Looking at the history of science in contemporary Iran, it becomes clear that the entry of new sciences in Iran has not been balanced. In the beginning, technical and medical sciences entered Iran. Over time, but more slowly, new thoughts and ideas that showed themselves in the form of political and social concepts such as constitutionalism, parliament, constitution, etc. were introduced and introduced to the people of this land under humanities. With the passage of time and the feeling of the need to modernize the country, especially during the first Pahlavi period, the academic system or university system was established in the country and parallel to that, the new human sciences gradually expanded.

Due to its intellectual nature and its connection with the concepts, ideas and thoughts of individuals and social groups, humanities includes its own approaches, terms and values. One of the most important points that are discussed in our society, but in practice it is forgotten, is to pay attention to the key point that the basis of the transformation of Western societies since the Renaissance period is the transformation in the field of humanities. The main issue of this article is to examine the challenges of humanities in Iran. For this purpose, by using the theory of institutionalism and the emphasis that this point of view has on institutions such as political structure, cultural structure, intellectual structure and common traditions of society, the challenges of humanities in Iran are investigated.