22 Best universities for Psychology 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 Psychology. A graph of 1.65M citations received by 127K 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. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

For Psychology

#1 in Iran

#31 in Asia

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

2. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

For Psychology

#2 in Iran

#77 in Asia

Enrollment: 10,355
Founded: 1960

3. University of Tehran

For Psychology

#3 in Iran

#88 in Asia

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

4. Tarbiat Modares University

For Psychology

#8 in Iran

#219 in Asia

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

5. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Psychology

#9 in Iran

#289 in Asia

Enrollment: 12,468
Founded: 1958

6. Shahid Beheshti University

For Psychology

#12 in Iran

#308 in Asia

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

7. Sharif University of Technology

For Psychology

#15 in Iran

#329 in Asia

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

8. Iran University of Science and Technology

For Psychology

#22 in Iran

#392 in Asia

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

9. Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University

For Psychology

#24 in Iran

#411 in Asia

Founded: 1994

10. Allameh Tabataba'i University

For Psychology

#25 in Iran

#474 in Asia

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

11. Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology

For Psychology

#30 in Iran

#580 in Asia

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

12. Islamic Azad University, South Tehran

For Psychology

#33 in Iran

#624 in Asia

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1982

13. Shahed University

For Psychology

#36 in Iran

#647 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1990

14. Kharazmi University

For Psychology

#37 in Iran

#655 in Asia

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

15. Alzahra University

For Psychology

#46 in Iran

#822 in Asia

Enrollment: 9,962
Founded: 1964

16. Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

For Psychology

#51 in Iran

#906 in Asia

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

17. Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical

For Psychology

#60 in Iran

#1061 in Asia

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1983

18. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

For Psychology

#63 in Iran

#1116 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

19. Imam Hossein University

For Psychology

#106 in Iran

#2074 in Asia

Founded: 1986

20. University of Applied Science and Technology

For Psychology

#110 in Iran

#2222 in Asia

Enrollment: 780,067
Founded: 1992

21. Petroleum University of Technology

For Psychology

#111 in Iran

#2311 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

22. Islamic Azad University, Parand

For Psychology

#118 in Iran

#2497 in Asia

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

Universities for Psychology near Tehran

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
43	Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch	64	Karaj
126	Qom University of Medical Sciences	61	Qom
142	Islamic Azad University, Qazvin	67	Qazvin
142	Imam Khomeini International University	76	Qazvin
143	Qazvin University of Medical Sciences	35	Qazvin
146	Babol University of Medical Sciences	27	Babol
157	University of Mazandaran	65	Babolsar
176	Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences	19	Sari
183	Semnan University	42	Semnan
187	Kashan University of Medical Sciences	28	Kashan

Psychology subfields in Tehran

Child Psychology19

Clinical Psychology19

Cognitive Science20

Education Majors18

Neuroscience20

Occupational Therapy9

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology9