Dr. Maghsoud Farasatkhah, has received his Ph.D. in the field of planning higher education development from the Faculty of Education and Psychology of Shahid Beheshti University.
Dr. Farasatkhah has been awarded the Science Promotion Award in Iran in 2017.
Some of his Authored Books:

• University and Higher Education: Global Perspectives and Issues of Iran, Publisher: Nashre Ney
• History and misfortunes of Universities in Iran: A Historical Study of Higher Education and its Economic, Social, Political and Cultural Developments, Publisher: Rasa
• The beginning of modern contemporary (religious and non-religious), History of the beginning of religious and secular thought. Publisher: Public Joint Stock Company, 2009
• Iranian University and Quality Issue: A Survey on Iran's Quality Assurance System Based on Comparative Study of 16 Countries. Publisher: Agaah
• Combined research method; combining theory with practice. Publisher: Institute for Research and Planning for Higher Education, 2016
• Monitoring and Evaluation in Higher Education, Publisher: Samt, 2017
• The proper and improper time of the university; New and critical debates on university studies, science and higher education studies. Publisher: Agaah, 2017
• Mind and Everything; Plans for Life. Publisher: Rhino Publishing House, 2017