Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

The Ph.D. program is the highest level of higher education which results in the acquisition of a degree and aims to train individuals who will have the ability of innovation in different fields of science, serving the purpose of solving international needs and expanding the borders of knowledge. Education at this level will be full-time.

Admission Criteria and Method

1. Having acquired a Master’s Degree or a Professional Doctorate Degree (M.D., D.D.S., Pharm.D.) or higher relevant to the requested field of study based on the decision of the advisor and the approval of the academic unit and the International Students Admission Committee;

2. Determining the overall details of the student’s research projects approved by the advisor.

Remark: Based on the application, the advisor of the academic unit can request and determine an in-person or distant interview with the applicant.

Length of the Course

Based on student needs and research priorities, the student will be responsible to pass at least 6 and at most 10-course credits as determined by the advisor before conducting his or her project.

The accepted period of time for the professor-based–project-based Ph.D. program will be 3 to 5 years, but it can be extended by at most one semester by the recommendation of the advisor as well as the approval of the academic unit and the university’s educational council.

Program Guideline for Non-Iranian International Students consists of an introduction and 10 articles has been approved by the Committee for Adaptation and Adjustment of Educational Programs for the International Students in its fourth meeting on Aug. 7, 2018, and is obligatory since the approval date.

To download the complete Guideline , click here. 

    how to apply

http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/en/page/2290/Guidelines

For more information please contact:

Tell Fax: +98 (21) 66421685

E-mail: nmcrc@tums.ac.ir

Professor Nahid Dehghan Nayeri, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Email: dehghann@tums.ac.ir

She is a full professor and member of School of Nursing and Midwifery. She is director of postgraduate level affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. She is a researcher in clinical situation and management. She is editor member of more than five journals that most of them index in Web of science, Medline or Scopus. Also she has about 100 international valuable papers. She has been a top student in BS, MSN, and PhD level.  Shegot national awards for education and research. Her current researches include critical care and management. She did research by various methods such as RCT, Mixed method, Grounded Theory, Ethnography etc.

Professor Reza Negarandeh, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Email: rnegarandeh@tums.ac.ir

He received his BSc and MSc degrees in Nursing in 1989 and 1994 respectively. In 1994 Dr. Negarandeh joined to department of community medicine in Tehran University of Medical Sciences as Lecturer. Then he went to the Zanjan University of Medical Sciences and continued his work in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. He received his PhD degree from Iran University of Medical Sciences in field of nursing in 2005 and then he began working as an assistant professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. He also was 3 months at Lund University as a visiting student during his Ph.D. program. Now professor Negarandeh teaches Master and Ph.D. courses in Nursing and Midwifery School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Moreover, he supervises numerous research projects and dissertations in masters’ and doctorate level. He has more than 100 scientific papers which published in well-known national and international scientific journals. Furthermore, he is Head of Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center and Editor in Chief for the Journals of Nursing Practice Today which published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences and indexed in Scopus and other databases.