Islamic Azad University of Mashhad (IAUM) is a university in Mashhad, Iran. It was established in 1982, and offers Bachelor, Master, PhD and M.D. degrees. It is famous for the quality and toughness of its undergraduate education and the success of its students in many national competitions and exams. About IAUM Mashhad city, the provincial capital of Khorassan E Razavi, Iran 's largest province. That is the nation's second largest city and also Iran's holiest city and a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Moslems from all over the world. Khorassan is one of Iran 's most important provinces both geographically and historically as well as religious. It is also the cradle of the Persian language and the civilization of eastern Iran , and the homeland of many great Iranian poets, writers and scholars . And today, by the help of God and under the supports of the Islamic Revolution, Mashhad is offering another great opportunity for knowledge production. The Islamic Azad University-Mashhad Branch (IAUM) is one the main and earliest branches of the Islamic Azad University (IAU). IAU is a chain university with a total of over 350 Branches around Iran , and 5 Branches overseas.