The university was first established by the autonomous
Azerbaijan People's Government under
Jafar Pishevari on June 12, 1946, as the University of Azerbaijan () with faculties in
Medicine,
Agriculture and
Pedagogy. However, the university closed in November with the collapse of the autonomous government. It was re-opened on October 30, 1947, which is now officially set as its inauguration date. The university was called the University of Azarabadegan prior to the
Islamic Revolution of 1979 and renamed the University of Tabriz afterwards. In 1985, the Iranian Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education took over the departments and faculties in the medical sciences and the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences became an independent institution.
Chancellors Chancellors of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences since its detachment from
University of Tabriz: • Dr. Seyyed Kazem Madayen, MD, Urologist • Dr. Hossein Sadeghi Shoja, Physiologist • Dr.
Masoud Pezeshkian, MD, Cardiac Surgeon • Dr. Mohammad Nouri, PhD, Biochemist • Dr. Ahmad Reza Jodati, MD, Cardiac Surgeon • Dr. Ahmad Ali Khalili, MD, Cardiac Surgeon • Dr. Alireza Yaghoubi, MD, Cardiac Surgeon • Dr.
Mohammad Hossein Somi, MD, Gastroenterologist • Dr. Bahman Naghipour MD, Anesthesiologists • Dr. Ahmad Reza Jodati MD, Cardiovascular Surgeon ==Faculties==