University of Qom () is an Iranian

public university A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

located in

Qom Qom (; ) is a city in the Central District of Qom County, Qom province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. The city is ...

. Following an endorsement by the

Council of the Islamic Revolution The Council of the Islamic Revolution () was a group formed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to manage the Iranian Revolution on 10 January 1979, shortly before he returned to Iran. "Over the next few months there issued from the council hundreds ...

and under the supervision of the

Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom The Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom () is an Iranian group founded in 1961/3 by the leading Muslim clerics of Qom. Established by the students of Ayatollah Khomeini after his exile to Iraq, it was formed in order to organize political ac ...

, 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 Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti (; 24 October 1928 – 28 June 1981) was an Iranian jurist, poetic philosopher, cleric and politician who was known as the second person in the political hierarchy of Iran after the Revolution. Beheshti is co ...

Mohammad Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (, 5 September 1933 – 30 August 1981) was a Shia Iranian theologian and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran for less than one month in August 1981. Bahonar and other members of Mohammad-Ali Rajai's govern ...

, and Mehdi Ghazi Khorramabadi. It is an academic center in the field of legal studies. In 1985 (1364 SH), following confirmation by the

Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR; , shoraye a'ali enqelabe farhangi) is a conservative-dominated body based in Qom, set up at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini. Its decisions can only be overruled by Iran's Supreme Leader. Most ...

, the school admitted students from high school graduates, too. In 1997 (1376 SH), the university got its current name. The university has an area of 140 ha and consists of 6 faculties, 7 research and technology centers, 10 research groups, 33 academic departments, and 164 academic fields. It also has about 10,000 students (in Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. degrees) and 282 members of academic staff: 12 full professors, 90 associate professors, 160 assistant professors, and 20 instructors. Some of them are regarded as national genius figures. Most of the university's activities are in the fields of

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

, IT and

computer engineering Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software. It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science. Computer engi ...

industrial engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

and

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

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". This university is gender segregated.

Faculties & departments

Currently, the University of Qom consists of the following faculties and departments:

Faculty of Engineering

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: * Department of Civil Engineering * Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology * Department of Industrial Engineering * Department of Mechanical Engineering * Department of Architectural Engineering * Department of Electrical Engineering * Department of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Basic Sciences

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: * Department of Physics * Department of Mathematics * Department of Chemistry * Department of Statistics * Department of Biology * Department of Computer Science

Faculty of Management and Economics

The Faculty of Management and Economics was established in 2011 as an independent faculty in Qom University. Currently, this faculty consists of these departments: * Department of Business Management * Department of Industrial Management * Department of Accounting * Department of Economics

Faculty of Literature and Humanities

The Faculty of Literature and Humanities started its activities in 2001. Currently, this faculty consists of these departments: * Department of Persian Language and Literature * Department of English Language and Literature * Department of Arabic Language and Literature * Department of Educational Sciences * Department of Physical Education * Department of Information Sciences and Knowledge Studies

Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law; currently, law education at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels are available in various areas of interest at this faculty. Currently, this faculty consists of these departments: * Department of International and Public Law * Department of Private Law * Department of Intellectual Property Law * Department of Criminology and Criminal Law

Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies

The administrative organization of the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies and its four departments was officially established in 2001. Currently, this faculty consists of these departments: * Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences * Department of Jurisprudence and the Concept of Law * Department of Philosophy of Ethics * Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology * Department of Islamic Studies * Department of Shia studies

University of Qom students' social network

University of Qom students' social network is a website that enables users to chat, send and read text and share their images and videos.

Ranking

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**Global university 2890 **Asia university 1003 **Middle East university 207 **International University 66th * Unirank **Global University 4926 **International University 72 *

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**Global University 547th (1852th) **International University 30th

Notable alumni

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(Arabic: سید عمار الحكيم‎),

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i cleric and politician who led the Islamic Supreme Council of

from 2009 to 2017 *

Dhiyaa Al-Musawi Sayed Dheya Yahya Ali Maki al-Musawi, (Arabic: ضياء السيد يحيى علي مكي الموسوي), born in Bahrain 1970, is a politician, author, writer and former Clergy, cleric. His name has also been spelled into English as ''Sayed ...

, born in

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1970, politician, author, writer, and former cleric * Mohammad Arab-Salehi, born 1963, philosopher and associate professor of religion *

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, born 1960, philosopher and professor of ethics * Sayed Muhammad Hassan Sharifi Balkhabi (Dari: سید محمد حسن شریفی بلخابی), politician *

Mohsen Kadivar Mohsen Kadivar (; born 8 June 1959) is a mujtahid, Islamic theologian, philosopher, writer, leading intellectual reformist, and research professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. A political Iranian dissident, Kadivar has been a vocal criti ...

, visiting scholar at Islamic Legal Studies Program of

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in 2002, visiting professor of Islamic studies at the

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(2008–2009), and at

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(fall 2009 – spring 2014), who held the fall 2014 Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship of

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at Chapel Hill and is currently a research professor of Islamic Studies in the department of religious studies at

Mansour Leghaei Dr Sheikh Mansour Leghaei (born 1962) is the founder and a director of the Imam Husain Islamic Centre and the School of Islamic Theology in Earlwood, Australia, serving as the imam from 1997 to 2010. He previously served in Nigeria, where in 19 ...

, born 1962, the founder and a director of the Imam Husain Islamic Centre and the School of Islamic Theology in Earlwood, Australia *

Hamid Naderi Yeganeh Hamid Naderi Yeganeh (; born 26 July 1990, in Iran) is an Iranian mathematical artist and digital artist. He is known for using mathematical formulas to create drawings of real-life objects, intricate and symmetrical illustrations, animations, ...

(Persian: حمید نادری یگانه), born 1990, mathematical artist and digital artist

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