ISLAMABAD – According to the official announcement by the Times HigherEducation on Thursday, this year, only nine universities of Pakistan madeit to the World Universities Ranking 2018-2019.
These include Comsats Institute of Information Technology, University ofAgriculture, National University of Sciences & Technology, BahauddinZakariya University, University of Engineering & Technology, GCU,University of Lahore, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University andUniversity of Veterinary & Animal Sciences.
The universities were judged upon the pillars of teaching, research,citations, industry income and international outlook – to provide the mostcomprehensive and balanced comparisons.
According to the Times Higher Education, GCU’s strongest pillar wasinternational outlook while its weakest pillar was citations. However, GCUstood overall 1001+ among all universities of the world and 351+ in Asia.
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Talking to media, GCU Quality Enhancement Cell Director Iram Sohail saidthat last year, GCU was at ninth position among the top 10 universities ofPakistan that made it to the coveted list.
“However, this year GCU has improved its ranking and secured the sixthposition among Pakistani universities which was a great achievement,” sheadded.
