Shomal University was founded in 1995 and is the biggest non-governmental university in Iran, fully accredited by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology. Through the National University Entrance Exam conducted by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology. The university has striven and continues to strive to provide a superior educational environment for our students and to train them to be industrious, well-educated and intelligent students that prioritize scientific edification in their whole lives. Such students can contribute to the scientific, economic, cultural, political and social development of their motherland and the future needs of society.

At present the university caters to over 6000 students in 55 different courses at under-graduate and graduate levels. Approximately 400 teaching staff are committed to providing an enhanced and innovative education.