Constituent organs of IKIU include Board of trustees, president, and council.

Amirreza Vakilifard is the founding member of the first-ever Persian Language teaching department aimed at foreign learners in Iran.

As an educational, research, and cultural institution under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, IKIU has the following aims: The university offers 30 undergraduate courses and 13 master courses with a faculty of 183 staff teachers.

Some international students will be referred to other universities in the country to continue their studies after they complete Persian language and pre-university courses.

The main campus of Imam Khomeini International University is in Qazvin, Iran.