Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Aiming to provide highly-skilled and expert human resources, Dr. Ali Shariati Faculty of Letters and Humanities was founded in 1955. The Department of Persian Language and Literature was the first department founded in this Faculty. Other departments including the departments of English Language and Literature, French Language and Literature, Geography, History, and Linguistics were founded shortly afterwards.

Prospective students were admitted to the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Persian Language and Literature since 1970 and 1976, respectively. The first Ph.D. candidate in Persian Language and Literature program graduated in 1983.

Currently, the faculty comprises of nine independent departments and eight undergraduate programs.

At present, the following departments of the faculty offer programs to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. students. More