The Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies (Persian: دانشکده الهیات و معارف اسلامی دانشگاه تهران) is one of the faculties of University of Tehran, which was established in 1935.[2][3]
History
The Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of University of Tehran was established in 1935 at the Sepahsalar College building presently known as Shahid Motahari University, under the name of Faculty of Theoretical and Traditional Studies with three disciplines of Arabic literature, Theoretical studies and Traditional studies. This period lasted for five years and in 1940 the faculty was closed. The activity of the faculty was resumed in 1943 at the campus of the Iranian Academy with two disciplines of Theoretical studies and Traditional studies and it was gradually developed and two other disciplines named Arabic language and literature and Islamic culture were added to it. Also, PhD programs were offered in two fields of Theoretical studies and Traditional studies. In 1965, the faculty's name Faculty of Theoretical and Traditional Studies was changed to the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies.[2][3][4] In 1978, the faculty was moved to the current building.[5] At present, the faculty has 8 Department of study with more than 24 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs with over 120 faculty members.[6][4][7]
The faculty of theology and Islamic studies is one of the world’s top academic institutions focusing on Islamic and comparative religious studies from Islamic history, mysticism and philosophy to Quranic sciences, Hadith and Shia jurisprudence, as well as work ethics.[8]
Educational groups
The Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies of University of Tehran has eight educational groups[9] consists of six departments and two centers which offers fields and degrees[10] as below:[5]
The library of the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies is one of the rich libraries in fields of Islamic studies in the world and has more than 130,000 volumes of books in Persian, Arabic and Latin languages.[23][5][22]