Growth of marine engineering science in Iran in areas of science and research production has led to the ranking of Iran in the first place in the Middle East.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, universities and science centers of the country in area of marine technology have had growing increase after the Islamic revolution of Iran. In this regard, designing proper support policies in the past years can lead to optimal use of the current potential of the country.

Over the past few years, the rank of Iran in terms of the number of marine articles has had a significant improvement, in a way that Iran was ranked sixth in the world and first in the Middle East in 2016. Meanwhile, Iran was ranked 50 twenty years ago. The rank Iran in this area has almost had the highest growth in the world over the past years. Fortunately this growth continues to increase according to the latest statistics.

Publication of scientific articles demonstrates the development of research activities, and improvement of theory and science knowledge level and creates interactions between researchers and scholars. The number of articles published in valid foreign journals is one of the important indicators for evaluation of the scientific status of any country.

As the source of knowledge and its publication, universities have a wide and key role in innovation. In terms of the importance and role of entrepreneurship in the development of country in the past decade, universities of developing countries implement special and various educational and research programs for education and training of entrepreneurs with regard to their own needs and facilities. In other words, while the economy and regulations and needs of the market of a country are being developed, higher education systems have aimed to change their programs and be more coordinated with the economic development of the market.

With regard to the breath of marine technology areas, various fields have been created in the universities and science centers of the country. In addition, the statistics of the number of marine fields are diverse and relevant academic fields have been established in the country in almost all levels with the condition of the advanced countries of the world. According to the present statistics, more than 60 government centers with a total of 92 fields, and 25 non-government centers with a total of 43 marine fields are active in Iran.

The number of fields and government centers with marine science fields is divided in groups of associate degree, BSc, MSc and PhD in the marine statistics of Iran.

The number of fields and non-government centers with marine fields- marine statistics of Iran is divided similar to the government centers, as presented in the table below.

Furthermore, there is a special need to experts in the field of research and development of marine technology and creation of new businesses. The number of students in marine fields and various educational groups of this area is more than 14 thousand, which constitutes 3% of the total students of the country.

Comparison of the Total Number of Students in Marine Fields in Educational Grous-Marine Statistics of Iran

Without a doubt, strengthening the scientific capacity of the professors specialized in marine field will lead to the growth of research and achieving the required technologies of the country in this area. Development of marine fields in universities of the country leads to increased attraction of faculty members, in a way that the number of current faculty members of marine fields in the country exceeds 560 individuals.