College of Hadith Sciences is one of the non–government–run, non–profit higher education institutes in Iran which is unique in its kind both in Iran and abroad. The College pursues the following goals in order to do an academic contribution to hadith scholarship:

1. To raise up the level of culture and education in the society.
2. To train experts and scholars in the field of hadith sciences as well as training Islamist teachers.
3. To train Islamics preachers for both home and abroad, and to provide Iranian consulates and cultural houses with Islamics experts.
4. To admit intending foreign scholars of hadith sciences, and to meet the needs of Islamic centres abroad.
5. To provide the seekers of Islamic education with such opprotunities, especially for those who can not attend the long term education at hawzahs 'traditional religious academices'.
6. To make a suitable ground for common people to taKe part in the dissemination of knowledge.

The Main Bodies the College
According to the chart certified by the Supreme Council of the Culural Revolution, the College of Hadith Sciences has got the following main bodies:

1. The Founder. It has special rights in the establishment and making the chart of the College, in appointing members of its board of trustees, and in supervising the cultural, educational, and research activities of the
College.
2. The Board of Trustees. It consists of a team of experts from both hawzah and the university who supervise the implementation of rules in the College.
3. The Dean of the College. He is to supervise all the affairs of the College such as the implementation of the rules and regulation of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and the Ministry of Higher Education.
4. The College Council. It implements the rules indicated in the Act of University, Councils, among them the coordination of educational programmes, the deparments, and the fields.

Educational Programmes
At the present, there are three orientations for the folloving diciplines:
1. 'Ilm al–adith (Hadith Sciences),
2. Mustaleh al–Hadith (Hadith Terminology),
3. Rijal al–Hadith (Hadith Reporters).
The syllabuses of the disciplines are arranged according to the disciplines taught in the humanities. Furthermore, the main and supplementary sources are also indicated. In all these stages, all the standards and criteria set by the Ministry of Higher Education are taken into account.
According to the curriculum experts of the Ministry, the syllabuses of the college are on of the few detailea and comprehensive programmes of higher education.
Due to following the educational rules set by the Ministry, the College admits students through the University Enterance Examination and confers certified BA Honours degree to its graduates, certified by the Ministry.

The Period of the Courses and the Units of Credit
Undergraduate education in hadith sciences takes about three years and a half, with its courses offered in a credit system. The courses are offered in seven semesters, with each semester taking seventeen weeks.
Each theoretical unit of credit takes seventeen hours and the practical one thirty–four hours.
At undergraduate level, 135 units of credit are offered for all the three orientations. The scheme is as follows:

1. General Courses: the Persian literature, English, sprots, and Islamic education (10 units of credit)
2. Basic Courses: Islamic ethics, Islamic history, the Prophetic and Imamite biography, Persian literature, ESP, kalaam and Islamic doctrines, introductory Quranic hemeneutics, Arabic grammar, reading and appreciation of hadith, fiqh, and Quranic tafsir texts, Quranic recitation and tajwid, rhetorical sciences, text translation, press reading, and conversation (60 units of credit).
3. Specialized courses: Uncommon between the three disciplines, various hadith sciences (65 units of credit).
At the moment , studies are done with respect to the development of the disciplines and offering postgraduate courses.

Admission:
Everybody can sit for the University Entorance Examination and apply to this College. As it is a half–centred higher education institutes, those who have the right requirements, will be called upon for taking the interview, viva voce, and a special exmination. Those who pass these will
be starting their education in this college.

The College Building:
The college building has an area of 20,000 square metres, located by  the Shrine of 'Abd al–'Azim al–Hasani, one of the most prominent Shiite hadith reporters. In it, the following facilities are provided:

A. The Educational Section
1. Sixteen fifty–student classrooms, each with an area of forty–four square metres.
2. Six seventy–student classrooms, each with an area of seventy–two square metres.
3. A specialized library of hadith sciences with a capacity of 250,000 volumes in a 770 square metres area.
4. Separate reading halls for boys and girls in an area of 770 square metres.
5. Manuscripts library with a capacity of 100,000 volumes of books.
6. A computer centre and four research and audio visual units, in an area of 220 square metres.
7. The astronomy centre: With an observatory, gallery of pictures, and laboratory.

B. The Administrative Section
1. Offices and the office of the Dean, all with forty five rooms
2. Two 120–person auditoriums.
3. Dormitory for seventy students.
4. Sports centre
5. Restaurant and buffet
6. Parking lot

C. Additional Fascilities
1. The college charges no tuition fees and gives financial support to the students.
2. The students will be provided with sports fascilities, dormitory, and health serveices.
3. The College is equipeed with a computer centre, language laboratory, astronomy complex, and manuscript sourses.

Correspondence:
The College of Hadith Sciences, Next to the Shrine of 'Abd al–Azim, Shahr-e Ray,P.O. Box 18735 – 4176,
Tel. 0098–21–5659384,
Fax 0098–21–5659385.