Mofid University

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Mofid University
دانشگاه مفید
Daneshgah-e Mofid
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Type Private
Established1989
President Seyed Masoud MousaviKarimi
Location
Qom
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Campusurban
Website
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Mofid University was founded by Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili, the former head of Iran's Judiciary in 1989 as a private and non-profit institution. [1] Departments such as Economics, Law, Philosophy, Political Science and English Language have also been established since 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 2006 respectively.

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  1. Zep Kalb (2017). "Neither Dulati nor Khosusi: Islam, Education and Civil Society in Post-1989 Iran". Iranian Studies. 50 (4): 575–600. doi:10.1080/00210862.2017.1295345.

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