Abdolkarim Hosseinpoor

The purpose of the present study was to present a higher education model for the realization of sustainable development components in the South Pars region. This research is applied in nature and qualitative in terms of method. The statistical population consisted of 12 experts and academic scholars in the field of sustainable development in general and sustainable development in higher education in particular, whose views were used to identify and code the categories. In order to identify the factors, interviews were first conducted, and with the help of open coding, axial coding, and selective coding, categories and concepts were extracted. The result of this stage included 451 open codes, 24 axial codes, and 8 selective codes. In the next stage, using the Delphi technique, the causal, contextual, intervening, strategic, and consequential conditions were screened in three stages, and consensus was ultimately reached on 135 open codes. The findings indicated that the higher education model for achieving sustainable development components in the South Pars region comprises 2 causal conditions with 8 sub-criteria, 1 contextual condition with 3 sub-criteria, 1 intervening factor with 2 sub-criteria, 2 strategies with 5 sub-criteria, and finally 2 major outcomes with 5 sub-criteria. These outcomes include the development of sustainable projects and businesses, along with the management of natural resources and the environment. Therefore, it can be concluded that focusing on sustainable development in the region leads to an increase in business development as well as the preservation and management of natural resources.