Qom University of Medical Sciences

Qom University of Medical Sciences was founded in 1996 as the Qom Faculty of Medical Sciences and Health Services, following the creation of Qom Province that same year. The new faculty was tasked with overseeing medical education, healthcare administration, and public health services in the province. It admitted its first students — a cohort of nursing undergraduates — in October 1997.

In its early years, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education approved the establishment of faculties of nursing and public health, and the Environmental Health Program was launched in 1999. By 2000, six hospitals in the province had been designated as teaching hospitals, providing clinical training facilities. Medical training began with the admission of the first cohort of medical students in 2004.

The expansion of teaching, research, and healthcare services led the Ministry to upgrade the institution to full university status in 2005, renaming it Qom University of Medical Sciences. Further faculties were established, including the Faculty of Dentistry in 2011 and the Faculty of Health and Religion, created to link health sciences with ethics, spirituality, and religious studies.

Qom University of Medical Sciences conducts research in biomedical sciences, clinical medicine, public health, and interdisciplinary health sciences through its affiliated research centers. As of 2025, the university operates six research centers under the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Technology, together with the Comprehensive Research Laboratory.

Established in 2022, the Comprehensive Research Laboratory provides shared facilities and advanced scientific equipment for research in basic medical sciences, biotechnology, molecular biology, clinical medicine, and related disciplines.

The university also operates an Innovation and Growth Center that promotes technology transfer, supports research commercialization, and assists the development of knowledge-based companies in the health sector.

The university's research output is tracked by the Nature Index and the institution is included in international rankings such as the SCImago Institutions Rankings.