Azad University (IR) in Oxford provides a wide range of Master’s courses in collaboration with Tehran Central Branch of the University. The students are admitted through Central National Exam, opting for the nominated joint programmes. As such the students are required to initially register in their Home branch in Tehran and spend at least one year of their studies there before they are transferred to Oxford Branch to pass some of their specialising modules in the form of a semester. It is mandatory for these students to spend a semester in Oxford branch to be exposed to the teaching and research methods in the UK as well as enhancing their English language skills.