The University of Mazandaran (UMZ) is the most important university in the province of Mazandaran. It was established in September 1979 by merging the former local colleges and institutions. Today, UMZ is supervised and managed by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) and consists of six faculties, offering undergraduate courses of studies leading up to bachelors degrees (B.A or B.Sc ) in thirty nine departments. Twenty six of these programs extend to postgraduate levels of M.A, M.Sc and/or Ph.D programs and the organization still aiming to improve its well established postgraduate programs.

The University has awarded degrees to over 15000 graduates in various fields since its establishment. Many of these graduates are currently lecturing and researching at different universities and academic institutions within Iran and abroad.