22 Best universities for Engineering in Tehran

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Tehran ranked based on their research performance in Engineering. A graph of 4.31M citations received by 286K 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 Engineering

#1 in Iran

#70 in Asia

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

2. Sharif University of Technology

For Engineering

#2 in Iran

#100 in Asia

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

3. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Engineering

#3 in Iran

#102 in Asia

Enrollment: 12,468
Founded: 1958

4. Iran University of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#4 in Iran

#116 in Asia

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

5. Tarbiat Modares University

For Engineering

#5 in Iran

#135 in Asia

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

6. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#10 in Iran

#221 in Asia

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

7. Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology

For Engineering

#11 in Iran

#225 in Asia

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

8. Shahid Beheshti University

For Engineering

#12 in Iran

#228 in Asia

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

9. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

For Engineering

#19 in Iran

#415 in Asia

Enrollment: 10,355
Founded: 1960

10. Islamic Azad University, South Tehran

For Engineering

#37 in Iran

#678 in Asia

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1982

11. Kharazmi University

For Engineering

#43 in Iran

#799 in Asia

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

12. Alzahra University

For Engineering

#47 in Iran

#859 in Asia

Enrollment: 9,962
Founded: 1964

13. Petroleum University of Technology

For Engineering

#49 in Iran

#866 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

14. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

For Engineering

#50 in Iran

#882 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

15. Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

For Engineering

#54 in Iran

#941 in Asia

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

16. Shahed University

For Engineering

#59 in Iran

#978 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1990

17. Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University

For Engineering

#75 in Iran

#1234 in Asia

Founded: 1994

18. Allameh Tabataba'i University

For Engineering

#81 in Iran

#1372 in Asia

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

19. Imam Hossein University

For Engineering

#82 in Iran

#1404 in Asia

Founded: 1986

20. University of Applied Science and Technology

For Engineering

#102 in Iran

#1843 in Asia

Enrollment: 780,067
Founded: 1992

21. Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical

For Engineering

#104 in Iran

#1864 in Asia

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1983

22. Islamic Azad University, Parand

For Engineering

#119 in Iran

#2163 in Asia

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

Universities for Engineering near Tehran

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
43	Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch	68	Karaj
136	University of Qom	64	Qom
142	Imam Khomeini International University	41	Qazvin
142	Islamic Azad University, Qazvin	61	Qazvin
146	Babol University of Medical Sciences	38	Babol
148	Mazandaran University of Science and Technology	72	Babol
149	Babol Noshirvani University of Technology	24	Babol
157	University of Mazandaran	32	Babolsar
176	Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences	76	Sari
183	Semnan University	18	Semnan