Maryam Avizhgan - Ph.D. Student in Curriculum, Department of Educational Sciences, School of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Ebrahim Mirshah Jafari - Professor in Curriculum, Department of Educational Sciences, School of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Ahmad Reza Nasr - Professor in Curriculum, Department of Educational Sciences, School of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Tahereh Changiz - Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Background & Objective: Leadership talent is the rarest resource in todays world that will have continuous conductivity the organizations to be successful in tomorrows world Considering the importance of curriculum leadership in educational department this study was designed to answer the question how do faculty members see curriculum leadership in the post graduate?   Methods: In a qualitative study with purposive sampling of desirable cases type faculty members with management experience and expert in the post graduate were selected and interviewed using semistructured method Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis including: data collection data reduction deduction and analysis in the MAXQDA software version ۲۰۰۷   Results: After interviewing ۱۸ faculty members with sufficient experience and management experience in the postgraduate courses we achieved a richness of information saturation and data replicate ۵۰۰ codes were extracted from research data under five main categories and were classified These categories included: educational atmosphere improvement curriculum development curriculum implementation curriculum evaluation and supervision innovation and facilitate change and adaptation   Conclusion: Participants in this study suggested five main categories and ۱۸ subcategories that represented curriculum leadership roles These roles are in the applicable and comparable area with curriculum cycle including: the planning implementation supervision evaluation and change In addition these roles were also emphasized on educational atmosphere improvement that is platform background supplier infrastructure and prerequisites for the curriculum cycle

Curriculum, Leadership, higher education, Postgraduate, Qualitative study