Examining the Position of Iranian Higher Education in the World

The term of higher education in human societies is accompanying with the accumulation of science and research and culture. The spreading science and basic researches and economic, civic, political and cultural agendas in both developed and developing societies can be deeply transformed by the presence of an active educational institution such as university. Nevertheless quantitative development in recent years, the higher education system in our country has not realized its most important prophecy namely preparing the specialized workforces. This paper therefore, tries to examine and specify the position of the country’s higher education in compare with other countries. For this, using UNESCO database, the different dimensions of Iranian higher education and 31countries in were analyzed comparatively. The findings show that while the situation of higher education of Iran in compare with developed countries is unsatisfactory but it is partly equal and or upper when compared with higher education in Middle-East and other developing and countries.