Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) (, Dâneshgâh-e 'elm va San'at-e Irân) is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran. The university is home to 13 faculties offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of engineering-based subjects as well as maths, physics, and department of foreign languages. In 1995 IUST awarded Iran’s first PhDs in materials, metallurgical and traffic engineering. IUST is the only university in the Middle East which has a school of railway engineering and a school of progress engineering. It is also the only university in Iran which has a school of automotive engineering. There are also 12 research centres, nine centres of excellence and 19 specialised libraries as well as four satellite campuses in other parts of the country. IUST is located on Hengam Street in the Narmak neighborhood in northeast Tehran.
The 20,000 capacity IUST Stadium, which is used mostly for association football, is their main sports venue.
On 28 March 2026, it was bombed by Israeli forces during the 2026 Iran war, with a building of the university being reduced to rubble.
History Iran University of Science and Technology was founded in 1929 as the first Iranian Institution to train engineers, named the Governmental Technical Institute. Soon it was named "Honarsarā-ye Ālī" (Persian: ; Advanced Art College in English). In 1932, the first Iranian graduated in Machine Engineering and in 1935 the first Iranian graduated in Chemical Engineering. In 1958, the Institute started to enroll students for Masters programs under the name of Tehran Institute of Technology (TIT). In 1963, the Institute transferred to its current location in Narmak in northeast Tehran. In 1972, the title of the college upgraded to the Iran Faculty of Science and Technology due to the growth of the institute by the Ministry of Sciences. The faculty offered four-year bachelor's degrees in most areas of engineering and it is the first and for many years the only engineering university that consist of School of Architecture in the country.
In 1978, it was granted University Status by the Ministry of Sciences. Since then the institute was named Iran University of Science and Technology.
In 1990 it admitted students to Ph.D. programs in Civil Engineering and Materials Engineering fields. In 1995, IUST awarded the first Ph.D. degrees in Iran in the fields of Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Traffic Engineering.
The main campus has 15 faculties and three other departments with 380 members of the academic board. On the main campus, 9,000 students are studying in 90 fields of engineering and sciences, out of which 2,000 are M.Sc. and 546 are Ph.D. students. Over 50,000 students have graduated since 1932.
On 28 March 2026, it was bombed by Israeli forces during the 2026 Iran war. A building of the University within the complex was reduced to rubble.
Campus Northeast of Tehran is where the main campus is situated, expanded in . Four further campuses of IUST are located in the cities of Arak, Behshahr, Damavand, and Noor; the latter two are still under construction.
Academics
IUST has 15 schools, 44 instruction groups, and 83 fields of study. Over 5,500 students study in the B.Sc program, over 5,400 students are studying in M.Sc. and over 940 are doing Ph.D. disciplines.
School of Electrical EngineeringSchool of Electrical Engineeringiust.ac.ir Departments: Electronic Bioelectrical Engineering Communication Power Control School of Mechanical Engineering Departments: Solid Mechanics Fluid Mechanics Production and Manufacturing Aerospace Engineering Biomechanics
School of materials science Departments: Casting Industrial Metallurgy Extractive Metallurgy Ceramic Extraction of Metals Biomaterial Ceramic
School of Civil Engineering Departments: Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering Highway Engineering Structural Engineering Transportation Engineering and Planning Geomatics Engineering School of Industrial Engineering Departments: Industrial Engineering Systems Engineering Productivity Management
Other schools: School of Progress Engineering School of Automotive Engineering School of Railway Engineering School of Mathematics School of Chemistry School of Chemical, Petroleum, and Gas Engineering School of New Technologies School of Physics School of Computer Engineering School of Architecture and Environmental Design
Departments: Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences Department of Foreign Languages
Extracurricular activities and association Iran University of Science and Technology's most significant associations are: Student's Theater association Student's Music association Student's Literature association Student's Film association
Research
Advanced and High-Tech Research Activities at IUST include: Hydrostructures at the Department of Civil Engineering Electronics at the Department of Electrical Engineering Field of Advanced Materials at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Nano Technology as interdepartmental research Bio-technology in the Department of Medical Engineering Hydrodynamics, experimental and numerical fluid dynamics research laboratory at the Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University Research Centers include: Architecture Research Center Automotive Research Center Cement Research Center Center of Excellence in Experimental Solid Mechanics and Dynamics Center of Excellence in Islamic Architecture Electronic Research Center Green Research Center Information Technology Research Center Iran Composites Institute Materials Research Center Research Center for ICT Strategic and International Studies
World rankings
Times Higher Education 2024–2025: National Rank: 3, Rank in Asia: 79 2020–2021: National Rank: 1, Rank in Asia: 11 2016–2017: National Rank: 1 2015–2016: National Rank: 1, Rank in Asia: 4, International Rank: 9 2014–2015: National Rank: 3, Rank in Asia: 69
According to QS World University Rankings 2016–2017 Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) ranked as the second university of Iran after Sharif University of Technology and 491–500 among world universities.
Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) ranked 436th among World universities and 78th in Mathematics and computer science according to 2011–2014 CWTS Leiden Ranking.
In 2017, the U.S. News & World Report ranked IUST Engineering Sciences 113th among world universities. Also, Materials Science of IUST ranked 169 among World Universities.
According to ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017, IUST has been ranked 101–150 among world universities in Metallurgical Engineering and also 151–200 in Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering.
U.S. News & World Report 2020 Best Global Universities Ranking Global Ranking: 870 Engineering : 180 Chemistry: 624 Civil Engineering : 88 Materials Science : 280 Mechanical Engineering : 98
Notable people Presidents Chancellor Tenure Alma mater Speciality Jalil Shahi 1979-1980 University of Bradford Civil Engineering Ebrahim Esrafilian 1980-1981 University of Southampton Mathematics Ebrahim Sanaei 1981 Pierre and Marie Curie University Civil Engineering Ahad Kazemi 1981-1983 University of Oklahoma Electrical Engineering Ebrahim Sanaei 1983-1985 Pierre and Marie Curie University Civil Engineering Mohammad Zahabioun 1985–1986 Wisconsin University Industrial Engineering Abbas Shoulaei 1986-1987 University of Montpellier Electrical Engineering Ahad Kazemi 1987-1989 University of Oklahoma Electrical Engineering Abbas Taeb 1989-1993 University of Graz Chemical Engineering Mahmoud Mollabashi 1993-1997 University of New Brunswick Physics Mahammad Soleimani 1997 Pierre and Marie Curie University Telecommunications Engineering Seyed Javad Azhari 1997-2001 University of Manchester Electrical Engineering Seyed Mohammad Shahrtash 2001-2004 Sharif University of Technology Electrical Engineering Seyed Mohammad Taghi Salehi 2004-2005 University of Manchester Metallurgical Engineering Mahdi Bidabadi 2005-2006 McGill University Mechanical Engineering Mohammad Jabalameli 2006-2013 Tarbiat Modares University Industrial Engineering Mohammad Ali Barkhordari 2013-2018 Michigan State University Civil Engineering Jabbar-Ali Zakeri 2018–2021 Beijing Jiaotong University Civil Engineering Mansour Anbia 2021–2025 Tehran University of Teacher Training Chemistry Mahmood M. Shokrieh 2025–Present McGill University Mechanical Engineering
Notable faculty members Name Alma mater Speciality Profile Ali Kaveh Imperial College London Civil Engineering google scholar Jalal Hedjazi University of Birmingham Metallurgy & Materials Engineering profile Farrokh Hojjat Kashani UCLA Electrical Engineering profile Toraj Mohammadi University of New South Wales Chemical Engineering google scholar Ali Maleki Shahid Beheshti UniversityChemistrygoogle scholar Majid R. Ayatollahi University of Bristol Mechanical Engineering google scholar Mahmood M. Shokrieh McGill University Mechanical Engineering google scholar Shahrokh Hosseini Hashemi City, University of LondonMechanical Engineeringgoogle scholar Vahak Kaspari Marghussian Victoria University of Manchester Metallurgy & Materials Engineering profile Moharam Habibnejad Korayem University of WollongongMechanical Engineeringgoogle scholarHamid Ahmadian University of WaterlooMechanical Engineeringgoogle scholarAliakbar Jalali West Virginia UniversityElectrical Engineeringgoogle scholarBehrouz Minaei-Bidgoli Michigan State UniversityComputer Engineeringgoogle scholar
Notable alumni Politics and government Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (B.S., M.S., PhD. 1997) - sixth President of Iran, and former Mayor of Tehran Hamid Behbahani (B.S.) - former Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology Kamran Daneshjoo (B.S.) - former Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology AbdolReza Sheikhol Eslami (B.S., M.S., PhD.) - former Iranian Minister of Employment Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi (B.S.) - former Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh (B.S.) - former Iranian Minister of Petroleum Mohsen Rezaee (B.S.) - former Chief Commander of the IRGC, and former secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran Alireza Ali Ahmadi (B.S.) - former Iranian Minister of Education, former president of Payame Noor University Mohammad Soleimani (B.S.) - former Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mehdi Ghazanfari (B.S. 1986) - former Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade and former Minister of Commerce Bahman Eshghi (B.S.) — Secretary-General of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture
Business Alireza Nasiri (B.S. 1993) - founder of online degree programs in University of Tehran and father of commercial forestation in Iran
Academia Abdollah Jasbi (B.S.) - former president of Islamic Azad University Mohammad Ali Barkhordari (B.S.) - professor of Civil Engineering, former president of Yazd University, University of Zanjan, and Iran University of Science and Technology Sayyed Mahdi Abtahi (B.S.) - professor of Civil Engineering, former president of Isfahan University of Technology Jalil Shahi (B.S.) - professor of Civil Engineering, founder and former president of Yazd University, and former president of Iran University of Science and Technology
Film, television, radio, popular culture Tahmineh Milani (B.S. 1986) - Iranian film director Homayoun Khorram (B.S.) - Iranian musician, composer, violinist, and a member of the high council of Iran's House of Music
Writing and journalism Touka Neyestani (B.S.) - Iranian political cartoonist Ali Abolhassani (B.S. 1975) - Iranian contemporary historiograph
See also List of Islamic educational institutions List of Iranian Research Centers
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