SWABI: Times Higher Education (THE) ranks Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute ofEngineering Sciences and Technology as the top university in Pakistan, *TheNewslink*reportedon Sunday.

The Times Higher Education is one of the most prestigious publishers ofuniversity rankings in the world.

According to THE, GIK has been ranked number one in Pakistan in its WorldUniversity Impact Rankings 2021 in the category of Quality Education.

The institute was ranked 30th out of 966 universities worldwide.Rankings based on societal impact of varsity on SDGs

The GIK faculty members said the rankings were based on the societal impactof a university towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).

GIK Institute is the only Pakistani university to feature in the top 50universities in the world in SDG:4.

The institute was also ranked in the top 300 universities worldwide inSDG:1.