100 Best universities for Engineering in Iran

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Iran ranked based on their research performance in Engineering. A graph of 15.4M citations received by 773K academic papers made by 122 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 Engineering

#67 in Asia

#207 in the World

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

2. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Engineering

#105 in Asia

#351 in the World

Enrollment: 12,468
Founded: 1958

3. Sharif University of Technology

For Engineering

#106 in Asia

#352 in the World

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

4. Iran University of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#118 in Asia

#398 in the World

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

5. Tarbiat Modares University

For Engineering

#133 in Asia

#467 in the World

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

6. Isfahan University of Technology

For Engineering

#149 in Asia

#511 in the World

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

7. University of Tabriz

For Engineering

#157 in Asia

#544 in the World

Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1947

8. Shiraz University

For Engineering

#176 in Asia

#597 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1946

9. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

For Engineering

#193 in Asia

#643 in the World

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

10. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#207 in Asia

#678 in the World

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

11. Shahid Beheshti University

For Engineering

#230 in Asia

#738 in the World

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

12. Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology

For Engineering

#237 in Asia

#748 in the World

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

13. Islamic Azad University, Shirvan

For Engineering

#300 in Asia

#894 in the World

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

14. University of Isfahan

For Engineering

#359 in Asia

#1020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

15. University of Kashan

For Engineering

#376 in Asia

#1055 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1974

16. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#385 in Asia

#1077 in the World

Enrollment: 10,355
Founded: 1960

17. University of Guilan

For Engineering

#389 in Asia

#1090 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1974

18. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#411 in Asia

#1133 in the World

Founded: 1947

19. Semnan University

For Engineering

#425 in Asia

#1163 in the World

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

20. Urmia University

For Engineering

#428 in Asia

#1166 in the World

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

21. Bu-Ali Sina University

For Engineering

#438 in Asia

#1184 in the World

Founded: 1973

22. Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

For Engineering

#455 in Asia

#1223 in the World

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

23. Razi University

Iran | Kermanshah

For Engineering

#459 in Asia

#1232 in the World

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

24. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#502 in Asia

#1314 in the World

Founded: 1946

25. Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

For Engineering

#505 in Asia

#1317 in the World

Enrollment: 5,744
Male:Female: 67:33
Founded: 1970

26. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#526 in Asia

#1364 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1949

27. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#529 in Asia

#1376 in the World

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

28. Sahand University of Technology

Iran | Sahand Town

For Engineering

#551 in Asia

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1989

29. Yazd University

For Engineering

#552 in Asia

#1416 in the World

Enrollment: 14,372
Founded: 1988

30. Shahrood University of Technology

For Engineering

#570 in Asia

#1447 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1974

31. Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

For Engineering

#596 in Asia

#1507 in the World

Enrollment: 15,860
Founded: 1955

32. University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

For Engineering

#624 in Asia

#1550 in the World

Enrollment: 11,000
Founded: 1978

33. University of Mazandaran

Iran | Babolsar

For Engineering

#625 in Asia

#1554 in the World

Founded: 1979

34. Zanjan University

For Engineering

#665 in Asia

#1633 in the World

Founded: 1975

35. Shiraz University of Technology

For Engineering

#697 in Asia

#1690 in the World

Founded: 2004

36. Islamic Azad University, South Tehran

For Engineering

#713 in Asia

#1717 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1982

37. Malek-Ashtar University of Technology

For Engineering

#716 in Asia

#1728 in the World

Founded: 1986

38. University of Kurdistan

Iran | Sanandaj

For Engineering

#723 in Asia

#1736 in the World

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

39. Babol University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#730 in Asia

#1754 in the World

Founded: 1985

40. Imam Khomeini International University

For Engineering

#776 in Asia

#1844 in the World

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

41. University of Sistan and Baluchestan

For Engineering

#785 in Asia

#1861 in the World

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

42. Kharazmi University

For Engineering

#815 in Asia

#1917 in the World

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

43. Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University

For Engineering

#822 in Asia

#1928 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1985

44. Arak University

For Engineering

#851 in Asia

#1980 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1971

45. Shahrekord University

Iran | Shahr-e Kord

For Engineering

#852 in Asia

#1981 in the World

Enrollment: 6,530
Founded: 1927

46. Alzahra University

For Engineering

#892 in Asia

#2064 in the World

Enrollment: 9,962
Founded: 1964

47. University of Birjand

For Engineering

#897 in Asia

#2077 in the World

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

48. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

For Engineering

#899 in Asia

#2080 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

49. Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

For Engineering

#901 in Asia

#2083 in the World

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

50. Islamic Azad University Isfahan, Khorasgan Branch

For Engineering

#911 in Asia

#2100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 1987

51. Petroleum University of Technology

For Engineering

#912 in Asia

#2104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

52. Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences

For Engineering

#928 in Asia

#2131 in the World

Founded: 1991

53. Islamic Azad University, Tabriz

For Engineering

#933 in Asia

#2139 in the World

Founded: 1982

54. Kerman Medical University

For Engineering

#936 in Asia

#2144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%

55. Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

For Engineering

#944 in Asia

#2155 in the World

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

56. Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#951 in Asia

#2166 in the World

Founded: 1956

57. Islamic Azad University of Mashhad

For Engineering

#984 in Asia

#2227 in the World

Founded: 1982

58. Lorestan University

Iran | Khorramabad

For Engineering

#988 in Asia

#2248 in the World

Enrollment: 8,955
Founded: 1977

59. Islamic Azad University, Qazvin

For Engineering

#1022 in Asia

#2309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

60. Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Kermanshah

For Engineering

#1024 in Asia

#2311 in the World

Founded: 1965

61. Shahed University

For Engineering

#1025 in Asia

#2312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1990

62. Persian Gulf University

For Engineering

#1028 in Asia

#2316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1991

63. Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1037 in Asia

#2331 in the World

Founded: 1986

64. Hakim Sabzevari University

Iran | Sabzevar

For Engineering

#1073 in Asia

#2412 in the World

Enrollment: 8,589
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1986

65. University of Qom

For Engineering

#1101 in Asia

#2466 in the World

Founded: 1980

66. Graduate University of Advanced Technology

For Engineering

#1102 in Asia

#2469 in the World

Founded: 1990

67. Islamic Azad University of Arak

For Engineering

#1136 in Asia

#2522 in the World

Founded: 1985

68. University of Maragheh

Iran | Maragheh

For Engineering

#1152 in Asia

#2562 in the World

Founded: 1987

69. Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1171 in Asia

#2602 in the World

Enrollment: 9,273
Founded: 1988

70. Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch

For Engineering

#1175 in Asia

#2609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1984

71. Golestan University

For Engineering

#1200 in Asia

#2662 in the World

Founded: 2008

72. Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

For Engineering

#1211 in Asia

#2679 in the World

Enrollment: 5,610
Founded: 1983

73. Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University

For Engineering

#1225 in Asia

#2704 in the World

Founded: 1994

74. Urmia University of Technology

For Engineering

#1233 in Asia

#2726 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 2007

75. Mazandaran University of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#1246 in Asia

#2750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

76. Damghan University

For Engineering

#1265 in Asia

#2789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 4,373
Founded: 1989

77. Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah

Iran | Kermanshah

For Engineering

#1285 in Asia

#2833 in the World

78. Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University

For Engineering

#1352 in Asia

#2962 in the World

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

79. University of Zabol

For Engineering

#1353 in Asia

#2964 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1979

80. Allameh Tabataba'i University

For Engineering

#1355 in Asia

#2969 in the World

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

81. Islamic Azad University, Shiraz

For Engineering

#1372 in Asia

#3019 in the World

Founded: 1987

82. Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr

Iran | Khomeyni Shahr

For Engineering

#1399 in Asia

#3061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1988

83. Kashan University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1404 in Asia

#3072 in the World

Enrollment: 3,039
Founded: 1986

84. Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1438 in Asia

#3135 in the World

Enrollment: 3,820
Founded: 1987

85. Imam Hossein University

For Engineering

#1494 in Asia

#3272 in the World

Founded: 1986

86. Birjand University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1564 in Asia

#3419 in the World

Enrollment: 3,300
Founded: 1985

87. Islamic Azad University, Mahshahr

Iran | Mahshahr

For Engineering

#1569 in Asia

#3430 in the World

Founded: 1982

88. Islamic Azad University of Lahijan

For Engineering

#1587 in Asia

#3471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1988

89. University of Bonab

For Engineering

#1622 in Asia

#3534 in the World

Enrollment: 2,089
Founded: 2004

90. Gilan University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1632 in Asia

#3554 in the World

Founded: 1985

91. Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Sanandaj

For Engineering

#1718 in Asia

#3741 in the World

Enrollment: 2,600
Founded: 1946

92. Tafresh University

For Engineering

#1726 in Asia

#3758 in the World

Enrollment: 1,834
Founded: 1987

93. Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1745 in Asia

#3806 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1983

94. University of Neyshabur

Iran | Nishapur

For Engineering

#1747 in Asia

#3809 in the World

Founded: 2000

95. Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Shahr-e Kord

For Engineering

#1760 in Asia

#3852 in the World

Enrollment: 2,494
Founded: 1986

96. Bushehr University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1770 in Asia

#3885 in the World

Founded: 1983

97. Arak University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1781 in Asia

#3905 in the World

Founded: 1986

98. Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#1790 in Asia

#3929 in the World

Enrollment: 3,398
Founded: 1993

99. Lorestan University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Khorramabad

For Engineering

#1791 in Asia

#3930 in the World

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

100. Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical

For Engineering

#1812 in Asia

#3980 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1983

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

Engineering subfields in Iran

Acoustical Engineering110

Aerospace Engineering109

Agricultural Engineering22

Applied/Engineering Physics16

Architectural Engineering37

Automation and Control engineering51

Automotive Engineering66

Biochemical Engineering26

Biomedical Engineering54

Biotechnology90

Chemical Engineering120

Civil Engineering91

Computer Engineering28

Computer Networking95

Construction Management19

Electrical Engineering117

Electronic Engineering97

Engineering Management7

Environmental Engineering93

Firefighting and Fire Science15

Geotechnical Engineering93

Human-Computer Interaction43

Industrial Engineering16

Landscape Architecture16

Marine Engineering18

Materials Science122

Mechanical Engineering119

Metallurgical Engineering121

Mining Engineering29

Nanotechnology117

Nuclear Engineering27

Operations Research68

Optical Engineering119

Petroleum Engineering35

Polymer science and Plastics engineering14

Product and Industrial Design10

Reliability and Quality Engineering60

Remote Sensing53

Renewable Energy Engineering63

Structural Engineering101

Systems Engineering79

Technical Drawing12

Telecommunications113

Transportation Engineering33