TEHRAN – The Times Higher Education has placed Iran second among Islamic countries in terms of the number of universities included in Young University Rankings 2024.

The country now boasts 46 universities included in the Young University Rankings, up from 39 last year and 20 in 2020.

Turkey (58) and Pakistan (33) ranked first and third, respectively.

The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings include institutions that were founded between 1974 and the present.

The 2024 Young Universities rankings include 673 universities that are younger than 50 years of age.

A further 499 universities received ‘reporter’ status which means they provided data but did not meet the eligibility criteria to receive a rank.

Out of 673 institutions included in Young University Rankings, 272 are from 19 Islamic countries, compared to 213 institutions last year.

The United Arab Emirates (27), Malaysia (32), Turkey (52), and Iran (85) are ranked first to fourth among Islamic countries.

Shiraz University of Technology ranks first in the country; it has been ranked in the top 100 list globally (85).

Iran University of Medical Sciences (119), Isfahan University of Technology (136), Imam Khomeini International University (177), Kashan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (186), and Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (197) were ranked second to sixth, respectively.

A total of 13 universities are ranked 200 –250; five are ranked 251–300; seven are ranked 301–350; four are ranked 351–400; 14 are ranked 401–450; two are ranked 501–600; and two others are ranked +600.

According to the latest Times Higher Education Young University Rankings, Asia is now home to almost half of the world’s young research universities.

The number of Asian universities on the list has nearly doubled in five years, climbing from 165 in 2020 (representing 40 percent of the table) to 327 this year (49 percent).

There has been a rise in the ranking position of many institutions in Turkey, India, as well as Iran.

Turkey now has 58 universities in the ranking, up from 47 last year and just 23 in 2020. India is represented by 55 ranked institutions, up from 45 last year and 26 in 2020.

The Young University Rankings applies the same methodology as the Times Higher Education (THE), but the weightings have been adjusted to give less weight to reputation.

The universities are judged across all their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook – to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available.

Other rankings

SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) 2024 placed 197 Iranian universities among the top institutions in the world compared to 194 universities in 2023.

The SIR is a classification of academic and research-related institutions ranked by a composite indicator that combines three different sets of indicators based on research performance, innovation outputs, and societal impact measured by their web visibility.

In the latest ranking, the Tehran University of Medical Sciences  (5) and the University of Tehran (10)  are among the top ten institutions in West Asia. They were ranked 6th and 11th, respectively, in the 2023 ranking.

The Research rankings of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences and the University of Tehran are 175 and 290, respectively, in the world.

Tehran University of Medical Sciences ranking has improved from 486, in 2023, to 452 in 2024 marking it the top university in Iran.

Tehran University of Medical Sciences holds first position in Medicine, 2nd in Dentistry, 5th in pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics in West Asia. It is also ranked 34th in Dentistry globally.

The University of Tehran is ranked 2nd in the country and 827th worldwide.

The University of Tehran is placed 1st in Business, Management, and Accounting (38th in the world), 3rd in Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, and 4th in Engineering in West Asia.

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences; Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; are placed third to fifth in the country respectively.

These institutions’ rankings in West Asia are as follows.

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ranks 3rd in Medicine, and 6th in Dentistry.

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences ranks 4th in pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics.

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences ranks 2nd in pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics (47th worldwide), and 5th in Energy.

The 14th edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2024 included 17 Iranian universities in 17 subject entries, compared with 16 universities in 2023.

University of Tehran (346), Sharif University of Technology (401- 450) in Engineering and Technology; Tehran University of Medical Sciences (358), Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (451- 500), University of Tehran (451- 500), and Shiraz university of medical sciences (501 – 550) in Life sciences and Medicine; and University of Tehran (401-450), and Sharif University of Technology (501-550) in Natural Science are the top universities.

A total of 435 Iranian institutions were among 11,989 institutions ranked in Webometrics world ranking 2024.

Tehran University was the top among Iranian institutions. Its ranking had improved from 305 in 2023 to 285 in 2024, Mehr news agency reported.

Tehran University of Medical Sciences (445), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science (606), Sharif University of Technology (639), Amirkabir University of Technology (792), Iran Science and Technology (890), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (920), Iran Medical Sciences University (940), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (940), and Shahid Beheshti University (967) were ranked second to tenth, respectively, in the country.

According to this year’s ranking, 338 other institutions have been ranked between 4,000 to 31,000.

According to the results of the 2023-2024 edition of the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), 71 Iranian institutions were included in the ranking compared to 64 institutions in the 2022-2023 edition.

URAP World Ranking is based on six academic performance indicators including number of articles, citations, total document, scientific productivity, research impact, and international collaboration.

In the academic performance ranking of 71 universities in Iran, Tehran University was ranked first nationally with a global rank of 231, IRNA reported.

Tehran University of Medical Science (277), and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science (436) were ranked second and third, respectively.

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