The Purpose of the present study was to investigate the academic life experiences of students with visual impairments at the University of Tehran. In this study, the qualitative method of phenomenology was used. The participants in this research were students studying in all levels and fields of University of Tehran In 2023 .The purposeful snowball sampling method was used for sampling. Sampling continued until the stage of theoretical saturation of data and a total of 18 people (8 men and 10 women) of visually impaired students who expressed their satisfaction and readiness were interviewed in a semi-structured way. Finally, in order to analyze the findings, the Colaizzi method was used. The analysis of the findings regarding the lived academic experience of students with visual impairments at the University of Tehran led to the production of 438 codes, which were analyzed to extract 7 main themes and 44 secondary themes. The main themes include society, teaching and learning, problems and limitations, university, family, individual characteristics and looking to the future. The results of the study showed that the occurrence of visual impairment in educational environments requires optimal recognition of the dimensions of these individuals, and predetermined assistance without regard to the perceptions of these individuals can cause them to experience negative emotions and overshadow their educational and academic performance.