The Times Ranking is one of the most renowned international university ranking systems. It was first introduced in 2004 in collaboration with Times and QS under the title "Times-QS Ranking" and has been published with Thomson Reuters since 2010. The Times Ranking obtains its data partly from universities directly, as well as from surveys and the Scopus database.
 

Times Ranking Criteria and Indexes

Index Weight (%)	Index	Criterion	Criterion Weight
15	Teaching Reputation	Teaching	29.5
4.5	Student Staff Ratio
2	Doctorate Bachelor Ratio
5.5	Doctorate Staff Ratio
2.5	Institutional Income
18	Research Reputation	Research Environment	29
5.5	Research Income
5.5	Research Productivity
15	Citation Impact	Research Quality	30
5	Research Strength
5	Research Excellence
5	Research Influence
2	Industry Income	Industry	4
2	Patents
2.5	International Students	International Outlook	7.5
2.5	International Staff
2.5	International Co-authorship

Iran University of Science and Technology has been ranked in this ranking system since 2015.