Educational and Research Competencies Required by Students to Succeed in College Life

Current study aims to investigate the required educational and research competencies to the students to be successful in terms of university life in Tehran state and non-state university's board point of views.
in terms of methodology this is a description_ measuring and in terms of purpose this is a functional research. Statistical universe in this study consists of Tehran state and non-state university’s boards during1394_1395. Sampling method was classified randomly (according to volume) and this was consists of 377 members. Research tools was the researchers questionnaire and to determine its validity, content validity was applied. In addition to adviser and consultant professors, the questionnaire contributed to some of the interested professors to make their own views on the questionnaire and to determine the questionnaire stability, Cronbach alpha applied and we reached stability coefficient (95%) and collected data analyzed by description methods and referential tests analyzed such as Freeman test and Pierson coefficient.
In Tehran university board’s point of views (96/31%) students educational competencies are effective in higher and middle level on students scientific and practical success and in (90/19%) point of views, research competencies are effective in middle and higher levels on student’s success. Learning and getting the related skills to learning are considered as the first step to research field and student at the lower level need more educational competencies and at the higher levels need more research competencies to be successful in university life.
the results showed that students need 14 educational and 11 research competencies to be successful during the university period. Educational and learning competencies comparing the research competencies, do have more role in scientific success during the university period. Also these competencies importance are determined in this study in terms of board point of views and in addition, they have provided some suggestions to improve the competencies in the students.