According to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2016 Report, Iran ranked second in the number of graduates in science and engineering among 128 countries.
It also ranked fourth in tertiary education, 26th in knowledge creation, 31st in gross percentage of tertiary enrolment, 41st in general infrastructure, 48th in human capital as well as research and 51st in innovation efficiency ratio, globalinnovationindex.org reported. The 2016 index was recently published by Cornell University, INSEAD Business School and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It ranks the innovation performance of 128 countries and economies around the world, based on 82 indicators.
