90 Best universities for Horticulture in Iran

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Iran ranked based on their research performance in Horticulture. A graph of 524K citations received by 43.4K academic papers made by 90 universities in Iran was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Tehran

For Horticulture

#23 in Asia

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 52,588
Founded: 1934

2. Tarbiat Modares University

For Horticulture

#63 in Asia

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 9,270
Founded: 1982

3. Shiraz University

For Horticulture

#66 in Asia

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1946

4. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

For Horticulture

#82 in Asia

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 24,186
Founded: 1949

5. Isfahan University of Technology

For Horticulture

#99 in Asia

#365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 10,064
Male:Female: 56:44
Founded: 1977

6. University of Tabriz

For Horticulture

#121 in Asia

#426 in the World

Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1947

7. Urmia University

For Horticulture

#163 in Asia

#538 in the World

Enrollment: 13,831
Male:Female: 50:50
Founded: 1965

8. Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

For Horticulture

#213 in Asia

#679 in the World

Enrollment: 4,290
Male:Female: 49:51
Founded: 1957

9. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#215 in Asia

#691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 14,440
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1934

10. University of Guilan

For Horticulture

#248 in Asia

#774 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1974

11. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#255 in Asia

#790 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1949

12. University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

For Horticulture

#260 in Asia

#799 in the World

Enrollment: 11,000
Founded: 1978

13. Bu-Ali Sina University

For Horticulture

#261 in Asia

#801 in the World

Founded: 1973

14. Islamic Azad University, Shirvan

For Horticulture

#274 in Asia

#835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 1,702,231
Founded: 1984

15. Shahid Beheshti University

For Horticulture

#293 in Asia

#878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 11,500
Founded: 1959

16. Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

For Horticulture

#308 in Asia

#909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1972

17. Razi University

Iran | Kermanshah

For Horticulture

#320 in Asia

#933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,347
Founded: 1972

18. University of Kurdistan

Iran | Sanandaj

For Horticulture

#344 in Asia

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Enrollment: 11,000
Founded: 1991

19. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#360 in Asia

#1009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 9,905
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1946

20. Shahrekord University

Iran | Shahr-e Kord

For Horticulture

#367 in Asia

#1024 in the World

Enrollment: 6,530
Founded: 1927

21. Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

For Horticulture

#376 in Asia

#1042 in the World

Enrollment: 15,860
Founded: 1955

22. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#401 in Asia

#1091 in the World

Enrollment: 10,355
Founded: 1960

23. Arak University

For Horticulture

#402 in Asia

#1092 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1971

24. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#411 in Asia

#1112 in the World

Founded: 1946

25. Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University

For Horticulture

#424 in Asia

#1145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 2,500
Founded: 1974

26. University of Isfahan

For Horticulture

#442 in Asia

#1178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

27. Zanjan University

For Horticulture

#448 in Asia

#1196 in the World

Founded: 1975

28. Shahed University

For Horticulture

#457 in Asia

#1210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1990

29. University of Zabol

For Horticulture

#480 in Asia

#1257 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1979

30. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#503 in Asia

#1311 in the World

Founded: 1947

31. University of Maragheh

Iran | Maragheh

For Horticulture

#514 in Asia

#1332 in the World

Founded: 1987

32. Lorestan University

Iran | Khorramabad

For Horticulture

#523 in Asia

#1348 in the World

Enrollment: 8,955
Founded: 1977

33. Sharif University of Technology

For Horticulture

#540 in Asia

#1381 in the World

Enrollment: 8,935
Male:Female: 66:34
Founded: 1965

34. Islamic Azad University Isfahan, Khorasgan Branch

For Horticulture

#558 in Asia

#1427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 1987

35. Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#587 in Asia

#1492 in the World

Founded: 1956

36. University of Birjand

For Horticulture

#593 in Asia

#1509 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1975

37. Yazd University

For Horticulture

#608 in Asia

#1544 in the World

Enrollment: 14,372
Founded: 1988

38. University of Mazandaran

Iran | Babolsar

For Horticulture

#640 in Asia

#1601 in the World

Founded: 1979

39. Shahrood University of Technology

For Horticulture

#679 in Asia

#1678 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1974

40. Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Kermanshah

For Horticulture

#694 in Asia

#1706 in the World

Founded: 1965

41. Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#698 in Asia

#1714 in the World

Enrollment: 9,273
Founded: 1988

42. Imam Khomeini International University

For Horticulture

#700 in Asia

#1717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 9,547
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1983

43. Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch

For Horticulture

#707 in Asia

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1984

44. Kerman Medical University

For Horticulture

#734 in Asia

#1791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%

45. Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#736 in Asia

#1794 in the World

Founded: 1986

46. Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University

For Horticulture

#747 in Asia

#1819 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1985

47. Islamic Azad University, Tabriz

For Horticulture

#787 in Asia

#1895 in the World

Founded: 1982

48. Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Shahr-e Kord

For Horticulture

#788 in Asia

#1896 in the World

Enrollment: 2,494
Founded: 1986

49. Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

For Horticulture

#865 in Asia

#2052 in the World

Enrollment: 5,610
Founded: 1983

50. Graduate University of Advanced Technology

For Horticulture

#867 in Asia

#2058 in the World

Founded: 1990

51. University of Kashan

For Horticulture

#907 in Asia

#2134 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1974

52. Kharazmi University

For Horticulture

#920 in Asia

#2171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1919

53. Alzahra University

For Horticulture

#923 in Asia

#2177 in the World

Enrollment: 9,962
Founded: 1964

54. Golestan University

For Horticulture

#928 in Asia

#2185 in the World

Founded: 2008

55. Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University

For Horticulture

#947 in Asia

#2219 in the World

Founded: 1994

56. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Horticulture

#959 in Asia

#2238 in the World

Enrollment: 12,468
Founded: 1958

57. University of Sistan and Baluchestan

For Horticulture

#966 in Asia

#2253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1974

58. Islamic Azad University of Mashhad

For Horticulture

#970 in Asia

#2271 in the World

Founded: 1982

59. Iran University of Science and Technology

For Horticulture

#1025 in Asia

#2364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1929

60. Kashan University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#1037 in Asia

#2385 in the World

Enrollment: 3,039
Founded: 1986

61. Persian Gulf University

For Horticulture

#1088 in Asia

#2484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1991

62. Semnan University

For Horticulture

#1113 in Asia

#2521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1988

63. Islamic Azad University of Arak

For Horticulture

#1117 in Asia

#2530 in the World

Founded: 1985

64. Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Sanandaj

For Horticulture

#1119 in Asia

#2532 in the World

Enrollment: 2,600
Founded: 1946

65. University of Jiroft

For Horticulture

#1160 in Asia

#2616 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1989

66. Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#1167 in Asia

#2625 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1983

67. Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah

Iran | Kermanshah

For Horticulture

#1178 in Asia

#2655 in the World

68. Jahrom university

For Horticulture

#1201 in Asia

#2704 in the World

Founded: 2006

69. Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology

For Horticulture

#1204 in Asia

#2708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1928

70. Lorestan University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Khorramabad

For Horticulture

#1216 in Asia

#2734 in the World

Enrollment: 2,929
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1989

71. Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

For Horticulture

#1223 in Asia

#2748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 100,000
Founded: 1982

72. Birjand University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#1225 in Asia

#2755 in the World

Enrollment: 3,300
Founded: 1985

73. Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch

Iran | Sanandaj

For Horticulture

#1226 in Asia

#2756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1983

74. Babol University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#1255 in Asia

#2819 in the World

Founded: 1985

75. Petroleum University of Technology

For Horticulture

#1262 in Asia

#2829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

76. Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#1267 in Asia

#2837 in the World

Enrollment: 3,820
Founded: 1987

77. University of Qom

For Horticulture

#1268 in Asia

#2838 in the World

Founded: 1980

78. Islamic Azad University, Shiraz

For Horticulture

#1324 in Asia

#2944 in the World

Founded: 1987

79. Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#1332 in Asia

#2959 in the World

Enrollment: 3,398
Founded: 1993

80. Islamic Azad University, Garmsar

For Horticulture

#1357 in Asia

#3001 in the World

Founded: 1988

81. Medical University of Ilam

For Horticulture

#1378 in Asia

#3035 in the World

Founded: 1995

82. Islamic Azad University of Lahijan

For Horticulture

#1391 in Asia

#3058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1988

83. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Rafsanjan

For Horticulture

#1402 in Asia

#3073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1986

84. Islamic Azad University of Roudehen

Iran | Roodehen

For Horticulture

#1404 in Asia

#3076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1983

85. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

For Horticulture

#1408 in Asia

#3085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

86. University of Neyshabur

Iran | Nishapur

For Horticulture

#1414 in Asia

#3098 in the World

Founded: 2000

87. Arak University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#1431 in Asia

#3131 in the World

Founded: 1986

88. Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical

For Horticulture

#1445 in Asia

#3161 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1983

89. Gilan University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#1495 in Asia

#3240 in the World

Founded: 1985

90. Zabol University of Medical Sciences

For Horticulture

#1513 in Asia

#3283 in the World

Enrollment: 1,655
Founded: 1964

The best cities to study Horticulture in Iran based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad, and Isfahan.