IAU, Tehran Medical Branch

Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch was established in June 17, 1985. The Islamic Azad University is nongovernmental (ONG) and the non-profit organization of the public utility and its budget is provided by the student inscription fees. The University began its’ activities with presidency of Dr. Seyed Hossein Yahyavi and commissioning of four educational levels of professional doctorate degree in medicine, nursing, midwifery and laboratory sciences in bachelor level with absorption of 376 students and now with over 6000 students has three approval school, 17 branches in educational levels of professional doctorate degree, master, bachelor of science, discontinued bachelor and associate degree. From March 2007 Tehran Medical Branch with Presidency of Dr. Ahmad Firouzan still continuous its’ activities with the aim of quantitative and qualitative development. Efforts to attract more faculty members, activate Educational Development Center (EDC), establishment and commissioning of new fields, equipping hospitals, Construction of modern subspecialty hospitals with 240 beds on Bou-ali hospital in current land hospital, set up research centers and follow-up cultural issues are the different subjects which was already considerable in Tehran Medical Branch. 225 officially full-time faculty members are collaborated in this University. Close to 80% of them have Ph.D. and subspecialty degree with the academic rank of Professor, Associate and Assistant Professor. The total number of Tehran Medical Branches’ graduates till September 2007, was around eleven thousand individual, 3700 of them graduates in associate degrees, 3210 in bachelor level, 370 individuals in discontinued bachelor level, 200 graduates in master degree and 3500 graduates in professional doctorate degree.