Universities & Programs
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Nutritional Sciences, Medicine
Program Description:
Sufficient food, in terms of both quality and quantity, has been known to be a vitally important determinant of maintaining and improving health status in the individual and society. This is considered the fundamental right of the public. In addition to meeting the nutritional requirements, food should be consistent with the socio-economic and cultural norms. These challenges have led to a growing demand for trained nutritionists to work in a range of contexts to achieve this aim at national and international levels. This field of study will offer the graduates the specialized, scientific knowledge and practical skills in accordance with the requirements of the individual and society. The aim of training nutritionists is to educate the experts with appropriate and specialized knowledge and communication skills to help in the treatment and prevention of the nutritional problems of the individual and society, using a holistic and community-oriented approach.
The Ph.D. program in Nutritional Sciences provides interdisciplinary training and integrated sciences of Biology and Social Sciences to prepare the nutritionist to expand the border of knowledge and to apply this knowledge in public and clinical health care settings through proper programming and research. This field includes a number of comprehensive and participatory activities that require deep knowledge of physiology, biomedicine, food and nutrients metabolism and epidemiology on the one hand, and ecological, cultural and socioeconomic factors affecting the access to, choice, and consumption of food, on the other hand.
The goal of the Ph.D. program in Nutritional Sciences is to train professionals who can work efficiently as leaders and active participants in nutritional research and education at the national level and help to expand the boundaries of nutrition knowledge for public health promotion.
Objectives:
General Competencies*
Specific Competencies and Skills
At the end of the program learners will be competent in the following skills:
- The ability to develop and provide research and education in all aspects of nutrition including design, conduction and execution
- The ability to detect and resolve the nutritional problems in the individual and society
- The ability to manage and lead food and nutrition programs at policy making level
| Field | Medicine |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | NA |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Occupational Health Engineering, Engineering
Program Description:
Occupational Health Engineering as a branch of Medical Sciences is a multidisciplinary field. A PhD in this field offers opportunities for the graduates to learn about the requirements for the health of workers, industry-based assessment, anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of hazards arising in or from the workplace impairing the health and well-being of workers.
The graduates help in proliferating theoretical and practical aspects of Occupational Health, advancing frontiers of knowledge by conducting research, applying innovation, improving safety and health of workplaces and promoting public health by covering topics and including disciplines such as engineering, environmental sciences, chemical engineering, psychology, physics, physiology, social sciences and nano-technology.
Islamic Republic of Iran is one of countries offering this program in terms of the educational excellence, scientific products relevant to occupational health and provision of services concerning safety and health in the workplace. The main mission of the course is to train committed, knowledgeable, and effective people in occupational health engineering.
Objectives:
Expected Competencies at the End of the Program
General Competencies*
Specific Competencies and Skills
At the end of the program learners will be competent in the following skills:
- Design and analysis of experiments
- Strategies of health and safety promotion
- Use of standard methods and specialized equipment
- Activities in professional environment and ability to work with people
- Presentation in Multidisciplinary seminars
- Interpretation of test results
| Field | Engineering |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | Full-time, In person |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Biomaterials, Medicine
Program Description:
Pharmaceutical Biomaterials is a multidisciplinary field of study combining Pharmaceutics and Biomaterials dealing with strategies related to the manipulation of bio-originated or bio-applicable materials. These approaches serve towards diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of various diseases.
Objectives:
The main Objectives include development of novel materials to enhance stability and biocompatibility of medical devices and advanced drug delivery systems, development of pharmaceutical biomaterials to pave the path for the production of novel intelligent drug delivery systems, as well as training of competent and well-educated scientists with spectacular expertise to design, discover, synthesize and develop novel biomaterials in order to prevent, diagnose and treat various diseases.
Expected Competencies at the End of the Program
General Competencies*
Specific Competencies and Skills
The graduates will possess high levels of expertise and competency in the implication of the following techniques and skills:
- Design, preparation and modification of biomaterials for specific pharmaceutical applications.
- Identification and characterization of host-drug interaction at molecular and cellular levels.
- Kinetically real time monitoring and analysis of the interactions in bioreactors.
- Application of theoretical and modeling approaches to overcome experimental shortcomings to learn the targeting mechanisms involved and minimize the side effects.
- Optimization, manufacture, and standardization of the product up to the pilot level.
- Independent feasibility studies and management of the innovative and productive research and development protocols.
- Development and modernization of the industrial companies dealing with pharmaceutical biomaterials.
- Implementation of modern high-tech and state of the art approaches (NEMS, MEMS, etc) to the field of Pharmacy.
| Field | Medicine |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | Full-time, In person |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Medicine
Program Description:
Biotechnology is one of the leading forefronts of technologies of the future. The interdependence of human health and new products together with the advent of molecular biology manipulations along with the information management system technologies at various levels of gene, transcript, and protein has generated a new research and industrial field for pharmaceutical sciences. Thus, new technologies and existing pharmaceutical requirements have come hand-in-hand to lead to new generations of biopharmaceuticals with improved activities and selective modes of action to combat diseases such as cancer, and other debilitating illnesses.
Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. Before the development of biotechnology as an independent program, the multidisciplinary task of producing a recombinant therapeutic agent, its analysis and other related fields co-existed in various institutions. However, as the applications of this area became evident and entered into educational courses and systematic education, it became independently recognized as a program namely, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, which could be differentiated from other fields of biotechnology such as medical, agricultural, industrial, etc. In this field, it is highly desired to, not only, design, produce and control drugs by the help of microorganisms or other biological entities, but also, to influence the healthcare system through various targeted and smart pharmaceuticals.
Objectives:
The Objective of this program is to educate the students to become qualified as successful researchers in the field and to develop broader skills necessary to perform assigned tasks in various career positions such as academia, industry, provision of services to private institutions or small-size companies.
Expected Competencies at the End of the Program
General Competencies*
Specific Competencies and Skills
- Critical thinking.
- Writing abilities.
- Teamwork.
- Skills in working with the specialized equipment.
- Skills in handling the cell lines, animals and other biological materials.
- Interpreting the results and avoiding unethical practices of manipulating or falsifying the results
| Field | Medicine |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | Full-time, In person |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Control, Medicine
Program Description:
With regard to the variety of pharmaceuticals including biopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, herbal and hygienic products, specialized education in the fields of quality control and quality management of the mentioned products seems crucial. The program is a combination of course studies and research activities in the area of quality control of pharmaceuticals. The graduates will be qualified to teach at the university level and/or conduct research activities at the universities, research centers and pharmaceutical industry.
Objectives:
PhD program in pharmaceutical control aims at developing broad range of knowledge and skills in the students so that they become qualified to conduct quality control tests of pharmaceuticals and be involved in the area of quality management of pharmaceutical industries.
Expected Competencies at the End of the Program
Expected General Competencies:
Expected Specific Competencies (Skills & Performances):
- Being able to contribute to the production of higher quality pharmaceuticals and promotion of health care.
- Being qualified to interpret the test results.
- Being qualified to design new tests and conduct experiments.
| Field | Medicine |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | Full-time, In person |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Medicine
Program Description:
Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology as a subdivision of pharmaceutical sciences deals with the use of nanotechnology in pharmaceutics, mainly in the area of drug delivery. It is a multidisciplinary field in which researchers from various fields of medicine, pharmaceutics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, immunology and toxicology can collaborate in order to apply the knowledge of nanostructures, nano-biosensors, and nano-biomachines to design novel drug delivery systems. Key points of research in pharmaceutical nanotechnology include: a) Development of nano-sized carriers for drug delivery through oral, parenteral, topical, and ophthalmic routes of administration. b) Development of functionalized targeted polymeric carriers for nucleic acid delivery (siRNAs, oligonucleotides, miRNAs, aptamers). c) Development of efficient nano-based anticancer drug delivery systems.
Objectives:
The Objectives is to provide the graduate students with an integrated training in the areas of design, preparation and analysis the nanoformulations. They should also be qualified to optimize conventional formulations and show capacity for continuing to make significant contributions in the field and conducting independent research projects.
Expected Competencies at the End of the Program
General Competencies*
Specific Competencies and Skills
At the end of the program, learners will gain full competency of the following:
- Knowledge on pharmaceutical systems and pharmacokinetics and biopharmaceutical rules
- Knowledge on structure and function of macromolecules, and organic compounds
- Knowledge on biochemical tests
- Knowledge on physical pharmacy rules
- Knowledge on basics of gene engineering, biomacromolecular engineering
- Knowledge on nanobiosensors, nanobiomachines, nanodrugs, vaccine and protein delivery nanotechnology
- Knowledge on nanophysics
- Knowledge on basics of cell and tissue culturing
- Knowledge on lipidic, carbonic, and polymeric nanostructures, nanofilters, and nanocrystals
- Knowledge on molecular labeling, multi drug resistance mechanisms, smart drug delivery systems, nanobiomarkers, and smart polymers
- Knowledge on immunepharmacology, immunegenetics, and nanotoxicology
| Field | Medicine |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | Full-time, In person |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Pharmaceutics, Medicine
Program Description:
The PhD degree in Pharmaceutics is a specialized discipline in Pharmacy and the highest academic degree awarded in this field of study. Pharmaceutics includes different educational and research courses related to formulation, physicochemical and microbial control, and pharmacokinetic study of drugs.
The general aims of the Pharmaceutics PhD Program are:
- Training specialized forces in the field of Pharmaceutics for supplying the human resources required for Iranian academic and research centers.
- Training the required specialized human resources for Iran’s pharmaceutical industries.
Objectives:
Expected Competencies at the End of the Program
General Competencies
Specific Competencies and Skills
Graduates of pharmaceutics will be able:
- To become a lecturer at universities
- To perform research in various research centers
- To work in an industry
- To be a researcher in research centers
- To establish a company
- To act as a manager in various pharmaceutical sectors
| Field | Medicine |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | Full-time, In person |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Administration, Medicine
Program Description:
"Healthy human" is the most precious asset of societies and therefore has been the focus of most national and international development strategies. However, most of the time decision makers are faced with the fixed budget problem, where they have to decide how to allocate or ration resources between patient groups. Managing health sector is one of the major challenges of the today's most governments around the globe. Faced with increasing healthcare costs, many countries are now requiring evidence of cost effectiveness to convince decision makers to include the proposed medicine to their national medicine list. This may cause more efficient pricing of the medicines. In recent decades decision makers in healthcare system have realized the importance of prioritization in the health sector and health technology assessment (HTA) has been extensively used by policy makers in developed countries. HTA is a multidisciplinary activity which systemically evaluates the effect of a technology on health, on the availability and distribution of resources and on other aspects of health system performance such as equity and responsiveness.
Today Pharmacoeconomics can be used as a tool of management, which could be applied to strategic and operational decisions about pharmaceutical development, production and consumption of medicines. Pharmacoeconomics could provide direction for allocation of limited resources in healthcare system. Pharmacoeconomics use economic approaches are applied to pharmaceuticals to guide the use of limited resources to yield maximum value to patients, health care payers and society in general. Pharmacoeconomics & Pharmaceutical Administration, as an post graduate discipline in Iran pharmacy education system started since 2005.
Definition
The graduates will be expert in using economics and policy principles in appropriate allocation of resources available in healthcare system in order to prove equitable access to the most cost-effective clinical interventions. In addition, they learn how to efficiently allocate resources in research and development activities in pharmaceutical industry.
Objectives:
- Application of the economic & management sciences in the pharmacy education, research, training and policy making.
- Enhancing knowledge of pharmacists in the fields of economic & policy sciences.
- Leading & supervising research in the fields of Pharmacoeconomics and pharmaceutical administration & policy.
| Field | Medicine |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | Full-time, In person |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Pharmacognosy, Medicine
Program Description:
The field of pharmacognosy (PhD) is a branch of pharmaceutical sciences which incorporates investigating and studying herbal medicine as well as drugs and components with natural origin. The areas of research in this field include: phytochemical investigations (extraction, separation, and identification of natural compounds, plant cell culture, biochemical transformations, and biosynthetic pathways), phytopharmaceuticals (crude materials for production of herbal medicine), and phytotherapy (pharmacological and therapeutic effects of herbal and traditional medicine).
Objectives:
The mission of the course is training committed, knowledgeable, and competent experts in pharmacognosy.
Expected Competencies at the End of the Program
General Competencies*
Specific Competencies and Skills
At the end of the program learners will be competent in the following skills:
In education, it incorporates contribution to teaching pharmacognosy to students according to the university’s needs.
In research designing, it includes implementing and evaluating basic and applied researches in various contexts of related field.
In providing consulting services, it contributes to cooperation and consultation on production of phytopharmaceuticals.
| Field | Medicine |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | Full-time, In person |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Physical Therapy, Medicine
Program Description:
Physical Therapy (PT) is a clinical and dynamic profession that presents many opportunities to promote health and provide rehabilitation through clinical practice, education and critical inquiry. The PhD program in PT focuses on research and educational subjects. It provides the academic and clinical opportunities for individuals to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for the ethically and professionally competent practice.
The Physical Therapy program at Ph D level focuses on research. It additionally offers taught courses and prepares students for clinical practice. As such, the PhD (PT) program is divided into two sections: a 2-year, full-time taught course section with 21 credits and a 2-year research-based section with a 24 credit research course for the Ph D dissertation. The students must complete all taught courses in the first two years (four semesters) and pass a comprehensive exam before entering the research-based section. The student is awarded a PhD (PT) degree after successfully defending her/his dissertation.
The graduates will be able to offer numerous services to the health system. The services include prevention and management of pain and treatment of physical impairments and disabilities, which can be achieved by designing a treatment plan and using different modalities, therapeutic exercises, manual therapies and other related techniques.
The main objective of the PT doctoral program is to prepare critical thinkers and independent researchers so as to further expand the knowledge base of the physical therapy profession. Through an integrated approach, students will enhance their capacities to critically review scientific literature, formulate questions, devise hypotheses, and test those hypotheses using valid and reliable research designs. Also, the graduates, trained as leaders in Physical Therapy, will be proficient in the areas of research, supervision, management, consultation, promotion of health, prevention of dysfunction and provision of care, based on the latest information in the physical therapy filed.
Objectives:
Specific Competencies and Skills
The PT graduates will be able to take educational responsibilities, conduct research and offer expert consulting services related to Physical Therapy. At the end of the program learners will be competent in the following skills:
- In education:
- Contributing in teaching Physical Therapy to students of various fields according to the university needs.
- Establishing a plan for professional development and lifelong learning
- In research:
- Designing, implementing and evaluating basic and applied research in various contexts of the related fields
- Utilizing research to support practice
- In consulting services:
- Offering leadership roles in prevention and health maintenance programs and rehabilitation services
- Preventing and managing pain, physical impairments and disabilities
- In clinical services:
- Being able to diagnose and treat impairments or disabilities of the clients. o Improving and maintaining functional independence and physical performance of the client
- Ensuring availability, accessibility, and excellence in the delivery of physiotherapy services to patients/clients across the life span;
| Field | Medicine |
| Edu. Language | English |
| Edu. Degree | Ph.D. |
| Edu. Type | Public |
| Edu. Modality | Full-time, In person |
| Edu. Scholarship | NA |
| Edu. Exchange | NA |