Psychology Department Overview
Like many other departments of Tarbiat Modares University, the Department of Humanities was founded in 1983. This department began its academic activities with the establishment of general psychology and offering graduate programs. Since it did not have any full-time faculty members at that time, the department invited faculty members from other universities for its programs.
This department managed to offer the first Ph.D. program in general psychology in 1991 and it became the first department which got the honor of presenting the first Ph.D. alumni in psychology.
From the beginning, the undergraduate students all over the country strove to be admitted at this university and even many of the students who had been granted scholarship to study abroad, tried to stay in Iran and study at TMU.
Although the lack of full-time faculty members in those years was a threat to this department, the service of elite academic figures from other universities was considered a genuine opportunity to educate students of this department.
Key Achievements
- The first Ph.D. program in general psychology was launched in 1991.
- Outstanding graduates established or strengthened psychology departments nationwide from the mid-1990s.
- All students were scholarship recipients from the Ministry of Science or Ministry of Health.
- Close collaboration with domestic and international academic institutions.
- Recruitment of qualified faculty members began in the mid-1990s.
- The term "general" was removed from the department’s title in 1999, officially renaming it as the “Psychology Department”.
Current Status
Since 1999, continuous efforts have been made to update the Ph.D. curriculum in psychology. Today it can be claimed that the psychology department of Tarbiat Modares University has a very important role in promoting the knowledge of psychology and expanding it in Iranian society.
In fact, the graduates of this department constitute the bulk of most faculty members in all universities of the country, and they also outnumber their counterparts graduated from other Iranian or foreign universities in management, specialized psychology and mental health areas.