%0 Journal Article %T Institutional Research (IR); Neglected Necessity to Strengthen Cooperation between Universities and Industry %J Journal of Industry and University %I %Z 2717-0446 %A maryam zare %A drnemati drnemati %A %D 2020 %\ 2020/12/13 %V 9 %N 3 %P - %! Institutional Research (IR); Neglected Necessity to Strengthen Cooperation between Universities and Industry %K Higher Education %K Universities %K Industry %K Institutional Research %K Inside and Outside the Academic Requirements %X Today, the rapid increase in the cost of higher education and its quality and reduced public support for universities and higher educational institutions around the world on the one hand and rapid technological advances and the needs of economic systems for scientific knowledge ,on the other hand, academic system is converted into knowledge industry.. Increased productivity at universities is dependent upon the amount of research and development done which in terms of theoretical principles is called institutional research. In recent decades, the most important Iran’s economic problem has been low investment in the creation of knowledge and promotion of productivity. It is desirable for Iran’s universities to become knowledge based. So IR is the most suitable approach to achieve this goal. While the unit of Institutional Research of the world's most prestigious universities is created to strengthen university-industry collaboration, , it has been neglected in Iran’s universities. This research attempts to explain the concept of IR and identify the methods which can be implemented through the study of theoretical principles and Delphi technique. %U http://rimag.ir/fa/Article/6613