100 Best universities for Ecology 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 Ecology. A graph of 2.86M citations received by 214K academic papers made by 120 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 Ecology

#31 in Asia

#193 in the World

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

2. Tarbiat Modares University

For Ecology

#95 in Asia

#483 in the World

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

3. Shiraz University

For Ecology

#121 in Asia

#557 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1946

4. Sharif University of Technology

For Ecology

#166 in Asia

#673 in the World

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

5. Isfahan University of Technology

For Ecology

#168 in Asia

#679 in the World

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

6. University of Tabriz

For Ecology

#169 in Asia

#684 in the World

Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1947

7. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

For Ecology

#173 in Asia

#695 in the World

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

8. Iran University of Science and Technology

For Ecology

#175 in Asia

#701 in the World

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

9. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Ecology

#176 in Asia

#703 in the World

Enrollment: 12,468
Founded: 1958

10. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#182 in Asia

#714 in the World

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

11. Shahid Beheshti University

For Ecology

#231 in Asia

#864 in the World

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

12. Islamic Azad University, Shirvan

For Ecology

#249 in Asia

#910 in the World

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

13. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#327 in Asia

#1137 in the World

Enrollment: 10,355
Founded: 1960

14. Bu-Ali Sina University

For Ecology

#328 in Asia

#1138 in the World

Founded: 1973

15. Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology

For Ecology

#360 in Asia

#1196 in the World

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

16. University of Guilan

For Ecology

#367 in Asia

#1209 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1974

17. Urmia University

For Ecology

#369 in Asia

#1211 in the World

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

18. University of Isfahan

For Ecology

#396 in Asia

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

19. Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

For Ecology

#428 in Asia

#1332 in the World

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

20. Razi University

Iran | Kermanshah

For Ecology

#458 in Asia

#1400 in the World

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

21. Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

For Ecology

#462 in Asia

#1407 in the World

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

22. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#464 in Asia

#1410 in the World

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

23. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#472 in Asia

#1434 in the World

Founded: 1946

24. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#481 in Asia

#1449 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1949

25. Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

For Ecology

#501 in Asia

#1504 in the World

Enrollment: 15,860
Founded: 1955

26. Semnan University

For Ecology

#545 in Asia

#1600 in the World

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

27. University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

For Ecology

#568 in Asia

#1646 in the World

Enrollment: 11,000
Founded: 1978

28. Yazd University

For Ecology

#580 in Asia

#1672 in the World

Enrollment: 14,372
Founded: 1988

29. University of Kashan

For Ecology

#596 in Asia

#1700 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1974

30. University of Kurdistan

Iran | Sanandaj

For Ecology

#624 in Asia

#1757 in the World

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

31. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#631 in Asia

#1772 in the World

Founded: 1947

32. Shahrekord University

Iran | Shahr-e Kord

For Ecology

#632 in Asia

#1774 in the World

Enrollment: 6,530
Founded: 1927

33. Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#653 in Asia

#1819 in the World

Founded: 1956

34. Zanjan University

For Ecology

#669 in Asia

#1846 in the World

Founded: 1975

35. Shiraz University of Technology

For Ecology

#689 in Asia

#1896 in the World

Founded: 2004

36. Shahrood University of Technology

For Ecology

#708 in Asia

#1936 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1974

37. Islamic Azad University, South Tehran

For Ecology

#726 in Asia

#1979 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1982

38. Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

For Ecology

#731 in Asia

#1987 in the World

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

39. Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University

For Ecology

#749 in Asia

#2029 in the World

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

40. University of Sistan and Baluchestan

For Ecology

#810 in Asia

#2142 in the World

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

41. Kharazmi University

For Ecology

#831 in Asia

#2187 in the World

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

42. University of Zabol

For Ecology

#841 in Asia

#2207 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1979

43. Kerman Medical University

For Ecology

#852 in Asia

#2236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%

44. University of Birjand

For Ecology

#867 in Asia

#2264 in the World

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

45. Lorestan University

Iran | Khorramabad

For Ecology

#875 in Asia

#2277 in the World

Enrollment: 8,955
Founded: 1977

46. Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University

For Ecology

#894 in Asia

#2322 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1985

47. Sahand University of Technology

Iran | Sahand Town

For Ecology

#898 in Asia

#2330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1989

48. Imam Khomeini International University

For Ecology

#918 in Asia

#2371 in the World

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

49. Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#919 in Asia

#2372 in the World

Enrollment: 9,273
Founded: 1988

50. University of Mazandaran

Iran | Babolsar

For Ecology

#922 in Asia

#2378 in the World

Founded: 1979

51. Islamic Azad University Isfahan, Khorasgan Branch

For Ecology

#932 in Asia

#2397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 1987

52. Arak University

For Ecology

#940 in Asia

#2413 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1971

53. Babol University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#941 in Asia

#2414 in the World

Founded: 1985

54. Graduate University of Advanced Technology

For Ecology

#957 in Asia

#2446 in the World

Founded: 1990

55. Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#987 in Asia

#2492 in the World

Founded: 1986

56. Alzahra University

For Ecology

#990 in Asia

#2497 in the World

Enrollment: 9,962
Founded: 1964

57. Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Kermanshah

For Ecology

#1002 in Asia

#2517 in the World

Founded: 1965

58. Islamic Azad University, Tabriz

For Ecology

#1049 in Asia

#2597 in the World

Founded: 1982

59. Shahed University

For Ecology

#1065 in Asia

#2629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1990

60. Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch

For Ecology

#1088 in Asia

#2683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1984

61. Islamic Azad University of Mashhad

For Ecology

#1099 in Asia

#2711 in the World

Founded: 1982

62. University of Maragheh

Iran | Maragheh

For Ecology

#1100 in Asia

#2712 in the World

Founded: 1987

63. Petroleum University of Technology

For Ecology

#1106 in Asia

#2720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

64. Malek-Ashtar University of Technology

For Ecology

#1124 in Asia

#2758 in the World

Founded: 1986

65. Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

For Ecology

#1149 in Asia

#2821 in the World

Enrollment: 5,610
Founded: 1983

66. Allameh Tabataba'i University

For Ecology

#1152 in Asia

#2825 in the World

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

67. Persian Gulf University

For Ecology

#1192 in Asia

#2892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1991

68. Islamic Azad University, Qazvin

For Ecology

#1201 in Asia

#2909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

69. Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

For Ecology

#1208 in Asia

#2922 in the World

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

70. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

For Ecology

#1225 in Asia

#2955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

71. Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah

Iran | Kermanshah

For Ecology

#1230 in Asia

#2963 in the World

72. Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University

For Ecology

#1249 in Asia

#2996 in the World

Founded: 1994

73. Golestan University

For Ecology

#1264 in Asia

#3033 in the World

Founded: 2008

74. University of Qom

For Ecology

#1308 in Asia

#3124 in the World

Founded: 1980

75. Islamic Azad University of Arak

For Ecology

#1316 in Asia

#3138 in the World

Founded: 1985

76. Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#1345 in Asia

#3193 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1983

77. Hakim Sabzevari University

Iran | Sabzevar

For Ecology

#1363 in Asia

#3235 in the World

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

78. Lorestan University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Khorramabad

For Ecology

#1414 in Asia

#3380 in the World

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

79. Bushehr University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#1419 in Asia

#3388 in the World

Founded: 1983

80. Islamic Azad University, Shiraz

For Ecology

#1423 in Asia

#3394 in the World

Founded: 1987

81. Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Shahr-e Kord

For Ecology

#1425 in Asia

#3398 in the World

Enrollment: 2,494
Founded: 1986

82. Gilan University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#1494 in Asia

#3553 in the World

Founded: 1985

83. Birjand University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#1520 in Asia

#3609 in the World

Enrollment: 3,300
Founded: 1985

84. Islamic Azad University of Lahijan

For Ecology

#1533 in Asia

#3642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1988

85. Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences

For Ecology

#1555 in Asia

#3692 in the World

Founded: 1991

86. Kashan University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#1560 in Asia

#3704 in the World

Enrollment: 3,039
Founded: 1986

87. Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#1567 in Asia

#3717 in the World

Enrollment: 3,398
Founded: 1993

88. University of Jiroft

For Ecology

#1587 in Asia

#3755 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1989

89. Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch

Iran | Sanandaj

For Ecology

#1610 in Asia

#3802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1983

90. Urmia University of Technology

For Ecology

#1612 in Asia

#3804 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 2007

91. Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#1650 in Asia

#3867 in the World

Enrollment: 3,820
Founded: 1987

92. Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Sanandaj

For Ecology

#1660 in Asia

#3888 in the World

Enrollment: 2,600
Founded: 1946

93. Medical University of Ilam

For Ecology

#1750 in Asia

#4084 in the World

Founded: 1995

94. Arak University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#1754 in Asia

#4097 in the World

Founded: 1986

95. Mazandaran University of Science and Technology

For Ecology

#1761 in Asia

#4105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

96. University of Neyshabur

Iran | Nishapur

For Ecology

#1801 in Asia

#4184 in the World

Founded: 2000

97. University of Bonab

For Ecology

#1826 in Asia

#4250 in the World

Enrollment: 2,089
Founded: 2004

98. Damghan University

For Ecology

#1839 in Asia

#4287 in the World

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

99. Qom University of Medical Sciences

For Ecology

#1899 in Asia

#4439 in the World

Founded: 2004

100. Islamic Azad University, Mahshahr

Iran | Mahshahr

For Ecology

#1917 in Asia

#4484 in the World

Founded: 1982

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

Environmental Science subfields in Iran

Agricultural Science103

Earth science and Geophysics85

Environmental Chemistry102

Environmental Engineering91

Environmental Management108

Geography and Cartography121

Geotechnical Engineering91

Hydrology and Water resources management30

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science110

Mining Engineering28

Paleontology119

Petrology and Geochemistry68

Urban and Regional planning10

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation71