Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law at the University of Qom is one of the oldest law institutes in the country. It was established in 1980, for the first time after Islamic Revolution. At the beginning the Faculty only offered a B.A judicial studies program, but in 1994 the Faculty began to educate law students at M.A level and in 2007 offered the opportunity to accept PhD students in a well-established scholarly program. At later stages the Faculty developed fully online education programs for students who may not have the possibility to be physically present at the university.
Faculty of Law is devoted to train law professionals, distinguished professors, lawyers, judges, notaries and civil servants, many of whom have been influential figures in the political and legal life of the country.
Today the Faculty of Law consists of 28 full professors, associate professors and assistant professors in 5 departments including:
-Private Law Department
-Criminal Law and Criminology Department
-Public International Law Department
-Public Law Department
-Intellectual Property Law Department
Desired to fulfill the needs of Iranian nation, most of the Faculty members are also expert in Islamic law andShariah. They have been teaching Islamic Law and legal studies in different universities and Islamic seminaries as well as teaching in higher education centers of law and judicial studies, teaching at the training institutes of the Judiciary system of I.R. Iran and also specialized centers of higher education of the Islamic Seminary (Hawzah).
At the present time, there are 292 B.A students, 110 M.A students studying Criminal Law and Criminology, 109 M.A students studying Private Law, 89 M.A students studying Public International Law, 81 M.A students studying Intellectual Property Law, 70 M.A students studying Public Law, 48 PhD candidates studying Private Law, 38 PhD candidates studying Criminal Law and Criminology, 23 PhD candidates studying Public International Law and 14 PhD candidates studying Public law, added to tens of international students.
Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) rankings shows that Faculty of Law placed 5th among top law faculties of the country in terms of their scientific production status.
Our Faculty is an inspiring and lively place where enthusiastic researchers work to enhance the quality and scope of the research. Academic staffs of the Faculty published more than 470 top research articles (until Fall , 2018), that is 2.8 articles per year for each Faculty member.
Publication of the” Journal of Comparative Studies on Islamic and Western Law “since Fall 2013 with more than 250 articles written by 300 authors from different universities of the country; publishing Iranian Journal of International Law and Comparative Law in English; and Islamic Law Research Center activities 2008 - 2010 are among some activities done by the faculty to find answers to the controversial legal issues of today in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary context.
In addition to having excellent teachers and scholars, Faculty members have persevering commitment to cooperate with sovereignty related research institutes including Educational Working Group of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Council for the Transformation and Promotion of the Humanities, Committee for Setting Tests of the National Organization of Testing , Research Institutes including Research Institute ofHawzahand University, Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Islamic Human Rights Commission, Centre of Comparative Studies on Islam and Humanitarian Laws, Judicial Studies Institute, Parliament Research Center, universities including: University of Islamic Sciences, other universities located in Qom Province and other academic centers. Ranking a good place inFarabiInternational Award(International annual festival of the best books and researches on Humanities) , Book of the Year and Shahid Rajaeeawards are out of other honors obtained by academic staffs of the Faculty of Law.
As the same way, our outstanding law students won the first place at Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Competition International Criminal Court in 2015, won the prize for the best Memorial in 2016 and won the first place at the national competition of Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in 2020.
Given that the Faculty’s mission is to produce and disseminate knowledge, more than 30 scientific meetings and seminars including a national conference (Iran and International Law-November 2015), and research skills courses and workshops like Essay Writing in Foreign Languages ,Holding a workshop as an introduction to UN Information and Documentation Database were organized for Faculty members and students.
There were two cooperation agreements between the Faculty of Law and Judicial Studies Institute of Iran’s Judiciary Power for holding meetings to criticize and to discuss the courts decisions and awards and also another agreement was concluded between Intellectual Property Department and University of Qom Growth Centre for academic-industry relationships and holding the first ‘Legal Startup’ of the country.
In order to develop international relations since 2019, the Faculty of Law has accepted a large number of Iraqi students in master and PhD levels in various fields of law in Arabic and Persian languages.
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