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Top 11 Universities and colleges based in Iran

RevenueBase identified 56 universities and colleges headquartered in Iran as of September 2026 and tracks 14,319 professional contacts across them, including 184 with verified work emails. Tehran is the largest hub.

This list covers universities and colleges headquartered in Iran, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
56Companies
14,319Contacts tracked
184Verified emails
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The 11 largest universities and colleges based in Iran

Ranked by team size
Top 11 of 56 universities and colleges based in Iran, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to universities and colleges: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceTehran, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+4,003 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Islamic Azad University (IAU)- دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی is an Iranian non-profit, non-governmental system of higher education founded in 1982, in response to an increasing social…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Indirect evidenceIsfahan, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+1,639 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Isfahan University of Technology was founded in 1974 as the Isfahan branch of Aryamehr University of Technology before the revolution in Iran and admitted its first students in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceTabriz, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+1,354 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The University of Tabriz is the largest university in NW, Iran.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Indirect evidenceTehran, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500877 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kharazmi University is a The Oldest Higher Education University in Iran which was established in 1919 in Tehran under the name of Darol-Mo'allemin Markazi.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Partial evidenceSanandaj, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+665 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The University of Kurdistan (UOK) commenced its activities as the Higher College of Sanandaj, an affiliate of Tarbiat Moallem (Teacher Training Institute), Tehran in the academic…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Indirect evidenceYazd, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000618 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Yazd University is an Iranian university in the city of Yazd in Yazd Province.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidenceTehran, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000310 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Shahed University (Persian:دانشگاه شاهد), was founded in 1990.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBojnurd, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500210 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As the grand university of the province, university of Bojnord was established on October 2005 at the center of North Khorasan, Bojnord, in order to fulfill its main mission of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceKerman, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500194 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman is a higher education company based out of Pazhuhesh Sq, Imam Khomeini Highway, Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceRafsanjan, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 20265,001-10,000133 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan (VRU) is an Iranian university and higher education company based in Rafsanjan City in Kerman Province, Iran.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Indirect evidenceTafresh, IranHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,00039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tafresh University was founded in 1987 as the AmirKabir University of Technology branch of Tafresh and admitted its first students in 1988.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Universities and colleges based in Iran at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
1.3%Verified-email coverage
255.7Average contacts per company
501-1,000Median size (employees)
32.1%Largest-city concentration · Tehran
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
2
11-50
3
51-200
7
201-500
11
501-1,000
10
1,001-5,000
11
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
10

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Iran, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Iran, over 56 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among universities and colleges, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Iran whose own description of what they do matches “universities and colleges”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names universities and colleges), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among universities and colleges, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Iran are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 184 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names universities and colleges, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many universities and colleges are there based in Iran?

RevenueBase identified 56 universities and colleges headquartered in Iran as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Islamic Azad University IAU, headquartered in Tehran, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most universities and colleges?

Tehran leads with 18 headquartered companies, followed by Isfahan (5) and Yazd (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 184 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 56 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.