General and History

Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) is the largest and "most distinguished", and most highly ranked medical school of Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. In September 2008, the health minister of Iran (Dr. Lankarani) called TUMS a pioneer in research throughout the country with a noticeable lead over its counterpart (peer) universities.
Located in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

 adjacent to the main University of Tehran

University of Tehran

The University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian...

 campus, it was founded as part of Dar ol-Fonoon

Dar ol-Fonoon

Dar al-Funun , established in 1851, was the first modern institution of higher learning in Persia.-Introduction:Founded by Amir Kabir, then the royal vizier to Nasereddin Shah, the Shah of Iran, Dar al-Funun originally was conceived as a polytechnic to train upper-class Persian youth in Medicine,...

, and later absorbed into Tehran University in 1934. It finally separated from Tehran University by parliamentary legislation in 1986, coming under the new Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

TUMS today is ranked as one of Iran's top research universities, with an annual research budget of over 300 billion Rials from the government. The school trains over 13,000 students (40% of which are women) in over 80 postgraduate programs. The school operates 15 teaching hospitals, and is equipped with over 40 libraries, and publishes 34 journals, some in collaboration with academic societies.

The university operates The National Museum of Medical Sciences History

The National Museum of Medical Sciences History (Iran)

The National Museum of Medical Sciences History is the first medical museum established in Iran by a joint project between the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization, The Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, and Tehran University of Medical...

 as well.

Schools & Faculties

1. School of Pharmacy
2. School of Medicine
3. School of Dentistry
4. School of Traditional Medicine
5. School of Advanced Medical Technologies
6. School of Public Health
7. School of Nursing & Midwifery
8. School of Allied Medical Sciences
9. School of Rehabilitation

Hospitals

1. Amir Alam Hospital
2. Arash Hospital
   Ruin Tan Arash Hospital, Tehran
   Ruin Tan Arash Hospital, Tehran is a hospital for Obstetrics and Gynecology located in Tehranpars, an eastern suburb of Tehran in Iran.The hospital was founded in 1971 as Arash Polyclinic at 126 Rashid Avenue, Tehranpars, by Mr. Ruuin Tan Arash, and bequeathed by him to the Red Crescent. The...
   
   
3. Baharloo Hospital
4. Bahrami Hospital
5. Cancer Institute
6. Children Hospital
7. Farabi Hospital
8. Imam Khomeini Hospital
9. Mirza Kouchak Khan Hospital
10. Razi Hospital
11. Roozbeh Hospital
12. Shariati Hospital
13. Sina Hospital
14. Tehran Heart Center Hospital
15. Valiasr Hospital
16. Ziaeeyan Hospital

Pharmacies

1. Taleghani
2. Shahid Abedini
3. Dr. Amini
4. BooAbi
5. Isar
6. 13 aban
7. Sina
8. Imam Khomeini hospital
9. Dr. Shari'ati hospital
10. Razi hospital
11. Children Hospital
12. Subspecialty of 13 Aban

Research Centers

Iran has recently achieved the Highest science & technology growth rate in the world. Tehran University of Medical Sciences has the largest network of research in medical sciences. Beside the researches done in different departments of its faculties, it is now handling 38 research centers in Iran, some of them listed below. More than one third of science production in Iran takes place in TUMS.

1. Research Center for Science and Technology In Medicine
2. Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies
3. Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center (HORCSCT in Wiki)
   HORCSCT
   The Hematology-Oncology Research Center and Stem Cell Transplantation is affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences and based in Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran...
   
   
4. Center for Research & Training in Skin Diseases & Leprosy
5. Immunology, Asthma & Allergy Research Institute
6. Sina Trauma & Surgery Research Center
7. VALI E ASR Reproductive Health Research Center
8. Sport Medicine Research Center
9. Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center
10. Center for Environmental Research
11. Cancer Research Center
12. Student's Scientific Research Center
13. Dental Research Center
14. Iranian Tissue Bank
15. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center
16. Rheumatology Research Center
17. Iranian Center of Neurological Research
18. Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center
19. Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center
20. Otorhinolaryngalory Research Center
21. Medicinal Plants Research Center
22. Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center
23. Urology Research Center
24. Heart Research Center
25. Digestive Disease Research Center
26. Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS
27. Eye Research Center
28. Pediatric Growth and Development Research Center
29. Medical Nanotechnology Research Center
30. Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine
31. Research and Education in Social Development
32. Population Research Center
33. Pediatric Urology Research Center
34. Molecular Immunology Research Center
35. Pediatric Infectious Research Center
36. Laser Research Center in Dentistry
37. Electrophysiological Research Center
38. Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center
39. Biotechnology Research Center
40. Drug and Design Development Research Center
41. Nephrology Research Center
42. Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Research Center
43. Center for Research in Occupational Disease
44. Knowledge Utilization Research Center
    Knowledge Utilization Research Center
    The Knowledge Utilization Research Center is one of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences' research centers which works in the area of knowledge translation .-Background:...
    
    
45. Iranian Traditional Pharmacy Research Center
46. Nursing & Midwifery Care Research Center
47. Cardiac Transplantation & Surgery Research Center
48. Pharmaceutics Quality Assurance Research Center
49. Osteoporosis Research Center
50. Breastfeeding Research Center
51. Craniomaxillofacial Research Center
52. Dental Implant Research Center
53. Center for Community Based Participatory Research (CCBPR)

TUMS Journals

Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) currently publishes 34 peer reviewed journals in different fileds of basic, clinical, medical and paramedical sciences. Many of these journals are indexed in international indexers.

1. Acta Medica Iranica (Indexed in Medline
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2. Asian Journal of Sports Medicine
3. DARU-Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy
   Daru-Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy
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    (Indexed in Scopus
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4. International Journal of Hematology- Oncology and Stem Cell Research (Indexed in Scopus
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5. International Journal of Occupational Hygiene
6. Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Lipid Disorders (Indexed in Scopus
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7. Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (Indexed in Medline
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8. Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases (Indexed in ISI Web of Scicence)
9. Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering (Indexed in Scopus
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10. Iranian Journal of Microbiology (Indexed in Scopus
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11. Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine (Indexed in Scopus
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12. Iranian Journal of Parasitology (Indexed in Scopus
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13. Iranian Journal of Pediatrics (Indexed in Scopus
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14. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry (Indexed in Scopus
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15. Iranian Journal of Public Health (Indexed in Scopus
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16. Iranian Journal of Radiology (Indexed in Scopus
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17. Journal of Dentistry of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
18. Journal of Family and Reproductive Health
19. Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine (Indexed in Scopus
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20. Journal of Tehran University Heart Center (Indexed in Scopus
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21. Hospital
22. Payavard Salamat
23. Modern Rehabilitation
24. HAYAT
25. Iranian Journal of Health and Environment
26. Audiology
27. Iranian Journal of Epidemiology (Indexed in Scopus
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28. Dermatology and Cosmetic
29. Journal of School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research
30. Tehran University Medical Journal (TUMJ) (Indexed in Scopus
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31. Journal of Dental Medicine
32. Iranian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas (Indexed in Scopus
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33. Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine (Persian Version)
34. Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Lipid Disorders (Persian Version)

World & National Rankings

Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) is ranked the first among Iranian Medical Sciences Universities by Ministry of Health for seven continuous years. International ranking of Tehran University of Medical Sciencesis in recent years is as follows:


Essential Science Indicators (ESI) Ranking

September, 2010: All Fields: 1555, Clinical Medicine: 1136, Pharmacology & Toxicology: 361

September, 2009: All Fields: 1745, Clinical Medicine: 1879

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU/Shanghai Ranking)

2009: International rank : 402-501


QS World University Rankings

QS World University Rankings

The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....

2010: International rank: 401-450, Life Sciences & Biomedicine: 257


Times higher education ( In association with QS )

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings is an international ranking of universities published by the British magazine Times Higher Education in partnership with Thomson Reuters, which provided citation database information...

2009: International rank: 368, Life Sciences & Biomedicine: 298

2008: International rank: 401-500

2007: International rank: 539, Life Sciences & Biomedicine: 410


SCImago rankings

2009: International rank : 1172

National ranking

2009: National rank : 1

2008: National rank : 1

2007: National rank : 1

2006: National rank : 1

2005: National rank : 1

2004: National rank : 1

2003: National rank : 1

Notable Alumni and Faculty

Up to now, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) has trained lots of distinguished national & international physicians & scientists. Among the best-known graduates of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Mohammad Gharib

Mohammad Gharib

Mohammad Gharib was an Iranian physician, clinician, distinguished university professor and a pioneer of pediatrics in Iran....

 the father of Iranian pediatrics, Moslem Bahadori

Moslem Bahadori

Moslem Bahadori is a contemporary Iranian medical scientist, distinguished pathologist and a university lecturer. In 1973, Bahadori along with Averill Abraham Liebow, reported the first case of plasma cell granuloma, a benign tumor of the lung.-Education and career:He studied medicine at medical...

, Abbas Shafiee

Abbas Shafiee

Abbas Shafiee is an Iranian pharmaceutical chemist. He is currently president of faculty of pharmacy at Tehran University. He has published more than 350 scientific articles in peer reviewed international journals....

 notable pharmaceutical chemist, Yahya Dowlati, Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast, Ahmad Reza Dehpour, Fereydoun Davatchi

Fereydoun Davatchi

Fereydoun Davatchi is the director of Rheumatology Research Center in Tehran University of Medical sciences.Professor Davatchi studied medicine in France and received d'Etat Diploma in Rheumatology from Paris University. He is currently full professor of medicine in Tehran University of Medical...

, Reza Malekzadeh

Reza Malekzadeh

Reza Malekzadeh is an Iranian medical scientist and gastroenterologist.-Career:...

 & many others could be named. See the list of University of Tehran people also.

See also

• Healthcare in Iran
• Daru-Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy
  Daru-Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy
  Daru is a peer-reviewed journal that is published by Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. "Daru" is a Persian word meaning drug...
  
  
• Higher Education in Iran
  Higher education in Iran
  Iran has a large network of private, public, and state affiliated universities offering degrees in higher education. State-run universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and Ministry of Health and Medical Education .-Pre-Islamic...
  
  
• List of hospitals in Iran
• List of Tehran University people

External links

• Official website
• vice-chancellor for research
• vice-chancellor for education
• Vice-Chancellor for Culture and Students Affairs
• vice-chancellor for health
• Vice - Chancellor for Administration and Finance
• Vice - Chancellor for Food and Medicine
• School of Medicine
• School of Public Health
• School of Nursing and Midwifery
• School of Pharmacy
• School of Dentistry
• School of Rehabitation
• School of Paramedicine
• Research Center for Science and Technology In Medicine
• Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center
• Center for Research & Training in Skin Diseases & Leprosy
• Immunology, Asthma & Allergy Research Institute
• Sina Trauma & Surgery Research Center
• VALI E ASR Reproductive Health Research Center
• Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center
• Center for Environmental Research
• cancer Research Center
• Student's Scientific Research Center
• Dental Research Center
• Iranian Tissue Bank
• Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center
• Rheumatology Research Center
• Iranian Center of Neurological Research
• Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center
• Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center
• Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center
• Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS
• Eye Research Center
• Amiralam hospital
• Arash hospital
• Baharloo hospital
• Bahrami hospital
• Cancer Institute hospital
• Children hospital
• Farabi hospital
• Imam khomeini hospital
• Mirza koochak khan hospital
• Razi hospital
• Roozbeh hospital
• Shariati hospital
• Sina hospital
• Tehran heart center hospital
• Valiasr hospital
• Ziaeeyan hospital
• International affairs office
• Statistics and information technology center
• TUMS Journals
• TUMS digital library
• NEDA: The scientific publication of TUMS
• TUMS blog
• TUMS News Agency (operated by ISNA
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