The Islamic Azad University is Iran's largest private university with a proud history of achievement in its rather short life and an ambitious agenda for the future to appear as one of the leading universities in the world.

The University has more than 2,000,000 graduates successfully involved in various fields in the country and overseas, and also about 1,300,000 students currently studying in various majors in all university levels. It covers almost every subject in its curriculum and delivers huge flexibility and choice to its students. The Islamic Azad University has an exceptional record of generating and sharing new ideas, and the quality, breadth and volume of its research activity is unparalleled in Iran.

Dr. Payman Mahasti Vice President of International Affairs

The office of Vice Presidency of International Affairs offers essential information to international students, intending to study in Islamic Azad University. The scopes of this Vice- Presidency's activities are as following:

A. Establishing mutually sustained relationships with international and cultural-academic associations.

B. Establishing collaboration with world-class universities and institutes of higher educations.

C. Exchanging academic research with foreign universities.

D. Providing up-to-date information on international conferences.

E. Introducing Islamic Azad University to Iranians residing abroad.

F. Helping international students while studying at the Islamic Azad University.

The Islamic Azad University has established relationship with various universities of world-class standards in Australia, China, the Federal Republic of Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Spain, Tajikistan, the United Kingdom, and many other countries.

The Islamic Azad University is a member of The International association of the Universities(IAU), which Professor Jassbi, the President of the Islamic Azad University, is an administrative board member of it.

The University is also a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), whose Executive Council is chaired by the President of the Islamic Azad University.

Moreover, the Islamic Azad University is also a member of the World Summit for Social Development.