovad – Ze dānesh del-e pīr bornā bovad</ref> | motto_lang = fa | mottoeng = Mighty is the one who has knowledge <br> By knowledge the old hearts grow young again <br> (couplet from [[Ferdowsi]]'s ''[[Shahnameh]]'')<ref>In verse form the couplet may be translated as: ''Capable is he who is wise – Happiness from wisdom will arise''.</ref> | established = {{start date|1851}} | closed = <!-- {{end date|YYYY}} --> | type = [[Institute of technology|Polytechnic]] | parent = | affiliation = | religious_affiliation = | academic_affiliation = | endowment = 7,750 [[Iranian toman|tomans]] (initially) <br> 30,000 tomans (in 1930) | budget = | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | chairperson = | chancellor = | president = | vice-president = | superintendent = | provost = | vice_chancellor = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | academic_staff = | administrative_staff = | students = | undergrad = | postgrad =