Round University Ranking (RUR) revealed that Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) is in the second place in the ranking of the top universities in Iran after Tehran University of Medical Sciences. According to RUR in 2021, Isfahan University of Technology is the second top university in Iran with a global ranking of 216 among 867 leading universities in the world, and 12 Iranian universities in this ranking system.

The International Scientific Cooperation Center held a virtual meeting with the women faculty members of IUT. In this meeting, the experts at IUT_International talked about the scope of the center's activities and pointed to the existing international opportunities in various fields of science, especially opportunities for women. IUT_International experts also answered the questions that the women faculty members of the university had about international relations.

To achieve the goals of the IUT Strategic Transformation Plan in international affairs, the formation of working groups with target countries such as Germany, China, Italy, South Korea, Malaysia, or Turkey was put on the agenda of IUT_international.

This is the seventeenth issue of the IUT International e-Newsletters which is designed to expand the university's international scientific interactions with academic institutions abroad, aims to inform all faculty, students, and IUT staff about international events, educational opportunities, and research available in international academic spaces, News of visits and conferences, as well as bylaws and circulars related to international affairs, which can affect the international scientific interactions of outstanding academics.

 The 18^th Conference of Vice-presidents and Directors of International Centers of Universities and Research Centers as well as Science and Technology Parks of the Country was virtually held on May 9, 2021, hosted by the Ministry of Science. In this meeting, Prof. Dr. Hossein Salar Amoli, Head of the International Scientific Cooperation Center in the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, emphasized the internationalization of universities as a platform to raise the level of standards and increase the tolerance capacity within the international arena.

Following the new MOU between IUT International Scientific Cooperation Center  of IUT and Limerick University of Ireland (UL), it is informed that University of Limerick has achieved the highest possible standard in the new QS Stars Rating System, the only university in Ireland to achieve this in 2021.

The International Festival of Movement is an event for competition and presentation of students' top scientific achievements, and this year, students from 51 countries participated in this international festival.

The Textile Scientific Association of IUT won the first place in the entrepreneurship section among 96 works. This association won the first place in entrepreneurial activities by presenting a plan for producing anti-corona hospital gowns.

Mr. Mohammad Ahmadi, M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering - Manufacturing & Production from IUT, presented a dissertation entitled "Designing and Manufacturing an Ultrasonic Machining with Analyzing the Parameters Affecting the Machine" with the supervisions of "Prof. Dr. Alireza Fadaei Tehrani" and "Prof. Dr. Aminollah Mohammadi" was selected for this section of the International Conference on Manufacturing & Production Engineering in Iran.

A 3-Year Memorandum of Understanding between Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) and University of Limerick (UL), Ireland on facilitating the collaboration between the institutions and articulating the intention to develop specific models of cooperation between the institutions, has been signed in March 2021.