Tehran University’s International Center for Persian Studies (ICPS) was established in 1989, following a recommendation by Dr. Seyed-Ja’far Shahidi, the Director of Loghat Nameh Dehkhoda Institute, which was endorsed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

The Center is aimed at teaching the Persian language to non-Persian speakers and bringing together Iranian and non-Iranian professors of Persian language and literature to facilitate their research cooperation.

Since the Center’s establishment until now (Oct.2007), some 6,600 students from around the world have learned the Persian language at the Center. Non-Iranian graduate students of Persian Language and Literature, Iranian Studies and Oriental Studies have attended higher level courses at the Center, learning about Iranian literature and the history of Iranian arts, learning the art of calligraphy, and benefiting from the advice offered by professors at the Center and at the Loghat Nameh Dehkhoda Institute to complete their dissertations.