Al-Mustafa International University
Iran · Asia
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Al-Mustafa International University (MIU) (Arabic: جامعة المصطفىٰ العالمية; Persian: جامعه المصطفی العالمیه, Jam'h-e Almistâfi-ye Al'alâmih) is an international academic, Islamic and university-style seminary institute in Qom, Iran, established in 1979. It has international branches and affiliate schools.
A brainchild of Ali Khamenei, the university has provided Islamic education exclusively to international students (including female scholars) mostly at a graduate level, in a combined seminary and academic format focused on the study of the Comparative Religion, Quran, Hadith, Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Philosophy and Discourse, Islamic Mysticism, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Education, Management, Persian Language and Literature, and Arabic. It also provides associate degree for French, Korean, Chinese, English, Japanese, Spanish and Russian.
It also provides Sunni Islam and Shia Islam seminary courses in English, Arabic and Persian.
As of 2020, some 80,000 students had graduated from Al-Mustafa International University over the years.
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