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With the increasing complexity and chaos of extracurricular higher education environments in diverse ecosystems, university adaptation to the environment as a social and activist system has become an inevitable necessity. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the content of articles compiled in the context of the University of Adaptation in internal and external research to present the Adaptive University model. This qualitative research has been formulated using Sandlowski and Barrowsochrchr('39')s (chr('39')39chr('39')) seven-step cross-over method. It seeks to answer two questions: 1) What are the constituent components of a compatible university? And 2) What are the factors affecting the complexity of the situation in higher education? Is. Therefore, after researching the databases of internal and external articles in the university-affiliated context with relevant keywords, 26 out of 38 selected studies were finalized. After reading each article, the concepts were summarized and then merged in terms of meaning similarities to form primary sub-categories, and then sub-categories were categorized into secondary sub-categories based on mergers. Findings In response to the first question, internal studies were categorized into 6 primary sub-categories, 18 secondary sub-categories with 175 key concepts, and external studies were categorized into 6 primary sub-categories, 13 secondary sub-categories, and 160 key concepts. In response to the second question, the factors affecting the complexity of higher education conditions were classified into 7 primary and 11 secondary subcategories with 50 key concepts. The findings of the two questions were then combined and illustrated in the schematic model. Finally, according to the findings, a policy lesson for higher education in Iran has been proposed