Editing Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (section)

==Notable alumni==
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* [[Ali-Akbar Fayyaz]], founder of the School of Letters and Humanities, Professor in the Department of Persian Language and Literature between 1950 and 1972, a renowned historian of early Islam and literary critic
* [[Ali Shariati]], assistant professor in the Department of History at FUM between 1966 and 1971, who was compelled to resign from the university;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icit-digital.org/books/on-the-sociology-of-islam-lectures-by-ali-shariati|title=On the Sociology of Islam: Lectures by Ali Shariati|website=ICIT Digital Library}}</ref> globally renowned leftist-Islamic writer and lecturer, and the ideological father of the 1979 revolution
* [[Mohammad Mokhtari (writer)|Mohammad Mokhtari]], graduate of the Department of Persian Language and Literature, a renowned poet, novelist, and literary critic, and a leading member of the Iranian P.E.N. in the 1980s and 1990s who was assassinated by elements from the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic in 1999 as a victim of what was later labeled in Iranian political jargon "chain murders"
* [[Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani]], graduate of the School of Letters and Humanities at FUM, professor of Persian Language and Literature at the University of Tehran, celebrated contemporary poet and literary critic
* [[Abdulaziz Sachedina]], graduate of history from FUM, currently professor of religious studies at the [[University of Virginia]]
* [[Amir Khajepour]], professor in mechanical engineering at the [[University of Waterloo]], Ontario, Canada
* [[Seyed Ali Mirlohi Falavarjani]], Retired Professor, Founder of [[Islamic Azad University of Falavarjan]] in 1984
* [[Seyyed Jalal al-Addin Ashtiani]] professor of philosophy
* [[Effat Shariati]] PhD (born 1952) is a former Member of the [[Parliament of Iran]],<ref>4th Asian-Pacific Women Parliamentarians and Ministers' Conference, June 11–12, 2006. Wellington, New Zealand sponsored by the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development.</ref>
* [[Laleh Eftekhari]] ({{langx|fa|لاله افتخاری}}) is an Iranian [[Iranian Principlists|conservative]] politician and former member of the [[Majlis of Iran|Parliament of Iran]] representing [[Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr (electoral district)|Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr]].<ref>"Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.</ref>
* [[Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli]] (عبدالرضا رحمانی فضلی in [[Persian language|Persian]]; born 1959) is an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] conservative politician, government official and [[Ministry of Interior (Iran)|interior minister]] of [[Hassan Rouhani]]'s [[Government of Hassan Rouhani (2013–2017)|government]].
* [[Mahmoud Alavi]] ({{langx|fa|محمود علوی}}; born 4 May 1954) is an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] cleric, politician and the [[Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)|minister of intelligence]] in [[Hassan Rouhani]]'s [[Government of Hassan Rouhani (2013–present)|government]].
* [[Mohammad Abbasi]], is a former conservative Member of the [[Parliament of Iran]] as well as minister of cooperatives and minister of youth affairs and sports of  President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].{{citation needed|reason=linked article does not mention this university|date=June 2018}}
* [[Soheyla Feyzbakhsh]], mathematician at [[Imperial College London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/view/soheylafeyzbakhsh/cv|title=Curriculum vitae|access-date=2024-06-29|first=Soheyla|last=Feyzbakhsh}}</ref>