and Health Services and Hamedan University of Medical Sciences Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences and Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Babol University of Medical Sciences Pharmacy schools According to the 2010 rankings the top three rated schools in the pharmaceutical field in Iran are: Tehran University of Medical Sciences Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Engineering schools According to the 2019 U.S.News university ranking the top-ranked engineering schools in the engineering field and their rank among world universities are: Islamic Azad University 31 University of Tehran 39 Sharif University of Technology 92 Amirkabir University of Technology 106 Iran University of Science and Technology 145 University of Tabriz 192 Isfahan University of Technology 202 Tarbiat Modares University 207 Ferdowsi University of Mashhad 228 Babol Noshirvani University of Technology 231 Technical and Vocational University 250_300 Prominent libraries in Iran Large libraries existed in Iran both before and after the advent of Islam and throughout many periods in Iran's history, including the libraries at Gondeshapur, School of Nisibis, and Sarouyeh during the pre-Islamic era of Iran. During the Middle Ages, many schools of Nizamiyya harbored large collections of manuscripts and treatises. In Maragheh, Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī built a library that reportedly contained some 40,000 volumes which was well financed and the royal library of the Samanid court in which Avicenna was granted special access to, is yet another fine example. The first prototype of a modern national library in Iran was the Library of Dar al-Funun College established in 1851. In 1899 another library called the Nation's Library was inaugurated in Tehran. Finally, the National Library of Iran was inaugurated in 1937. Iran's major national libraries today are: National Library of Iran, Tehran Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi, Mashad Tabriz National Library, Tabriz Malek National Library, Tehran Ayatollah Marashi Najafi Library, Qom Iran's Library of The Parliament Shiraz Regional Library of Science and Technology, Shiraz Library of Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics Ideology and politics in higher education Under the rule of the Islamic theocracy in Iran since 1979 revolution, the status of science and education has been dramatically affected in the country. In particular, following the so-called Iranian Cultural Revolution and Islamization of universities after a shutdown period, the quality of science and technology has since been revived, so much so that Iran ranked 40th in science production and first in scientific