Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (BNUT), sometimes also referred to as Noshirvani Institute of Technology or NIT, is a higher institute of education and Institute of Technology in Babol, Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran, south of the Caspian Sea. The university is an influential center for academic research in Iran, due to which it has been consistently ranked among the top schools in the country. BNUT is currently ranked 1st among all Iranian universities according to Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. THE has also ranked BNUT between 351st and 400th among world universities, 55th among the world's young universities, as well as 43rd among Asian universities.
BNUT is home to nearly 200 faculty members and 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and is organized into six following faculties, all of which emphasize on science and technology: Science Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Materials and Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering
History
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology was established in 1970 by Seyed Hossein Fallah Noshirvani, who dedicated the complex to the people of Babol as a public engineering school. However, during the early years, the complex served primarily as a training center for technical instructors who would teach at community colleges in fields related to engineering. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the school merged with the University of Mazandaran (UMZ) to become a College of Engineering and changed its curriculum to offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering. In 2005, following public demand and supported by donations from people of Babol, the institution started a process of independence from UMZ, during which it was temporarily referred to as “Noshirvani Technical and Education Complex”. Since March 2008, BNUT has been an independent public university under the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology.
Ranking
According to Times higher education world university ranking 2018, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology has been ranked among the best in Iran and 301–350th in the world. Moreover, it has been ranked 201–250th in the engineering category. The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings (aged 50 years or under) has announced Babol Noshirvani University of Technology as the 55th young university of the world.
According to ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019, BNUT has been ranked 101–150 among world universities in Mechanical Engineering and also 201–300 in Chemical Engineering.
In 2018, SciVisions University Ranking, Noshirvani University of Technology took 2nd place among all Iranian universities after University of Tehran.
Round University Ranking (RUR) has ranked Babol Noshirvani University of Technology as the 6th university of Iran and 506th among world universities in 2018.
In 2018 ShanghaiRanking's ranking BNUT stands as the 7th university of Iran.
In 2019, the U.S. News & World Report ranked BNUT Engineering Sciences 231st among world universities.
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology stands as the 11th university of the country and 584th among world universities according to 2016 SCImago institutions rankings.
Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science announces a list of world's most effective universities every year. BNUT has been ranked as the 6th top university of technology in the country among top 1% universities of the world in June 2015.
Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC) has announced a list of most effective universities of Iran based on scientific diplomacy in 2012–2014. Babol Noshirvani university of technology has been ranked 3rd among all the technical universities of Iran in such field after Isfahan university of technology and Sharif university of technology.
Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC) has published the Ranking Universities and research Centers of Iran 2014–15, Babol Noshirvani university of technology has been ranked 6th among all technical universities of Iran after Amirkabir University of Technology, Sharif University of Technology, Iran University of Science and Technology, Isfahan University of Technology and khaje nasir toosi.