Publish Date: 10 January 2011 - 19:19

TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (MNA) -- The Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) has published a list detailing the ranking of top universities at the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science, Research, & Technology.

ISC is a newly-established ranking center which ranks the universities of the Islamic countries. In the first phase, it ranked the universities and research institutes of Iran.

The ranking was done during a period of June 22, 2010 to December 22, 2010.

The ranking analyzes research performance, international cooperation and scientific impact of a university or an institute.

The top twenty universities in this ranking are listed below:

1- University of Tehran
2- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
3- Sharif University of Technology
4- AmirKabir University of Technology
5- Iran University of Science and Technology
6- Tarbiat Modares University
7- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
8- Shiraz University
9- Shiraz University of medical science
10- Isfahan University of Technology
11- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
12- Tabriz University
13- K. N. University of Technology
14- Shahid Beheshti University
15- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
16- University of Isfahan
17- Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
18- University of Mazandaran
19- Bu Ali Sina University
20- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

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