Visa Application

First and foremost, you must see to your Visa application. To start the Visa process, carefully fill out the Student Visa Form you received along with your letter of acceptance and email the completed form back to us.

You must determine the city where you would like to pick up your Visa. To do so, you are advised to choose the closest city to your current hometown which houses an Iranian embassy/consulate. This should be a city to which you can easily travel. In case you choose a city where there are no Iranian embassies or consulates, your Visa will be sent to a city with an Iranian embassy or consulate in closest proximity to your hometown.

One important point to bear in mind is that you must make sure that your passport is current and its date of expiration is not near. Your visa will be issued using your passport, so avoid unwanted problems by using a current passport.

Registration Documents

You will need to bring certain documents to TUMS in order to register at the university. Prepare these documents as soon as possible since last-minute tasks can always create complications. Avoid unnecessary headaches by preparing your documents at the earliest opportunity.

The documents you need to bring for your registration are listed below:

• Original passport + 2 copies of all main pages of your passport
• 15 photos (3cm X 4cm) – Please kindly observe dress code regulations in your photos.
• Previous degree(s) in original + 2 copies of the degree(s)
• Official transcripts of your previous degree(s)

Ph.D. candidates are required to provide both their Bachelor's and Master's degrees (or any other related degree such as M.Phil. etc.).

Please remember that all educational documents need to be approved (signed and verified) by:

• The institution which has issued the documents
• The Ministry/Department of (Higher) Education
• The Ministry/Department of Foreign Affairs

Kindly remember that all documents need to be original or else the copies should be proved same as original by the head of the certificate issuance authority. For the documents which are not issued/written in English (or Persian), the English translation approved by a notary public must also be attached to the original document.

Arrival

In order for us to be prepared for your arrival, please submit a copy of your ticket itinerary a minimum of 10 days prior to your arrival to Iran.

Upon your arrival, TUMS will arrange for free transportation from the airport to your dormitory.

You will need to deposit the entire tuition fee at the time of registration at TUMS for the registration to be complete. Therefore, please make necessary arrangements for this issue. All registration affairs will be undertaken and completed at the Office of Vice-Chancellor for Global Strategies and International Affairs, Directorate of International Affairs and Development (DIAD). The address is:

No. 21, Dameshgh St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran, Iran.

DIAD is on the 3rd floor of the Office. You will receive a temporary student ID card after your registration is complete.

Later on, you will be accompanied by the university’s Visa Specialist to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to process your one-year student visa. After you student Visa has been processed, you will be given your main student ID card.

The official language in Iran is Persian (AKA Farsi). In order to ease the transition of our international students into their new environment, TUMS, with the collaboration of University of Tehran, offers Persian classes to international students. For students who have been awarded Type B or Type C scholarships, Persian classes are free of charge.