Following an endorsement by the Council of the Islamic Revolution and under the supervision of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, the University of Qom was founded in 1980 (1358 SH) under the name of High Educational and Legal School of the Seminarians of Qom by Mohammad Beheshti, Mohammad Javad Bahonar, and Mehdi Ghazi Khorramabadi.

[citation needed] This university has its own dress code; female students have to wear Arabic tent which they refer to as "Chador".

[citation needed] Currently, the University of Qom consists of the following faculties and departments: The Faculty of Engineering was established in 2003 as the first center of engineering fields in Qom Province.

Currently, this faculty consists of these departments: Four years after the establishment of physics and mathematics fields at the undergraduate level, the Faculty of Basic Sciences was established.

Currently, this faculty consists of these departments: University of Qom students' social network is a website that enables users to chat, send and read text and share their images and videos.