Bu-Ali Sina University ranked among the 251-300th best young universities of the world

As announced by Times Ranking System:

Bu-Ali Sina University ranked among the 251-300^th best young universities of the world

As reported by BASNA and according to the Islamic World Science Citation Center, Dr. Mohammad Javad Dehqani, President of ISC stated: "Times ranking system published the 2020 ranking of the universities of the world that are 50 years old or younger. The number of universities included in this ranking increased from 351 in 2019 to 414 in 2020. This is the ninth published ranking of the best young universities of the world which has been published annually by Times Ranking System since 2012.

"Among the 414 universities included in this ranking, 20 universities from Islamic Republic of Iran are present. These include Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (74^th), Kashan Univerdity and Yasouj University (101-150^th), Imam Khomeini International University, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan University of Technology, Shiraz University of Technology (151-200), Mazandaran University (201-250), Bu-Ali Sina University, Guilan University, Kurdistan University, Semnan University (251-300), Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University, Shahrekord University, Shahroud University of Technology, Zanjan University (301-350),Shahed University, Shahid Bahonar University, Yazd University (351-400), and Birjand University (+401)", he added.

It is noteworthy that Yasouj University, Imam Khomeini International University, Bu-Ali Sina University, Kurdistan University, Semnan University, Shahrekord University, and Shahed University are included in this ranking for the first time.

In the following table, performance of the universities of the country in the Times Ranking of Young Universities is illustrated. It must be noted that since the beginning of this ranking in 2012 until 2016, Sharif University of Technology has been included in the ranking, but since 2017 this university is no longer included as it is older than 50 years.

It must be noted that great universities of the country, including University of Tehran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Sharif University of Technology, Shiraz University, and other universities which were not included in other ranking of Times system, are older than 50 years and cannot be included in the ranking of young universities.  

Performance of Islamic countries in the Times 2020 Ranking of Young Universities

President of ISC said: "universities from 17 Islamic countries are included in the Times 2020 Ranking of Young Universities, where Turkey and Iran are the first and second countries with regards to the number of included universities with 23 and 20 universities respectively and Egypt is the third country with 14 universities. With regards to ranking, Alfaisal University of Saudi Arabia (31), Al-Khalife University of UAE (47), Sabancı University of Turkey (69), Qatar University (73), and Babol Noshirvani University (74) are the top five universities among Islamic countries. The following table demonstrates the ranks of the universities of Islamic countries in this ranking.

Dr. Dehqani added: "Times Ranking is one of the most well-known international ranking systems which evaluates and ranks the top universities of the world annually, based on 13 performance indicators in the form of 5 general criteria, i.e. teaching, research, citations, industry income, and international outlook, in order to conduct comprehensive and balanced comparisons.

Ranking indicators of the best young universities according to Times

"In the assessment of young universities, less weight is assigned to the academic reputation indicator in order to conduct more appropriate surveys. Also in Times ranking, three data resources have been exploited for the calculation of indicators and assignment of points, including (1) data from polls, (2) data provided by the universities, and (3) research data of the universities as provided in the Scopus Citation Database", he added.

Dr. Dehqani said: "in 2020, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology earned the title of the top young university of the world for the third consecutive year. Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, and Paris Sciences and Letters – PSL Research University of France with one step promotion, earned the second and third rank respectively".