TEHRAN –Edurank, a global source for social media analytics in the education sector, has ranked 100 Iranian universities among the best universities worldwide for Artificial Intelligence (AI) based on their research performance.

A graph of 252 million citations received by 13.4 million academic papers made by 5,743 universities in the world was used to calculate ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

The University of Tehran, ranking 56 in Asia and 201 in the world, is the top university in the country.

Amirkabir University of Technology (ranking 70 in Asia, and 266 globally), and Iran University of Science and Technology (ranking 83 in Asia, and 318 in the world) are placed second and third, respectively.

Based on Edurank, the University of Tehran is also placed first for AI among Islamic nations.

University of Technology Malaysia (ranking 306 in the world), and Istanbul Technical University (ranking 375 globally) are ranked second and third.

In Edurank 2024, Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology grabbed first to third place in the world, respectively.

AI rankings

According to a report released by the Web of Science database, Iran (with 17,458 documents) ranked first in neural network technology as well as multi-agent systems (with 351 documents) among Islamic countries.

The report has included data in a twenty-year period from 2004 to 2023.

Iran ranks second in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and robotics among Islamic nations.

The country ranked first for the highest number of documents in artificial intelligence (AI) among Islamic countries by issuing 2,638 AI documents between 2013 and 2022.

Saudi Arabia (2,465) and Turkey (2,303) were ranked second and third, respectively, IRIB reported.

Iran ranked 14th worldwide in artificial intelligence.

Based on the report, the country ranks second in 3D printing and robotics, fourth in the Internet of Things, fifth in 5th generation (5G) communication technologies and big data, seventh in drone technology, and eighth in blockchains among Islamic nations.

The most scientific productions in the last ten years in artificial intelligence have been respectively related to Tehran University, Tabriz University, and Amir Kabir University of Technology.

Also, the data analysis shows that the number of scientific productions of artificial intelligence has improved in the last five years, reaching 577 documents in 2022 from 157 documents in 2018.

Robotics with 1,596 documents, and the Internet of Things with 1,270 documents followed artificial intelligence in terms of scientific production.

Blockchains with 7 documents had the lowest scientific production in the ten-year period.

National AI Center

The National Artificial Intelligence Center was inaugurated on Wednesday in a ceremony attended by Acting President Mohammad Mokhber.

On December 3, 2023, the late President Ebrahim Raisi issued an executive order for the establishment of the 'National Steering Committee and the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center', Mehr news agency reported.

Accordingly, the science and technology headquarters was assigned to compile the document in cooperation with the ministries and executive bodies by utilizing the resources and expertise of universities and research institutes.

Creating a complete and stable chain of ideas to market in AI, benefiting from AI for the economic progress of the country, planning to achieve a leading and sustainable position among the countries of the world, as well as identifying and nurturing talents in the field of AI are among the most important tasks of the national AI center, IRNA reported.

"Iran ranks 17th in artificial intelligence in terms of scientific production and publication of articles in the world, while ranks 78th in terms of its application in the world,” Rouhollah Dehqani-Firouzabadi, Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy, said.

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