Varastegan Medical Institute was established in February of 2006 with the formation of Varastegans core intellectual and elite staff after rigorous demands of higher education departments of the country Following administrative processes and procedures with the assistance of the Department of Education, Ministry of Health and Medical Education in December 2008 Varastegan received the approval of the basic principles of medical education. In June of 2010, with the approval of specialty boards and the Ministry of Health, Varastegan Medical Education Institute opened as the first non-profit center for higher education in the field of medical sciences. In September of 2011 the center further expanded into the fields of laboratory science and nutrition at the undergraduate level and speech therapy at the graduate level. Currently, excluding certificate classes, the institute has 610 undergraduate student, 25 graduate students and counting.