Research Institute of Hawzah and University was founded in 1982. The basic goal of RIHU is development and expansion of research in the areas of Islamic viewpoints concerning topics and issues of human sciences, and preparation for improvement in related research activities in three separate Research Center: "social sciences" with departments of economics, political sciences, social sciences and management, "behavioral Sciences" with departments of educational sciences, psychology and philosophy of human sciences, and " Islamic sciences" with departments of history of Islam, Quranic studies, philosophy and theology and law.