ISLAMABAD – Quaid-i-Azam University, the public research university locatedin the federal capital, is the only Pakistani university to be ranked amongthe top 500 universities in the world in Times Higher Education WorldUniversity Rankings 2023.

The latest edition of the annual ranking, released on Wednesday, includesaround 1,800 universities from across 104 nations while only one Pakistaniacademic institution makes it to the prestigious list

As per the data, at least 29 varsities from South Asian nation were rankedby the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2023.

Other than QUA, Government College University (GCU) Faisalabad, and theUniversity of Management and Technology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan,and Bahria University ranked in the top 5.

The remaining institutions were ranked as ‘reporter’ as they submitted therequired data for evaluation however failed to meet the eligibilitycriteria.