The Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences (GSISS) is one of the first privately held, independent institutions in the United States dedicated in its entirety to teaching and research in Islamic Studies. It focuses on the American experience of Islam and Islamic studies in the United States and the West. The School provides students with the tools needed to begin to meet the challenges of the modern world while taking students through an in-depth exploration of Islamic studies, focused upon the pivotal position of the Quran and Sunnah. The curriculum develops an "ijtihad orientation" that is capable of overcoming the drawbacks of the classical Islamic legacy, while benefiting from the depth and richness of its contributions. Ijtihad is a creative but disciplined intellectual effort to derive legal rulings from the Islamic sources while taking into consideration the variables imposed by the changing circumstances of the Muslim society. GSISS offers a 36-credit hour Master of Arts in Social Studies: Islamic Studies program, which may be completed in an intensive ten-month intensive learning experience.

The School is the one of the first Muslim-governed, campus-based institution of Islamic graduate studies in the United States. Graduates have become imams, academics, non-profit directors, and military, hospital, and prison chaplains.