Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) is one of the three medical universities in Tehran, the capital of Iran. It began its mission in 1961 with establishing the School of Medicine.The university is basically government funded and its fundamental cornerstones include the Board of Trustees, chancellor, and the University Council. Furthermore, 8 vice -chancellors in Academic & Education, Research & Technology, Health, treatment, Food & Drug, Administration and Resources Development, Cultural & Students affairs, and International Affairs are the main wings of the university in fulfilling its tasks Presently, the university benefits from 12 schools admitting students in a wide and varied range of fields from, 26 sub-specialties, 48 fellowships, 35 specialties, 49 PhD's, 15 MPH, 3 general medical fields (medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy), to 67 majors at MSC and BSC disciplines. The university also benefits from the full time and invaluable cooperation of 1410 academic staff including 209 professors, 403 associate professors, 738 assistant professors, and 60 lecturers in 2017 that educates and train more than 12780 students.Moreover, it is worth to mention that the SBUMSbenefits from 5 research institute, and more than 76 research centers, among which 7 are working with World Health Organization (WHO) as WHO collaborating center.This university has trained thousands and thousands of students in different levels (undergraduate & graduate levels) in various fields of specialty as general medical fields, PhD's, specialty, sub-specialty, fellowships, etc, who are presently providing health-related services to our own nation and many foreign countries.Since 1988, and following the merging of Ministry of Health with Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences is honored to have the responsibility of providing, maintaining and promoting the health of more than 5,250,000 residents of Tehran, the capital of Iran, and the neighboring cities in Eastern and Southern Tehran Province, together with training students of many different health-related majors .