INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - The latest report of Round University Ranking (RUR) in 2023 has increased the number of top Iranian institutions to 24 from 15 in
2022.The rankings system measures the performance of 1,100 leading world universities from 82 countries by 20 unique indicators and 4 key
areas of university activities: teaching, research, international diversity, and financial sustainability.All raw data for RUR Rankings are
provided by an international company Thomson Reuters
RUR Rankings cover the period from 2010 to the present.RUR Rankings is designed as an evaluation system aimed to provide sufficient
information about university performance to address stakeholders' personal tasks: students, the academic community, university management,
and policymakers.All the raw data (like the number of students, academic staff, etc.) is provided by Thomson Reuters through a special data
survey called Global Institutional Profiles Project (GIPP).This survey is conducted annually in the spring and covers 700-800 higher
education institutions all over the world with a prospective expansion of 1000+.Times Higher EducationIn the 2023 ranking of the Times
Higher Education Institute, which was published in 2022, the names of 66 Iranian institutions were included in the list of the world's top
institutions in 10 different scientific fields, and in total, the names of these institutions were repeated 167 times in scientific
fields.These 10 scientific fields include "arts and humanities", "business and economics", "clinical medical sciences, basic medicine and
health", "computer sciences", "educational sciences", "biological sciences", "physical sciences", "engineering and technology", "law and
psychology" and "social sciences".Academic Ranking of World UniversitiesThe ranking system of universities based on their academic
performance is known as Shanghai
In its latest edition (the year 2022), this ranking system has evaluated and ranked world institutions in various scientific fields.In this
list, there are 34 Iranian institutions, whose names appear in the list of top institutions 143 times in various scientific fields.The
Shanghai ranking of institutions covers 54 scientific fields, including 8 fields in natural sciences, 4 fields in biological sciences, 22
fields in engineering, 6 fields in medical sciences, and 14 fields in social sciences.QS World domain rankingsBased on the 2023 edition of
the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking, seven Iranian institutions have been included in the list of more than 500 top institutions in
different scientific fields
institutions in 5 fields arts and humanities, engineering and technology, life sciences and medicine, and social sciences and management.The
evaluation indices of this ranking system are 5 indices of the international research network, the H index of citations, per capita
citations to publications, academic reputation, and occupational reputation.QS World subject rankingsBased on the 2023 edition of the QS
World subject ranking, 16 top Iranian institutions have been placed in various scientific fields and the names of these institutions have
been repeated 79 times in the list of top institutions in various scientific fields.The ranking system evaluates the world's leading
institutions in 51 scientific fields, from history and linguistics to astronomy and navigation.University Ranking by Academic
PerformanceAccording to the annual report of the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) in 2022, 41 Iranian institutions have
been included in the list of top institutions in scientific fields and their names have been repeated 636 times in this list.Based on this
ranking, the number of repeated names of Iranian institutions in various scientific fields has increased greatly compared to last year.This
ranking system evaluates the institutions of the world in 78 scientific fields and is based on 6 quantitative indicators "number of
articles", "references", "publications", "global cooperation", "research impact" and "citation impact".MG
