Academic calendar
First Semester runs Sep 1, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
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C
- Chamran
- The Shahid Chamran Dormitory, specifically housing female students.
D
- Damavand
- The dormitory located on Damavand Street, primarily used for international students.
G
- Golestan
- A specific residential building within the dormitory system often housing postgraduate or international students.
H
- Hazzf-o-Ezafe
- The 'Add/Drop' period at the start of the semester for changing course registrations.
I
- IFMSA-Iran
- The local chapter of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations, very active on campus.
- Intern
- A medical student in their final 18 months of training, working full-time in the hospital.
K
- Kooy
- The Kooy-e-Daneshgah complex, the primary residential area for students located on North Karegar Street.
M
- Mashroot
- Academic probation, occurring when a student's semester GPA falls below 12/20.
P
- Physiopath
- The transitional academic phase for medical students between Basic Sciences and Clinical Clerkships.
R
- Reserve
- The act of booking a meal in advance via the Saman system, a mandatory step to eat at the Salf.
S
- Salf
- Short for 'Self-Service,' the universal term for the student cafeteria or dining hall.
- Saman
- The online food reservation system (Saman-e-Taghziyeh) where students must pre-order meals.
- SIMAD
- The integrated system for student welfare and dormitory affairs management.
- Stager
- A medical student in the clinical clerkship phase (years 4 and 5), also known as an 'Extern'.
U
- USERN
- Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, a prominent research organization founded and headquartered at TUMS.
V
- VCR
- Vice-Chancellor for Research, the administrative body overseeing all student and faculty research projects.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Central Library
- The main university library located near the Poursina entrance.
- Daneshkadeh
- The general term for 'Faculty' (e.g., Daneshkadeh Pezeshki for the Faculty of Medicine).
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- Dormitory Self-Service Restaurants
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- Faculty Self-Service Restaurants
- Poursina
- The historic main campus site located on Poursina Street, housing the Faculty of Medicine.
- Saman-e-Salamat
- The health portal for student medical records and insurance services.
- SIPA
- The primary educational portal used for checking grades, course registration, and academic records.
- Talar-e-Emam
- Imam Hall, the largest auditorium located within the Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex used for major ceremonies.
- TUMS-Card
- The multi-purpose student ID card used for library access, building entry, and dining payments.
- TUMS-ID
- The unique username/identifier assigned to students for accessing campus Wi-Fi and digital libraries.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- First Semester runs Sep 1, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 16 approved campus terms and 10 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.