Iran improves status in global university ranking

Tehran, Sept 2, IRNA -- Three top Iranian universities improved their status in the new global ranking for the world universities. The new global ranking for the world universities ranked Iran higher by giving the country seven points, according to the Islamic World Science Citation. Iran's new ranking comes after analyzing the overall performance of Tehran, Sharif and Amir Kabir universities, as three top universities of the Islamic Republic. Tehran University is ranked as the best university in Iran. It has improved its performances significantly each year to be ranked among 300 world universities in 2015. Sharif University of Technology ranks the second university in Iran, following Tehran University. For the first time, Sharif University of Technology has been included in the Shanghai Ranking of 500 world top universities.