Philosophy department started its career in 1993. The first graduates studied in the field of Islamic Philosophy and Hikmat in bachelor level. This group started to enroll students in the fields of Islamic Philosophy and Theology and Philosophy of Religion in the years 2007 and 2008 in Master level. In addition, it was in 1390 that Philosophy of Ethics was added to the list. Thanks to the scientific board of this group, the PhD program in the field of Islamic Philosophy and Theology began in 2013. The Elmi-Pajuheshi journal of Philosophical Meditations started its activities in 2010 and could eventually be indexed as Elmi-pajuheshi in 2014. At the moment, this department is going further in its career with 7 scientific boards, and also over 200 students in bachelor, master and PhD programs.

 

The Philosophy department began its educational activities in 1993, admitting students in Islamic Philosophy at BA level. This department also admitted students in Philosophy & Islamic Theology and Religion Philosophy at MA level in 2007 and 2008. Following that, this department obtained the license for MA program in Ethics Philosophy in 2011. For the credibility of academic members, the Philosophy department was successful in obtaining the license for the PhD program in Philosophy & Islamic Theology in 2013. The department’s professional journal called “Philosophical Thoughts” started publishing in 2010 and succeeded in achieving the title of “Scientific Research” journal as the first journal at university in July 2014.

Currently, the Philosophy department comprises 7 permanent academic members (3 assistant professors, 4 associate professors (and more than 200 students at BA, MA and PhD levels.

 

Course	Level	Establishment	Number of Students
Philosophy & Islamic Theology	BA	1993	140
Theology	MA	2007	20
Religion Philosophy	MA	2008	20
Ethics Philosophy	MA	2011	20
Philosophy & Islamic Theology	PhD	2013	6