According to the QS 2023 ranking, Shiraz University is ranked 4th in the nation and 160th in Asia. Based on the published report of the Science and Technology Citation and Monitoring Institute (ISC), the QS Asia University Rankings system has introduced the top universities of 23 Asian countries in 2023, in which 760 universities have been appraised and ranked.
According to the QS 2023 ranking, Shiraz University is ranked 4th in the nation and 160th in Asia.
Based on the published report of the Science and Technology Citation and Monitoring Institute (ISC), the QS Asia University Rankings system has introduced the top universities of 23 Asian countries in 2023, in which 760 universities have been appraised and ranked.
The QS ranking system, in addition to the general ranking of universities, has also evaluated universities at the regional level since 2020.
This is the greatest ranking done for Asian countries and for the first time, Iranian universities have appeared in the 2023 QS Asian Universities Ranking.
There are 12 universities from Iran in the QS 2023 ranking, Sharif University of Technology is ranked 84th in Asia and first, in the nation, Tehran University is ranked 92nd in Asia and second nationally, the Amir Kabir University of Technology is ranked 113th in Asia and third nationally, and Shiraz University is ranked 160th in Asia and fourth nationally.
The table below shows the status of Iranian universities.
| Rank in Asia | University Name | Rank in Nation |
| 84 | Sharif University of Technology | 1 |
| 92 | Tehran University | 2 |
| 113 | Amirkabir University of Technology | 3 |
| 160 | Shiraz University | 4 |
| 175 | Iran University of Science and Technology | 5 |
| 203 | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | 6 |
| 231 | Babol Noshirvani University of Technology | 7 |
| 231 | Shahid Beheshti University | 7 |
| 351-400 | Bu-Ali Sina University | 8 |
| 351-400 | University of Mazandaran | 8 |
| 401-450 | Alzahra University | 9 |
| 651-700 | University of Arak | 10 |
