Tehran – The 2024 World University Rankings (WUR) report by the Islamic World Science Citation Centre (ISC) includes 69 to 72 Iranian universities in 2023.
A total of 426 universities from 31 Islamic countries are listed in the rankings, with Turkey having 102 universities and Iran, 72 universities, and Pakistan having 39 universities positioned first to third.
Among the top universities in Islamic countries, Saudi Arabia ranks 172nd. Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Egypt jointly rank between 401 and 450, while Qatar ranks between 451 and 500, with Türkiye, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon ranks between 501 and 600.
The University of Tehran rankings have been changed from 501-600 in 2023 to 401-500 in 2024. The university is first placed in the country.
Tehran Medical University is second in the ranking. The university’s global rankings are 501-600, up from 601-700 in 2023.
The rankings for Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences have improved from 801-900 in 2023 to 601-700 in 2024, ranking third in the country.
Sharif University of Technology and Turbiat Modernes University are located in fourth and fifth, respectively.
ISC WUR 2024 has 2,661 top universities from 114 countries and six continents. Harvard University, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, London University and Oxford University are the top five universities.
ISC WUR is one of the ranking systems that began ranking universities in 2018 with the aim of evaluating universities and world-class Islamic countries for the first time by the ISC Rankings Division.
The ISC evaluates the universities, taking into account the most important missions of the universities, which are research (60%), education (10%), international activities (15%), technology and innovation (15%), to rank the world universities on a standard basis.
Moreover, the number of university withdrawals is calculated by the negative score included in a criterion called negative reputation.
The ISC World University rankings take into account universities that have published at least 850 documents in Web of Science 2020-2022. Information about this ranking is collected from USPTO, WOS and In the.
Recent Rankings
Shanghai University Rankings 2025 has placed six Iranian universities in 1,000 institutions around the world, starting from nine in 2024.
Tehran University School of Medicine and Tehran University are one of the top 500 universities around the world and rank between 401 and 500 worldwide. Tarbiat Modares University ranks between 701 and 800.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Sharif Institute of Technology rank 801-900. Iranian Medical University ranks between 901 and 1000.
The July edition of the Webometrics World rankings includes 64 medical universities in Iran, which remain the same as the January edition, of which 11 have made progress in rankings compared to the January edition.
Tehran University of Medicine (485) is the only university ranked among the top 500 institutions in the world, Mehr news agency reported.
Among the universities in Iran, Mazandaran Medical University, Kermansha University School of Medicine and Yazd University Medical University improved their rankings with positions 1002, 961 and 948, respectively.
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, ILAM University of Medical Sciences, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Albors University of Medicine, Kordestan University of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, and Malage University of Medicine, may be other universities.
Times Higher Education (The) includes 34 Iranian universities among the top universities pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 33 universities in 2024.
The Iranian School of Medicine, which has the Global Rankings 301-400, is the first in the country to be placed.
Alzahra University, Kerman University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (ranked 401-600) will be second in the list.
Iran’s University of Medical Sciences ranks 48th in terms of health and well-being and reduction inequality, quality education goals.
Alzara University and Carman University Medical University rank 85th and 89th in gender equality, respectively.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ranks 30th in Health and Happiness.
Amilkavir Institute of Technology and Shahid Beheshti University are ranked 46th and 60th in industry, innovation and infrastructure.
The 22nd edition of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR) in 2026, unchanged from the 2025 rankings, placing nine Iranian universities among the world’s top institutes.
Tehran University, with a global ranking of 322, is the first Iranian university ranked.
Sharif University of Technology (Rankings 375) and Amilkavir University of Technology (456) are located in the second and third positions.
The Iranian University of Science and Technology (496), Isfahan Institute of Technology (571), Tabriz University (578), Shiraz University (701-710), Shahid Beshti University (741-750), and Feldousi University Mashhad University (951-1000) are the other top universities included in the Rand of the year.
Round University Ranking (RUR) 2025 has placed 36 Iranian universities among the top universities in the world from 32 universities in 2024.
With a global ranking of 93, the University of Islamic Azad is the first to be placed in the country.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (125), Tehran University (202), Iran University of Science and Technology (355), Shiraz University Medical University (371), Sharif University of Technology (389), Tabriz University (422), Kurdistan University School of Medicine (440), Kazbin University School of Medicine (445) (454) 2nd to 10th place.
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