School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering The present day "School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering" was established in 1957, as the Metals Melting & Casting division in what was then known as the Tehran Institute of Technology (TIT). Initially, a four year intensive curriculum in Metals Melting & Casting became a new Metals Engineering degree. And likewise in 1961, the institute initiated an undergraduate program under the Bachelor of Science in Engineering.