Background: Hospitals, as a complex and changing industry, require comprehensive and strategic planning. The role of managers as the main executors of the strategic planning process is very important in this regard. The purpose of this study is Managers Acknowledge and Attitude of Educational Hospitals of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences Toward Strategic Planning.

Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out with 22 senior and middle managers of hospitals affiliated to Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2016. To collect data, we used the valid and reliable questionnaire for measuring the level of awareness and attitude towards strategic planning and SPSS:24 software was used to analyze the data.

Results: The mean total awareness and attitude towards strategic planning was calculated as 72.2% and 89%, respectively. Hospital managers with 84% awareness had the highest, and hospital presidents with 60% awareness had the lowest awareness about strategic planning. Regarding the 'attitude', hospital managers with 91.56% had the highest, and hospital presidents with 83.78% had the lowest attitude rate.

Conclusion: Given the low level of awareness and attitude of the hospital presidents towards strategic planning in comparison with other senior managers of hospitals, increasing their awareness and improving their attitudes, due to their critical position and authority, is of great importance.