International relations A group of scholars from the seminary motivated dialogue and religious interaction and the introduction of true Islam and pure Shiism, caused that in 1373 a group of scholars of the seminary of Qom gathered to study in three disciplines of Abrahamic religions (Christianity and Judaism), religions Oriental (Buddhism, Hinduism, Far East and Ancient Iran) and Islamic religions (theological religions). In addition to studying in these three disciplines, the group also learned English, contemporary Arabic, Sanskrit and Hebrew over a four-year period.

Studies of religions and sects continued until 2004. Following the efforts and pursuits for training forces in the field of religions and sects, three topics were developed and proposed to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. The Higher Development Council of the Ministry of Science approved the titles, and then in 2005, entitled “Center for Higher Education, Studies and Research in Religions and Religions,” the first group of students began their studies at the graduate level.

Since some disciplines were taught in the country for the first time, the faculty members prepared and compiled the titles of the six disciplines, and after the approval of these disciplines by the Ministry of Science, they started teaching those subjects themselves.

In 2008, the Minister of Science, Research and Technology accepted the promotion of the Center for Higher Education for the Study and Research of Religions and Beliefs to the “University of Religions and Religions”.The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology strongly agreed with the promotion due to the conformity of the university’s educational quality with the legal standards, and did not see the need to pass the “principled agreement” stage. In this regard, the then Minister of Science, Research and Technology, in a letter to Hojjatoleslam and Muslims, Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab, the founder and president of the University of Religions and Religions, wrote:

“At its meeting on April 20, 2008, the Council for the Development of Higher Education made a definite agreement with the promotion of the non-governmental non-profit higher education institute of religions and sects to the” non-governmental university of non-profit religions and sects. ”

After that, tens of disciplines were gradually defined and established in several faculties in order to admit hundreds of volunteers and interested people to the University of Religions and Religions through specialized and national exams in master’s and doctoral degrees. From the year of upgrading the Institute of Higher Education of Religions and Beliefs to the University of Religions and Beliefs until 2016, the five faculties of “Religions”, “Islamic Religions”, “Shia Studies”, “Philosophy” and “Women and Family” have been active in three fields each. After that, several other faculties, such as the Faculty of Mysticism and the Language and Culture of Nations, received licenses to establish and operate.

The e-learning center (distance learning) of the University of Religions and Beliefs has started its work since 2012 by using professors and trainers familiar with e-learning techniques, with the official permission of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. The center is trying to expand the teaching of the university’s undergraduate courses in the distance learning department, which will play a great role in the educational and research development of the knowledge of religions and sects.