Facts and Figures

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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)
  • 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+

Staff (2021):

  • 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

Library Statistics:

  • Number of Central & Specialized Libraries of Colleges/Faculties: 56
  • Members: 75,000
  • Daily users: Over 2,000
  • 1.5+ millions books
  • 300,000+ journals in 18,000 titles
  • 60,000+ historically significant and unique documents
  • 2,000+ historical maps
  • 40,000+ historical photographs
  • 3,000+ titles of lithography printed books
  • 2,700+ Newspaper and magazine titles (since 1843)
  • 18,000+ manuscripts
  • 60,000+ electronic versions of theses and dissertations
  • Seismic data (all records over 3 Richter in Iran since 1993)

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.

  • 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

  • Global Subject/Faculty Rankings:

  • ARWU (2024)
    • 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