ISLAMABAD – Recently upgraded COMSATS University Islamabad, a publicsector university under Ministry of Science and Technology, was rated firstin Pakistan and amongst 601-700 ranked university of the world by AcademicRanking of World Universities (ARWU) prestigious Shanghai Ranking.
CUI is followed by QAU at 701-800, University of Punjab in the 801-900 bandand Aga Khan University in the 901-1000 band. Only four universities fromPakistan were ranked among the top 1000 universities of the world, a pressrelease issue here on Wednesday said.
The Shanghai Rankings considered, among other factors, the 2000 impactfactor publications in a calendar year (2017) along with over 54 patentfiling by COMSATS University Islamabad in the recent years.
This is first time that a university from Pakistan has been ranked in sucha higher band among the worlds’ top universities.
In his congratulatory message to all faculty, staff and students of CUI,Rector Prof. Dr. Raheel Qamar urged everyone to play their role ininstitutional building in Pakistan.
He further emphasized community building and environment protection effortsof the CUI family as shown by over 30,000 tree plantation drive at all CUIcampuses.
The rector also encouraged all members of the CUI community to supportefforts to conserve water and help in building the Diamer-Bhasa Dam byfinancially supporting the government efforts.
Shanghai Ranking Consultancy is a fully independent organization dedicatedto research on higher education intelligence.
It has been the official publisher of the Academic Ranking of WorldUniversities (ARWU) since 2009. – APP