Iranian universities moving toward international standards

October 11, 2022

TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Science, Research, and Technology Mohammad-Ali Zolfigol said that the ministry is making effort to make universities across the country meet international standards.

Iranian graduates can easily be accepted in foreign universities, he further stated.

Currently, 3.2 million students are studying in universities across the country, Zolfigol noted, adding, about 20,000 doctorate students graduate annually. Also, about 700,000 master's students graduate annually.

He went on to state that attracting international students aims to strengthen scientific diplomacy.

Stating that 78,000 scientific documents were published by Iran last year, he highlighted that some of the articles were published with the participation of professors and researchers from foreign countries. This indicates that researchers from other countries want to cooperate with Iran.

Academic quality  

Most recently, the Leiden ranking system published the 2022 report, according to which 44 Iranian universities were among the 1,318 top universities in the world.

The Leiden ranking 2022 report has placed 44 Iranian universities among 1,318 top universities in the world.Also, the Iran University of Medical Sciences has been ranked as the world’s leading university for contributing to delivering the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of good health and well-being.

Fifty-eight universities from Iran were listed among the top universities in Asia, according to the 2022 Asia University Rankings of the Times Higher Education.

The 2022 edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, based on universities’ contributions to delivering the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), listed 27 Iranian universities.

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2022 has ranked 694 Iranian institutions among 30,000 top universities across the world.

Also, 59 Iranian universities have been listed among the top 3,000 institutions in the world in terms of academic quality, according to the 2021-2022 report released by University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP).

The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings 2022 list has been released, which included three Iranian universities out of a total of 550 institutes worldwide that highlighted graduate employment processes.

Meanwhile, 41 Iranian universities in engineering sciences and 12 universities in computer sciences have made a place among the top 1,188 universities in the world with the announcement of Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 by subject.

It also has introduced 59 Iranian universities among the top institutions in World University Rankings 2022.

Courtesy of Tehran Times