The Jundishapur Academy is the world's first university established during the Sassanid Empire in old Persia. Studying this successful education model will give us (the 21st-century people) helpful insights into how to teach, learn and help society. Some unique features:
1- The moto on its entrance gate: “knowledge and virtue are superior to sword and strength”.
2- Physicians, scholars, and philosophers from different nations, including Iran, Greece, Rome, Egypt, India, and China.
3- Annual international congresses for knowledge and experience exchange between scholars of various nations.
4- Collecting different opinions and then, after many discussions and investigations, choosing the best model for education of the students.
5- Scholars did their best to solve the problems of the society in a logical and scientific manner to meet the needs of their community.
6- The policy of tolerance and avoidance of ethnic and religious prejudices.
7- The Jundishapur authorities believed that anyone who wants to learn science must have the required ethical characteristics, in addition to necessary talent.
8- A special highhanded selection policy had been implemented by the masters to accept only those with the highest merit.
9- It was necessary for the students to involve with the clinic from the beginning of their education beside learning the basic sciences.
Reference
Daneshfard, Babak1,2; Naseri, Mohsen3,4,5; Ghaffari, Farzaneh6,. Medical education in the first university of the world, the Jundishapur Academy. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 11(8):p 4267-4272, August 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2449_21