LONDON - The United Kingdom has retained its position being home to two world’s top universities, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Oxford University kept its slot as the world’s best institution for the third year in a row, while Cambridge maintained its second best position for the second consecutive year.
As far as Pakistani universities are concerned, only one university made it to the top 500 in this list.
Pakistan has also managed to gain representation on the World University Rankings. Its Quaid-i-Azam University stands at 401-500 ranking worldwide. It is also ranked at the 79th position in the Asia University Rankings.
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ranks at 601-800 position.
The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad follows with a ranking of 801-1000 th. The University of Karachi ranks at the 800+ slot while the University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Government College University Lahore, University of Lahore, and University of Peshawar rank at 1001+ position.
Other universities that share the same rankings (1001+) are PMAS Arid Agriculture University and the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.