Top Universities in Iran

160 universities in Iran with a measured position, 160 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankCitations
1 Tehran University of Medical Sciences #0 6,686,845
2 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences #0 2,737,076
3 Tarbiat Modares University #0 2,361,002
4 Tabriz University of Medical Sciences #0 2,319,847
5 Sharif University of Technology #0 1,970,321
6 Iran University of Medical Sciences #0 1,914,588
7 Mashhad University of Medical Sciences #0 1,895,965
8 Shiraz University of Medical Sciences #0 1,739,361
9 Isfahan University of Medical Sciences #0 1,588,389
10 Shiraz University #0 1,549,994
11 Ferdowsi University of Mashhad #0 1,334,826
12 Shahid Beheshti University #0 1,299,736
13 Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science & Research Branch #0 982,892
14 Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences #0 816,524
15 Urmia University #0 796,902
16 Isfahan University #0 777,792
17 Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology #0 726,002
18 Kerman University of Medical Sciences #0 682,945
19 Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences #0 650,609
20 University of Guilan #0 616,464
21 Mazandaran University of Medical Science #0 570,456
22 Bu Ali Sina University #0 557,301
23 Kashan University #0 550,767
24 Hamadan University of Medical Sciences #0 548,106
25 Razi University #0 543,769
26 Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences #0 539,324
27 Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman #0 524,205
28 Babol University of Medical Sciences #0 510,793
29 Semnan University #0 476,539
30 Payam Noor University Lavasan #0 474,409
31 Payame Noor University #0 474,409
32 Babol Noshirvani University of Technology #0 393,464
33 Yazd Medical University #0 378,613
34 Kashan University of Medical Sciences #0 370,534
35 Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz #0 368,308
36 University of Mohaghegh Ardabili #0 355,863
37 Yazd University #0 355,554
38 Gorgan University #0 347,298
39 University of Kurdistan #0 343,276
40 Mazandaran University of Iran #0 342,501
41 Sahand University of Technology #0 332,832
42 Shahrood University of Technology #0 324,455
43 Ilam University #0 315,143
44 Zanjan University #0 307,935
45 Guilan University of Medical Sciences #0 297,808
46 Shiraz University of Technology #0 281,059
47 Yasuj University #0 270,976
48 University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences #0 266,234
49 Islamic Azad University, Aliabad #0 265,971
50 Islamic Azad University, Tehran South #0 265,971
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What the two columns mean

World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 981 ranked Japan 337 ranked India 306 ranked China 283 ranked South Korea 170 ranked Brazil 164 ranked Indonesia 143 ranked Mexico 134 ranked France 108 ranked Poland 106 ranked Germany 103 ranked UK 101 ranked