School of Traditional Medicine of Tehran University of Medical Sciences was established in 2007, as a result of the increasing interest and the national need in traditional, alternative, and complementary medicine services. This school, as the oldest and most distinguished school of Traditional Medicine in Iran, is the postgraduate academic center to educate talented students at Ph.D. level in traditional medicine and pharmacy of traditional medicine.

 

The total number of students is more than 100 up to the present and the first group awarded the degree of Ph.D. in 2012.

 

The School consists of five buildings, three of which are carefully designed with modern facilities for the students and the faculty members. The school has also 5 clinical centers, two educational campuses, and two modern research centers.

 

This school is the first and most distinguished School of Traditional Medicine in the Middle East. During your study here, you can get high-level experience in both fields of clinical practice and research.

 

The School of Traditional Medicine is the academic development of traditional Iranian medicine in the country and around the world. To this aim, the School’s curriculum provides the students with the opportunity to promote their skills both in theory and practice in different fields of clinical traditional medicine as well as nutrition, material medicine, and pharmacy.

 

The specific objectives of this School is for students to gain an understanding of how to combine traditional medicine with current medicine, and to become a specialist, a broad minded and ethical individual. 

 

This School accepts students with M.D. or Pharm D. into Ph.D. programs. The curriculum also hopes to fill the gap between university and industry in the field of herbal medicine and traditional medicine.

 

TUMS School of Traditional Medicine accepts international students in various programs. Find out more.