The Presence of Iranian Universities in the World Top Ranking
According to the most recent indexes provided by Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST), the presence of the Iranian universities have increased. Several ranking sources, including QS, Leiden, Times, and Shanghai, show such an academic progress. The detail of this achievement is as follows:
|
Ranking Sources |
Number of universities 2014 |
Number of universities 2015 |
Number of universities 2016 |
Number of universities 2017 |
Number of universities 2018 |
Number of universities 2019 |
Number of universities 2020 |
|
QS |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
|
Leiden |
12 |
13 |
14 |
18 |
23 |
26 |
36 |
|
Times |
1 |
2 |
8 |
13 |
18 |
29 |
40 |
|
Shanghai |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
13 |
13 |
12 |