Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) (Persian: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی درمانی ایران‎, Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti-ye Dârmani-ye Iran) is a high ranked medical university in Iran. According to "Times Impact Ranking 2019", IUMS has been chosen as 1st university in the nation & 41st in the world, Also 1st in the nation & 55th in 2020. Located in Tehran, it was founded in 1974 under the name The Imperial Medical Center, and designed by William Pereira and Associates. 

The school was state operated, and its current reincarnation trains 9,000 students in the medical field. Its students rank among the very top 1% of Iran's students in the national ranking entrance exams for universities. The University operates 11 schools (Medicine, Nursing & Midwifery, Public Health, Health Management and Information Sciences, Mental Health & Behavioral Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences, Advanced technologies in Medicine, Allied Medical Sciences and Medicine, dentistry and Pharmacy in its International Campus), two centers, two institutes, twenty-nine research centers, seventeen teaching and fifteen non-teaching hospitals in Tehran. 

IUMS is the activist & well-known medical college in the nation for participation in development of cognitive sciences & related technologies. "Brain & Cognition Clinic(BCC)" is first and only center established for expansion of cognitive sciences by their clinical application. Also, Iran psychiatric hospital has been mobilized by cognitive lab. "DBS Project" is a national plan which was recommended by cognitive center depended to Iran president office; This project develops manufacturing of battery & electrode in deep brain stimulation. Hazrate-rasoul medical center as the national center for DBS surgeries in participation with Sharif university of technology, university of tehran & Amirkabir university of technology, altogether try to make country independent in DBS. 

University History 

After the establishment of the Ministry of Health, Teaching, and Treatment, the Iran University School of Medicine was created in 1365 by the integration of two medical schools: the Ayatollah Taleghani Medical Center and the Iran Medical Center. 

Ayatollah Taleghani Medical Center was created on 28/12/1352 from the Batmanghelij Medical Teaching Center, a branch of the Red Crescent, and started to accept students from underdeveloped provinces in a non-centralized fashion in 1354. Iran Medical Center was established in Mordad 1353 and started functioning in Mehr 1354. This center began accepting medical students amongst BS graduates from 1356, and from 1361, it started to accept high school graduates who had passed the nationwide university entrance exam. From the second half of the 71-72 academic year, the basic medical sciences section in the central Pardis Complex of the niversity was responsible for creating a program and teaching basic science courses at the university level. 

As of 1393, there are 1,238 students learning general medical sciences in the medical school and affiliated hospitals. Of that number, 237 study basic sciences, 178 study physiopathology, 505 are completing externships, and 318 are completing internships. In addition to general medicine, the School of Medicine has 81 Master’s students, 144 PhD students, 914 residents in 24 specialties, 68 residents in 18 subspecialties, and 103 fellows in 27 fellowship programs in affiliated hospitals. 439 professors teach clinical medicine, and 63 teach basic sciences, for a total of 502 faculty members. 

Vision and Mission 

In the IUMS School of Medicine, we believe that we can achieve our desired status through the cooperation of faculty members, students, and all other employees, school-based programs and activities, giving feedback, and continuous improvement of prospective programs. The general orientation of the program is as follows: 

• Increase the money spent on research, patient care, and trained personnel as an investment for more nationwide resources in order to keep our present status as well as improve future patient care 

• Plan the establishment of clinical governance in all university affiliated training-treatment centers to improve and promote sustainable development in services, clinical quality, and the highest expectations of services to recipients 

• Strengthen and develop teaching governance in all groups and create a standard training environment that takes into consideration both the dynamic and creative ideas of human resources and principles of modern technology to provide up-to-date knowledge and a thriving learning environment 

• Reform public health with an emphasis on horizontal and vertical integration 

• Extend program evaluation with an emphasis on just evaluation of the teaching faculty 

• Direct the research activities to translational research and create necessary infrastructure to eliminate the gap between basic and clinical sciences, build multidisciplinary teams, and launch interdisciplinary and MD-PhD fields 

• Develop and strengthen culture, ethical spirit, and maintain norms and human values 

• Strengthen learners’ social and professional skills with an emphasis on respect for human dignity in their interactions with patients and colleagues 

• Promote international cooperation and communication and create necessary infrastructure in this area 

• An outline of each program is included in the respective page of each deputy.