Answering questions about the rank of a university has always
been a difficult and sometimes controversial task, and answers
might differ widely depending on the ranking criteria. If the
measure for ranking universities is the quality of education in
undergrad level (as opposed to, for instance, the number of journal
papers published by the faculty), probably the best way to rank the
Iranian universities is to talk to different universities'
students, and try to find out what graduate schools they are
admitted to for their higher education. Have the students decided
not to enter graduate school, one must observe which companies have
hired them.
In terms of quality of education, K.N.Toosi is, without a doubt,
one of the top engineering schools in Iran. I myself am a class 82
graduate of the K.N.Toosi University of Technology, and many of my
classmates got admitted to good universities in USA, Canada,
Australia, and Europe. I personally know K.N.Toosi graduates who
have been admitted to Purdue, Stanford, Michigan, Waterloo etc.
Currently (as of February 2010), I am a graduate student in a
reputable university in the US, and with the background and
knowledge that I have acquired at K.N.Toosi, I can easily compete
with Americans.
As a person who had been involved with Iranian Universities for
6 years, I rank public Engineering schools in Iran as the following
(in terms of quality of education as described above):
1. Sharif University of Technology
2. Tehran University
3. Amir-Kabir University of Technology
4. Iran University of Science and Technology
5. K. N. Toosi University of Technology
5. Shiraz University
5. Isfahan University of Technology
6. Ferdowsi University of Mashad
7. Shahid Beheshti University
Note that this ranking reflects my personal opinion, with which
I believe many students at my level would agree. Please also be
advised that this is just about Engineering Schools only, and does
NOT apply to medical sciences. As far as I know, Shahid Beheshti
University has a medical school, which is one of the top ones in
the Nation.
Regards,
S.E.P.