Top Universities in Iran

160 universities in Iran with a measured position, 5 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
101 Fasa Faculty of Medical Sciences not ranked #101 119,234
102 Islamic Azad University, Arak not ranked #102 116,900
103 Shahrood University of Medical Sciences not ranked #103 114,041
104 Urmia University of Technology not ranked #104 107,468
105 Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan not ranked #105 104,184
106 Damghan University not ranked #106 102,419
107 Kermanshah University of Technology not ranked #107 99,109
108 Mazandaran University of Science & Technology not ranked #108 97,394
109 Sabzevar School of Medical Sciences not ranked #109 96,849
110 Islamic Azad University, Shiraz not ranked #110 92,188
111 Yasuj University of Medical Sciences not ranked #111 88,284
112 University of Hormozgan not ranked #112 84,307
113 Gonabad University of Medical Sciences not ranked #114 73,983
114 Malayer University not ranked #115 71,959
115 Islamic Azad University, Yazd not ranked #116 71,824
116 Islamic Azad University, Ardabil not ranked #117 67,729
117 Islamic Azad University, Hamedan not ranked #118 65,477
118 University of Science and Culture not ranked #113 64,787
119 Islamic Azad University, Semnan not ranked #119 54,544
120 Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj not ranked #120 53,891
121 Islamic Azad University, Shahrood not ranked #121 48,904
122 Islamic Azad University, Saveh not ranked #122 47,473
123 Islamic Azad University, Qom not ranked #123 43,189
124 Torbat Heydarieh University of Medical Sciences not ranked #124 40,841
125 Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e-rey not ranked #125 38,241
126 Islamic Azad University, Varamin not ranked #126 33,400
127 Islamic Azad University, Ahar not ranked #127 32,059
128 Qom University of Technology not ranked #128 28,089
129 Islamic Azad University, Garmsar not ranked #129 26,793
130 Imam Reza University not ranked #130 25,992
131 Islamic Azad University, Gorgan not ranked #131 25,456
132 Arak University of Technology not ranked #132 24,829
133 Islamic Azad University, Quchan not ranked #133 24,297
134 Islamic Azad University, Falavarjan not ranked #134 21,939
135 Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas not ranked #137 20,360
136 Sadjad Institute of Technology not ranked #136 20,139
137 Sadra University not ranked #135 19,899
138 Islamic Azad University, Kazerun not ranked #138 18,599
139 Takestan Islamic Azad University not ranked #142 18,285
140 Islamic Azad University, Parand not ranked #141 18,278
141 Imam Sadegh University not ranked #139 17,633
142 Islamic Azad University, Shabestar not ranked #143 17,137
143 University of Applied Science and Technology not ranked #146 14,491
144 Shomal University not ranked #144 14,011
145 Art University not ranked #147 13,698
146 Mofid University not ranked #140 13,270
147 Tabriz Islamic Art University not ranked #145 13,156
148 Islamic Azad University, Majlesi not ranked #148 11,187
149 Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh not ranked #151 8,395
150 Ragheb Esfahani University not ranked #149 7,614
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. 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 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked