European universities in which Western Asian, Oriental, or Islamic disciplines are represented, usually provide certain levels of Iranian studies . Independent departments of Iranian Studies are less common. Among the European countries where the field is taught or researched on an advanced level, Germany, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Poland, Italy and the Netherlands can be mentioned, besides our department. In these educational and research institutions, the standard disciplines are usually accompanied by modern (political, cultural, anthropological, linguistic, literary, etc.) research. Some important universities where Iranian studies are present include:

-in Germany

Berlin - Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Iranistik

http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/iranistik/

Bamberg - Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Lehrstuhl für Iranistik

http://www.uni-bamberg.de/iranistik/

Freiburg i. Br. - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Orientalisches Seminar (Fach Iranistik)

http://www.orient.uni-freiburg.de/

-in the United Kingdom

Cambridge - University of Cambridge, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Centre of Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies

http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/

-in Poland

Kraków - Jagiellonian University

http://iranistyka.orient.uw.edu.pl/

-in Italy

Naples - Istituto Universitario Orientale, Dipartimento di Studi Asiatici;

Venice

http://www.unior.it/ateneo/6781/1/dipartimento-asia-africa-e-mediterraneo.html

-in Sweden

Uppsala - Uppsala University, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Asian and African Languages

http://www.sasnet.lu.se/institutions/iranian-languages-section-asian-and-african-languages-and-cultures-department

-in Tajikistan

Donishgohi Milliyi Tojikiston, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

https://tnu.tj/index.php/en/

The universities listed above, all of which having good working contacts with the Department of Iranian Studies, do not limit their investigations to specialist subfields of the discipline, but, rather, they provide a profound insight into the entire field, including linguistic, literary, and religious history, as well as the distinctive characteristics of Classical and Modern Persian.

Co-operation with other institutions

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut für Iranistik, Vienna, Austria

http://www.oeaw.ac.at/iran/

Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Islamischen Kunstgeschichte und Archäologie,

Bamberg, Germany

http://www.ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.de/

Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran (Sâzmân-e Mirâs-e Farhangi), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

http://www.ichto.ir/

Iranian Academy of Arts (Farhangestân-e Honar-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

http://www.honar.ac.ir/

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Farhangestân-e Zabân o Adab-e Fârsi), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran http://www.persianacademy.ir/

University of Tehran, Department of Persian Language and Literature (Dâneshgâh-e Tehrân, Goruh-e Zabâno adabiyât-e Fârsi), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran http://literature.ut.ac.ir/persian-lan

Islamic Culture and Communication Organization (Sâzmân-e Farhang o Ertebâtât-e Eslâmi), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran http://www.icro.ir/