100 Best universities for Archaeology 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 Archaeology. A graph of 1.7M citations received by 112K 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 Archaeology

#57 in Asia

#315 in the World

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

2. Iran University of Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#145 in Asia

#660 in the World

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

3. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#160 in Asia

#691 in the World

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

4. Tarbiat Modares University

For Archaeology

#164 in Asia

#706 in the World

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

5. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Archaeology

#168 in Asia

#717 in the World

Enrollment: 12,468
Founded: 1958

6. Sharif University of Technology

For Archaeology

#213 in Asia

#874 in the World

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

7. Shiraz University

For Archaeology

#231 in Asia

#910 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1946

8. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

For Archaeology

#265 in Asia

#998 in the World

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

9. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#282 in Asia

#1043 in the World

Enrollment: 10,355
Founded: 1960

10. Isfahan University of Technology

For Archaeology

#285 in Asia

#1055 in the World

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

11. Islamic Azad University, Shirvan

For Archaeology

#300 in Asia

#1095 in the World

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

12. Shahid Beheshti University

For Archaeology

#301 in Asia

#1096 in the World

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

13. University of Isfahan

For Archaeology

#357 in Asia

#1217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

14. University of Tabriz

For Archaeology

#372 in Asia

#1246 in the World

Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1947

15. University of Guilan

For Archaeology

#393 in Asia

#1283 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1974

16. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#424 in Asia

#1370 in the World

Founded: 1946

17. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#426 in Asia

#1374 in the World

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

18. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#477 in Asia

#1515 in the World

Founded: 1947

19. Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology

For Archaeology

#487 in Asia

#1546 in the World

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

20. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#609 in Asia

#1797 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1949

21. Urmia University

For Archaeology

#618 in Asia

#1818 in the World

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

22. Bu-Ali Sina University

For Archaeology

#653 in Asia

#1898 in the World

Founded: 1973

23. Semnan University

For Archaeology

#691 in Asia

#1969 in the World

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

24. Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

For Archaeology

#712 in Asia

#2015 in the World

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

25. University of Mazandaran

Iran | Babolsar

For Archaeology

#737 in Asia

#2067 in the World

Founded: 1979

26. Yazd University

For Archaeology

#742 in Asia

#2075 in the World

Enrollment: 14,372
Founded: 1988

27. Kharazmi University

For Archaeology

#748 in Asia

#2087 in the World

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

28. Razi University

Iran | Kermanshah

For Archaeology

#771 in Asia

#2139 in the World

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

29. Allameh Tabataba'i University

For Archaeology

#776 in Asia

#2149 in the World

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

30. Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

For Archaeology

#793 in Asia

#2182 in the World

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

31. Kerman Medical University

For Archaeology

#849 in Asia

#2277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%

32. Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

For Archaeology

#909 in Asia

#2392 in the World

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

33. Islamic Azad University, South Tehran

For Archaeology

#925 in Asia

#2427 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1982

34. Zanjan University

For Archaeology

#946 in Asia

#2460 in the World

Founded: 1975

35. Malek-Ashtar University of Technology

For Archaeology

#954 in Asia

#2474 in the World

Founded: 1986

36. Islamic Azad University Isfahan, Khorasgan Branch

For Archaeology

#963 in Asia

#2499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 1987

37. University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

For Archaeology

#970 in Asia

#2516 in the World

Enrollment: 11,000
Founded: 1978

38. University of Kurdistan

Iran | Sanandaj

For Archaeology

#980 in Asia

#2543 in the World

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

39. Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

For Archaeology

#982 in Asia

#2546 in the World

Enrollment: 15,860
Founded: 1955

40. Shahrood University of Technology

For Archaeology

#999 in Asia

#2579 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1974

41. Imam Khomeini International University

For Archaeology

#1004 in Asia

#2592 in the World

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

42. Shahrekord University

Iran | Shahr-e Kord

For Archaeology

#1012 in Asia

#2611 in the World

Enrollment: 6,530
Founded: 1927

43. Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1050 in Asia

#2699 in the World

Founded: 1956

44. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

For Archaeology

#1069 in Asia

#2743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

45. Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

For Archaeology

#1093 in Asia

#2802 in the World

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

46. University of Kashan

For Archaeology

#1104 in Asia

#2832 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1974

47. Alzahra University

For Archaeology

#1111 in Asia

#2854 in the World

Enrollment: 9,962
Founded: 1964

48. Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Kermanshah

For Archaeology

#1119 in Asia

#2871 in the World

Founded: 1965

49. Babol University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1125 in Asia

#2883 in the World

Founded: 1985

50. Lorestan University

Iran | Khorramabad

For Archaeology

#1135 in Asia

#2904 in the World

Enrollment: 8,955
Founded: 1977

51. Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University

For Archaeology

#1138 in Asia

#2912 in the World

Founded: 1994

52. Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1153 in Asia

#2932 in the World

Enrollment: 9,273
Founded: 1988

53. University of Sistan and Baluchestan

For Archaeology

#1156 in Asia

#2943 in the World

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

54. Golestan University

For Archaeology

#1171 in Asia

#2975 in the World

Founded: 2008

55. Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University

For Archaeology

#1194 in Asia

#3037 in the World

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

56. Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1239 in Asia

#3145 in the World

Founded: 1986

57. University of Qom

For Archaeology

#1244 in Asia

#3153 in the World

Founded: 1980

58. Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University

For Archaeology

#1251 in Asia

#3164 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1985

59. Islamic Azad University, Qazvin

For Archaeology

#1258 in Asia

#3174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

60. University of Birjand

For Archaeology

#1272 in Asia

#3198 in the World

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

61. Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

For Archaeology

#1275 in Asia

#3203 in the World

Enrollment: 5,610
Founded: 1983

62. Islamic Azad University, Tabriz

For Archaeology

#1319 in Asia

#3292 in the World

Founded: 1982

63. Shiraz University of Technology

For Archaeology

#1349 in Asia

#3352 in the World

Founded: 2004

64. Islamic Azad University of Mashhad

For Archaeology

#1392 in Asia

#3447 in the World

Founded: 1982

65. Shahed University

For Archaeology

#1393 in Asia

#3451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1990

66. Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch

For Archaeology

#1400 in Asia

#3462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1984

67. University of Zabol

For Archaeology

#1413 in Asia

#3496 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1979

68. Hakim Sabzevari University

Iran | Sabzevar

For Archaeology

#1454 in Asia

#3582 in the World

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

69. Arak University

For Archaeology

#1457 in Asia

#3593 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1971

70. Sahand University of Technology

Iran | Sahand Town

For Archaeology

#1467 in Asia

#3621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1989

71. Persian Gulf University

For Archaeology

#1539 in Asia

#3781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1991

72. Gilan University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1583 in Asia

#3879 in the World

Founded: 1985

73. University of Maragheh

Iran | Maragheh

For Archaeology

#1610 in Asia

#3942 in the World

Founded: 1987

74. Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah

Iran | Kermanshah

For Archaeology

#1619 in Asia

#3967 in the World

75. Tabriz Islamic Art University

For Archaeology

#1660 in Asia

#4047 in the World

Enrollment: 1,743
Founded: 1999

76. Kashan University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1672 in Asia

#4080 in the World

Enrollment: 3,039
Founded: 1986

77. Islamic Azad University of Arak

For Archaeology

#1688 in Asia

#4111 in the World

Founded: 1985

78. Islamic Azad University, Shiraz

For Archaeology

#1694 in Asia

#4120 in the World

Founded: 1987

79. Qazvin University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1727 in Asia

#4186 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1983

80. Graduate University of Advanced Technology

For Archaeology

#1749 in Asia

#4238 in the World

Founded: 1990

81. Birjand University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1761 in Asia

#4268 in the World

Enrollment: 3,300
Founded: 1985

82. Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1794 in Asia

#4361 in the World

Enrollment: 3,820
Founded: 1987

83. Mazandaran University of Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#1817 in Asia

#4412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

84. Islamic Azad University of Lahijan

For Archaeology

#1832 in Asia

#4446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1988

85. Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Sanandaj

For Archaeology

#1843 in Asia

#4481 in the World

Enrollment: 2,600
Founded: 1946

86. Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences

For Archaeology

#1892 in Asia

#4597 in the World

Founded: 1991

87. Medical University of Ilam

For Archaeology

#1900 in Asia

#4614 in the World

Founded: 1995

88. Petroleum University of Technology

For Archaeology

#1905 in Asia

#4625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

89. Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Shahr-e Kord

For Archaeology

#1917 in Asia

#4667 in the World

Enrollment: 2,494
Founded: 1986

90. Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical

For Archaeology

#1930 in Asia

#4698 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1983

91. Urmia University of Technology

For Archaeology

#1935 in Asia

#4713 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 2007

92. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Iran | Rafsanjan

For Archaeology

#1941 in Asia

#4726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1986

93. Arak University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#1953 in Asia

#4745 in the World

Founded: 1986

94. Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch

Iran | Sanandaj

For Archaeology

#1975 in Asia

#4797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1983

95. Imam Hossein University

For Archaeology

#1995 in Asia

#4843 in the World

Founded: 1986

96. University of Neyshabur

Iran | Nishapur

For Archaeology

#2008 in Asia

#4879 in the World

Founded: 2000

97. Damghan University

For Archaeology

#2009 in Asia

#4881 in the World

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

98. Bushehr University of Medical Sciences

For Archaeology

#2015 in Asia

#4895 in the World

Founded: 1983

99. University of Applied Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#2021 in Asia

#4909 in the World

Enrollment: 780,067
Founded: 1992

100. University of Jiroft

For Archaeology

#2032 in Asia

#4925 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1989

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

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