Only two Pakistani universities ranked among top 100 varsities of Asia

ISLAMABAD – The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), andQuaid-e-Azam University (QAU) are the two Pakistani universities to beranked among the top 100 varsities from the Asia region, shows the latestranking.

According to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2023,Islamabad-based public research university NUST moved up seven places tosecure the 67th spot. NUST is followed by Quaid-i-Azam University whichmakes it to the 95th spot.

As many as 760 universities are ranked in the latest edition of AsianRankings by Quacquarelli Symonds, one of the most widely cited andprestigious university ranking agencies in the world.

Some other Pakistani institutions featured in the top 500 of AsiaUniversity Rankings 2023 include the Lahore University of ManagementSciences (LUMS)(115), and the University of the Punjab (140).

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Other institutions under 500 include COMSATS University Islamabad (142),University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore (165), PakistanInstitute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS)(193), University ofAgriculture, Faisalabad(210), University of Peshawar (221), Aga KhanUniversity (223), International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) (241),University of Karachi(271-280), The University of Lahore(281-290),Government College University, Faisalabad (301-350), Air UniversityPakistan(351-400), Bahauddin Zakariya University (351-400), Abdul Wali KhanUniversity Mardan (401-450), Iqra University (401-450), Mehran Universityof Engineering and Technology (401-450), NED University of Engineering andTechnology (401-450), National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences(401-450) Bahria University, Islamabad. Pakistan (451-500), GovernmentCollege University Lahore (451-500), Government College Women UniversityFaisalabad (451-500), Institute of Space Technology (IST) (451-500),University of Central Punjab (UCP) (451-500), University of Malakand,Chakdara (451-500), University of Management and Technology (UMT)(451-500), University of Sargodha(451-500).

QS rankings are carried out based on academic reputation, employerreputation, faculty/student ratio, citation per paper, paper per faculty,staff with Ph.D, and internationalization.