Regional Studies academic programs have gained increasing importance in the last half-century at universities and research centers around the world. Regional studies, as a subdiscipline of political science, is one of the most practical programs of this field.

In Iran, regional studies was initially established in 2001 as a subfield of the International Relations program at the University of Tehran's Faculty of Law and Political Science. In 2007, with the formation of the Department of Regional Studies, the academic program was formally and independently established. The department is the first and only regional studies department in Iran

Today the department offers Master's and Ph.D. programs in the following four areas: Middle East and North African Studies, North American Studies, European Studies, Central Asia and Caucasian Studies; as well as a Master's program in Southeast Asian Studies

Programs:

MA Programs

• Middle East and North African Studies
• North American Studies
• European Studies
• Central Asia and Caucasian Studies
• Southeast Asian Studies

Ph.D. Programs

• Middle East and North African Studies
• North American Studies
• European Studies
• Central Asia and Caucasian Studies

Program Length

2 Years for MA

4 Years for Ph.D