The Iranian Association of Islamic Finance holds BANKDAN Competition in cooperation with Imam Sadiq University. This is in line with the Supreme Leader’s intention to pave the way for the young elites to enter the macro decision-making arena and playing a key role as effective as possible to detect the country’s challenges and offer political solutions to solve the fundamental problems.
The importance and necessity of the competition is double in a situation where the Iranian economy is bank-based and the presence of banks in the financial sectors of the country's economy is significant.
We hoped that the participants in this competition, by learning the opportunities and basic issues of the country’s banking, will be able to take a small step towards strengthening the Islamic Republic by continuing their scientific and research activities and providing accurate and measured solutions.
There are 50 multiple-choice questions in entrance exam for BANKDAN Competition to evaluate the financial and economic information of the applicants in general and no specific source has been used to design it.
The main themes of the entrance exam for BANKDAN Competition are:

- Principles of banking
- Principles of bank accounting
- The concept of money history and banking
- The nature of the commercial bank
- Commercial bank financial statements
- Internal banking
- Central Banking
- Islamic banking (contracts, instruments, etc.)
- Updated statistics of the monetary-banking area
- Basics of financial management
The BANKDAN competition process is as follows:

1) Enrolling on the site;
2) Attaining the minimum required score in the entrance exam as a team;
3) Participating in the competition training course;
4) Attaining the minimum required score in the final exam of the training course as a team;
5) Going among the top 16 teams in the first round of the competition:

- Answering to the questions raised by the Scientific Committee in a written form;
- Having face-to-face debates;
-Making a specialized clip.
6) Going among the top 8 teams in the second round of the competition:

- Answering to the questions raised by the Scientific Committee in a written form;
- Having face-to-face debates.

7) Holding an advanced training course for 4 final teams;

8) Holding the semifinals of the competition:

- Answering to the questions raised by the Scientific Committee in a written form;
- Having face-to-face debates.

9) Holding the final competition:

- Answering to the questions raised by the Scientific Committee in a written form;
- Having face-to-face debates;
- Making a specialized clip.

10) Appreciating the top 3 teams in the tournament;

11) Introducing the top people to the institutions.