22 Best universities for Electrical Engineering in Tehran

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Tehran ranked based on their research performance in Electrical Engineering. A graph of 1.2M citations received by 72.6K academic papers made by 22 universities in Tehran 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 Electrical Engineering

#1 in Iran

#72 in Asia

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

2. Sharif University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Iran

#84 in Asia

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

3. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Iran

#96 in Asia

Enrollment: 12,468
Founded: 1958

4. Iran University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Iran

#103 in Asia

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

5. Tarbiat Modares University

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Iran

#149 in Asia

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

6. Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#7 in Iran

#162 in Asia

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

7. Shahid Beheshti University

For Electrical Engineering

#9 in Iran

#169 in Asia

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

8. Shahed University

For Electrical Engineering

#27 in Iran

#555 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1990

9. Islamic Azad University, South Tehran

For Electrical Engineering

#30 in Iran

#591 in Asia

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1982

10. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

For Electrical Engineering

#32 in Iran

#611 in Asia

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

11. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

For Electrical Engineering

#36 in Iran

#677 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

12. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

For Electrical Engineering

#45 in Iran

#873 in Asia

Enrollment: 10,355
Founded: 1960

13. Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

For Electrical Engineering

#48 in Iran

#911 in Asia

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

14. Kharazmi University

For Electrical Engineering

#57 in Iran

#1097 in Asia

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

15. Alzahra University

For Electrical Engineering

#61 in Iran

#1178 in Asia

Enrollment: 9,962
Founded: 1964

16. Petroleum University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#69 in Iran

#1257 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

17. Imam Hossein University

For Electrical Engineering

#75 in Iran

#1417 in Asia

Founded: 1986

18. Allameh Tabataba'i University

For Electrical Engineering

#78 in Iran

#1457 in Asia

Enrollment: 13,637
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1984

19. Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University

For Electrical Engineering

#85 in Iran

#1591 in Asia

Founded: 1994

20. University of Applied Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#87 in Iran

#1626 in Asia

Enrollment: 780,067
Founded: 1992

21. Islamic Azad University, Parand

For Electrical Engineering

#113 in Iran

#2175 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 2003

22. Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical

For Electrical Engineering

#116 in Iran

#2214 in Asia

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1983

Universities for Electrical Engineering near Tehran

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
142	Imam Khomeini International University	38	Qazvin
142	Islamic Azad University, Qazvin	47	Qazvin
146	Babol University of Medical Sciences	41	Babol
148	Mazandaran University of Science and Technology	52	Babol
149	Babol Noshirvani University of Technology	17	Babol
157	University of Mazandaran	44	Babolsar
183	Semnan University	13	Semnan
189	University of Kashan	18	Kashan
230	University of Guilan	19	Rasht
239	Islamic Azad University of Arak	58	Arak