Head of ranking department of the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) Amaneh Sabet pointed to the results of the second list of best global universities published in US News and World Report on Tuesday and said eight Iranian universities are in the Best Global Universities list.
The Iranian universities, including University of Tehran, Sharif University of Technology, Isfahan University of Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran University of Science & Technology and Karaj Islamic Azad University are among the top 750 universities around the world, she said.
Pointing to the published list, Sabet said Tehran University is the best university in the country which has ranked 379 in the world and 57 in Asia.
Following Tehran University, Sharif University ranked the second Best University of Iran with a ranking of 435 in the world.
According to the list, after Turkey, Iran has the top universities in the region of Middle East.
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