Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of the University of Tehran

The Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies (Persian: دانشکده الهیات و معارف اسلامی دانشگاه تهران) is one of the faculties of University of Tehran, which was established in 1935.

This period lasted for five years and in 1940 the faculty was closed.

The activity of the faculty was resumed in 1943 at the campus of the Iranian Academy with two disciplines of Theoretical studies and Traditional studies and it was gradually developed and two other disciplines named Arabic language and literature and Islamic culture were added to it.

[6][4][7] The faculty of theology and Islamic studies is one of the world’s top academic institutions focusing on Islamic and comparative religious studies from Islamic history, mysticism and philosophy to Quranic sciences, Hadith and Shia jurisprudence, as well as work ethics.

[8] The Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of University of Tehran has eight educational groups[9] consists of six departments and two centers which offers fields and degrees[10] as below:[5] The Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies organizational structure consists of the Presidency and the main five Deputies as below:[19][20][5] Some of eminent scholars who are graduated from the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of University of Tehran:[2][4][21][22] The library of the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies is one of the rich libraries in fields of Islamic studies in the world and has more than 130,000 volumes of books in Persian, Arabic and Latin languages.