Facts and Figures
History
- Iran’s leading modern university
- Some parts of the university were established at the time of Amirkabir, the then prime minister of the Qajar dynasty, within the framework of Darul-Funun (Polytechnic) School in 1851.
- University of Tehran was officially ratified by the Iranian parliament in 1934.
- A comprehensive university offering a variety of disciplines.
- Over 1,000,000 square meters of educational space
Basic Statistics:
- Eight Campuses in 8 cities
- Central campus:
- In the heart of Tehran Metropolis
- Other campuses:
- Fouman (Fouman Campus)
- Jolfa (Aras International Campus)
- Karaj (Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alborz International Campus)
- Kish (Kish International Campus)
- Pakdasht (Abouraihan)
- Qom (Farabi)
- Rezvanshahr (Caspian Campus)
- Central campus:
- Number of Colleges: 9
- Number of Faculties/Schools: 48
- Educational Departments: 160
- Research Centers: 55+
- Laboratories: 550+
- Scientific Journals: 137
- Membership in International Associations/Unions: more than 25 (i.e. IAU, FUIW, AUAP, IASPO, IUHPS, ISC, COSPAR, IGU, IOBIC, GEM, WTO, IUGG, IFLA, ICODE,…)
- International Agreements/MoU's: 580+
- UT was the President of Iran and Russian Top Universities Summit in 2016
- President of University of Tehran as the First Vice President of AUAP (at present)
Faculty Members (2021):
- Total Academic Staff: 2108
- International Academic Staff: 55
Enrolled Students (2021):
- Total: 45624
- Ph.D. Students: 9214
- Professional Doctorate Degree: 296
- Master's Students: 18135
- Bachelor's Students: 16347
- Capacity of University Dormitories in the city of Tehran: 12,000 residents
International Students (2021):
- Full Time Degree Seeking Students: 744
- Ph.D. Students: 311
- Master's Students: 251
- Bachelor's Students: 182
- Visiting and Non-Degree Seeking Students: 1800+
- Total: 2898
Academic Publications (June, 2021):
- No. of Web of Science Indexed Documents (Indexes: SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SSH, BKCI-S, BKCI-SSH, CCR-EXPANDED, IC., ESCI; Since 1972): 54,000
- No. of Scopus Indexed Documents (Since 1953): 63,074
- No. of WoS 2020 Indexed Documents: 4,947
- No. of Scopus 2020 Indexed Documents: 5,310
- Citations per Paper (ESI; May 13, 2021): 11.14
- H-Index (WoS): 164
- H-Index (Scopus): 175
- International Collaborations: ~30% of WoS Indexed Documents, 148 Collaborating Countries
Last Update: (October, 2024)
Library Statistics:
•Number of Central & Specialized Libraries of Colleges/Faculties: 51
•Members: 71,000
•Daily users: Over 2,000
•1.1+ million books titles
•60,000+ historically significant and unique documents
•2,000+ historical maps
•40,000+ historical photographs
•7,800+ titles of lithography printed books
•21,000+ Newspaper and magazine titles (since 1843)
•16,000+ manuscripts
•100,000+ electronic versions of theses and dissertations
Last Update: (September 28, 2024)
Research and laboratory:
•Laboratories: 550+
•Scientific Journals: 137
•No. of Web of Science Indexed Documents (Indexes: SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SSH, BKCI-S, BKCI-SSH, CCR-EXPANDED, IC., ESCI; Since 1972): 71,700
•No. of Scopus Indexed Documents (Scopus ID: 60022927; Since 1953): 83,000
•No. of WoS 2023 Indexed Documents: 4,470
•No. of Scopus 2023 Indexed Documents: 5,680
•Citations per Paper (ESI; Sep 12, 2024): 11.02
•H-Index (WoS, All Years): 239
•H-Index (Scopus, All Years): 263
•International Collaborations: ~33% of WoS Indexed Documents, 164 Collaborating Countries/Regions
Graduates:
- Total: 10487
- Ph.D. Students: 1254
- Professional Doctorate Degree: 48
- Master's Students: 5900
- Bachelor's Students: 3285
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Did you Know?
- UT has the biggest Science & Technology Park in the country,
- UT hosts over 15% of the country’s Centers of Excellence,
- UT is developing the nation’s biggest “Technology and Innovation Ecosystem” through the “City of Knowledge” Project in the middle of Tehran Megacity,
- UT has the highest social impact on the nation building & development since its establishment,
- UT is the leading “Digital University” in the nation (over 99% of the class are online with accessibility of 99.9%).
- UT has more than 2000 academic staffs and over 50K students,
- UT has more than 8 campuses across the country (at Fouman, Jolfa, Karaj (two campuses), Kish, Pakdasht, Qom, and Rezvanshahr cities),
- UT central campuses in Tehran has 48 faculties, 9 colleges, over 60 research centre/institutes, and more than 550 Laboratories,
- UT has over 160 Educational Departments,
- UT has more than 197 scientific journals including 38 Scopus or WOS indexed Journals,
- UT is a Member of IAU, FUIW, AUAP, IASPO, IUHPS, ISC, COSPAR, IGU, IOBIC, GEM, WTO, IUGG, IFLA, ICODE, and etc.,
- UT has seven UNESCO Chairs (Water Reuse, Engineering Education, Islamic Architecture, Interdisciplinary Research in Diabets, Entrepreneurship, Cyberspace: Dual Speciation of the World, Social Health and Development),
- UT is committed the COPE,
- UT has more than 600 active international MOUs/MOAs.
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Global University Rankings:
- Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) (2024): 401-500
- Times Higher Education (2024): 401-500
- QS (2024): #=368
- U.S. News (2024): #275
- CWUR (2024): 479
- URAP (2023-2024): 231
- CWTS Leiden Ranking (2019-2022): p 8057, p(top 10%) 816, PP (top 10%) 10.1%
- NTU Ranking (2024): 291
- Round University Ranking (2024): 167
- SCImago Institutions Rankings - HE Sector (2024): 359
- GreenMetric (2023): 792
- Webometrics Ranking (July 2024): 319
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Global Subject/Faculty Rankings:
- ARWU (2024)
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- Water Resources: 37
- Instruments Science & Technology: 76-100
- Metallurgical Engineering: 101-150
- Civil Engineering: 51-75
- Chemical Engineering: 201-300
- Mechanical Engineering: 51-75
- Transportation Science & Technology: 151-200
- Ag ricultural Sciences: 76-100
- Veterinary Sciences: 151-200
- Food Sciences and Technology: 76-100
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering: 151-200
- Biomedical Engineering : ۵۱-۷۵
- Mining & Mineral Engineering: 51-75