Thesis:

Analyzing the educational needs of Nesl Zed regarding the optimal choice of academic field and providing a suitable solution

The aim of the present study was to analyze the educational needs of Generation Z regarding the desired choice of university major and to provide an appropriate solution. This study was conducted in a qualitative (analyticalinferential) manner. This study is a qualitative research and phenomenological type. The statistical population of the present study is all students of the 6th educational district of Mashhad, who were selected using the theoretical sampling method. The sampling method of the present study is purposive snowball or network sampling. The number of samples was determined by information saturation. In the current study, the number of selected samples was 20 Generation Z students. In-depth face-to-face interviews with openended questions were used in this study. Each interview took approximately 30-50 minutes. In order to make more accurate impressions of the views expressed by the participants, the interviews were immediately analyzed after being recorded and the conversations were reviewed. The results indicate that from the students' perspective, the challenges arising from the final exam in choosing the desired university major fall into 2 main categories, which are complexity and necessity, and 10 subcategories. Also, from the students' perspective, the challenges arising from the entrance exam in choosing the desired university major fall into 3 main categories, which are: security and safety of the entrance exam, educational environment and interfering conditions, and 10 subcategories. Also, from the perspective of Generation Z students, their educational gaps in choosing the desired university major were classified into 5 main categories, which are: academic counseling and guidance, social dimensions, security and safety of the entrance exam, alignment of the education system with higher education, standard question records, and law enforcement, and 9 subcategories

Keywords: Keywords: Generation Z, educational needs, choosing the desired university major, providing a solution