Announcement: Basic Sciences (Olum-e-Paye) Exam September 2026

The Basic Sciences (Olum-e-Paye) exam for international students will be held simultaneously at both Tehran and Kish campuses on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 09:00 AM (Tehran local time, GMT+4:30). This exam is mandatory for all medical and dentistry students.

Since the Basic Sciences exam is a national and central assessment, all eligible students must attend in person at a verified TUMS exam center. Students are advised to arrange their attendance well in advance.

Important:

• If a student cannot attend the September 2026 exam, they must inform the Education Office in writing at least two weeks prior to the exam. This is to avoid failing the exam due to absence and to be eligible to participate in the next exam scheduled for March 2027, which is necessary for progressing to clinical phases.
• Students who do not pass or do not participate in the Basic Sciences exam will not be eligible to advance to the next stages of their education (such as physiopathology or clinical phases).
• Any update regards to the above-mentioned exam will be announced from ICTUMS educational website

Pre-online Registration:

All eligible international students wishing to participate must register their information online from Thursday, August 27, to Thursday, September 3, 2026 ,via the provided link.

“Registration form in basic science (September 2026)”

Condition of Participation for September 2026
Basic Sciences Exam

Eligible Students are those who passed successfully Basic Sciences subjects (one general Subject can be kept for after the exam) and gained (cGPA )above 12. (Chapter two, article 11.)

Medical Students as the Basic Sciences Comprehensive exam will be held as a reform type, therefore the eligibility to attend the above-mentioned exam is passing all below courses (theory and practical) with mark 10 and above and totally gained (cGPA) above 12.

Note 1.

Those courses that are excluded from the Basic sciences exam (for MD, MBBS students Only) will be examined before the pre-internship phases.

Note 2.

Passing all courses of Basic sciences phases is required to enter the Physiopathology phase.

Note 3.

For The General courses; Persian Language, General English, Physical Training 1 and Introduction to religion 1, all of them should be passed before the basic sciences exam.

However, for Physical Training 2, Divine Texts, contemporary History of Iran, Introduction to religion 2 and Divine ethics courses, only one of them can be kept for after Basic Sciences exam .

*Those medical students who are participating after their 4th term need to have 8.0 credits passed from the general courses. (including General English plus 5 credits from other courses)

Note 4.

If scores obtained in some courses that assigned by the student are not announced by the time of formal exam the student will be allowed to participate in the exam on a conditional basis and upon signing a written commitment/undertaking. This commitment will state that if the student fails that course after the scores are announced, or passes it but the overall GPA does not reach 12, the result of the formal exam will be considered null and void.

Note 5.

Participation in the formal exam of basic sciences is allowed up to three times and Participation on the following September 2026 exam will count as one of the student’s attempts for BS Comprehensive exam.

Note 6.

Medium of September 2026 exam is English Language for International students. In order to receive a Persian question pamphlet, students need to select the pamphlet type during the online pre- registration.

(It is necessary to keep an e-copy of your registration form for further procedure.)

Note 7.

Please notice that the September 2026 Basic Sciences Exam would be held by the Ministry of health and we only register the names of TUMS students who applied on time from the pre-registered.

For any inquiry, please contact us via icedu@tums.ac.ir .

The Education office of ICTUMS will review the eligibility of individuals to participate in the Basic Sciences Exam according to the following schedule:

A student is eligible to take the comprehensive exam if they have passed all courses selected for the September 2026 semester, have successfully completed all courses from previous semesters, have no remaining courses, and have a total GPA of more than 12.

If only one general course remains, as specified in note 3, the student remains eligible to participate in the comprehensive exam.

If the student needs to complete a specialized course, they previously failed (as outlined in note 8), but is expected to pass all courses in the September 2026 semester and has already passed all previous courses, they are still eligible to take the comprehensive exam.

If a student has not completed two or more courses from previous semesters in addition to the courses of the September 2026 semester, or has taken those courses but failed to pass them, then even if they pass all the courses in the September 2026 semester, they will not be eligible to participate in the March 2027 comprehensive exam.

Additionally, if a student, assuming they pass all courses in the September 2026 semester and have successfully completed previous semester courses, but is expected to have a total GPA of less than 12, they will not be considered for the March 2027 Basic Sciences Exam.

If students in this group participate in the March 2027 Basic Sciences Exam and pass, the decision outlined in note 4 will be taken into account.

Number of questions in the September 2026 Basic Sciences Exam