The Islamic Azad University, Ramsar Branch is the biggest higher education center in the city of Ramsar. It was established on August 24, 2004 and inaugurated in January 2005 starting with 160 students in accounting and mechanical engineering. In 2006, by purchasing a land with an approximate area of 30,000 square meters located on Shahid Abbass Mofrad Avenue, it began the construction work of the University campus and the first stage of the 5-story academic building equal to 9500 meters was inaugurated and put into operation by the supreme ex-principal doctor Jasbi in May 2011.