The Designing and Validation a pattern for Attracting Foreign Students to Islamic Azad University

The aim of this study was to validate the optimal pattern of enrollment of foreign students in Islamic Azad University. Which is applied in terms of purpose and exploratory in terms of research method, in the qualitative stage the method of grand theory and content analysis was used and in the quantitative stage the survey method was used. In the research section, the documents of 50 researches were studied. In the qualitative stage, in-depth interviews were conducted with 12 experts. The statistical population in the research was the faculty members. were chosen. The required information was collected in the qualitative stage using semi-structured interviews based on data theory and in the quantitative stage was collected and analyzed using a designed questionnaire. The results showed that in explaining the positive and negative positions, the quantitative and qualitative development of the university, the reform of university functions, globalization, the preference of political goals to educational goals were effective. In explaining the factors affecting acceptance, Structures, manpower and goals were effective. In explaining the factors of attracting foreign students, support programs, symbolic performance and regulatory performance were effective. In explaining the fields of admission with comparative advantage of foreign students, backgrounds, behaviors and structures were obtained. In explaining the factors facilitating the process of attracting foreign students, competitive advantage, university talent was obtained. Pedagogically, politically and economically.