Aims: Nowadays universities, as the pivotal centers of engendering and disseminating of knowledge due to their functional nature, can gain the maximum advantage of knowledge management. For this purpose, for effective implementation of the knowledge management, rudimentary investigation of its implementation is of huge importance. Therefore, the present study was done aiming at assessing the status of “ organizational culture”, “organizational structure” and “information technology infrastructure” in line with the implementation of the knowledge management.

Methods: This descriptive survey research was conducted on the 559 faculty members of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad branch in 2011 to 2012 and 75 people were selected to be included in the study using stratified random sampling. For data collection, a two-section questionnaire including demographic questions and 50 items in three subsections were used. Descriptive statistics method, single-sample T-test, analysis of variance and Freidman tests have been applied to analyze data using SPSS 17 software.

Results: The readiness of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad to implement the knowledge management at all aspects was at average level. There was no significant difference between the faculty members’ point of view considering the scientific position and teaching different groups and in the subsections of “ organizational culture”, “organizational structure” and “information technology infrastructure”. The most influential and important index was “ organizational culture” with 2.21 grade and the least important index was “information technology infrastructure” with 1.80 grade.

Conclusion: In faculty members’ point of view, the readiness for implementation of knowledge management system in Islamic Azad University of Mashhad is at an average level.