Islamabad, Oct 16: Quaid e Azam University Pakistan’s only Institute to rank in top 500 universities
In the current year’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, the organizations included was more than 2,100 universities from 115 countries and territories, and this is However, the data gathered preferred more than 2, 100 institutions from 115 countries and territories, which is way a 9.7% year on year increase in the number of ranked universities the largest growth in organization’s ranked list in the past five
Pakistan has 47 ranked universities putting the country 14 th in the world in terms of the number of universities ranked by the QS, same as Taiwan. : Quaid e Azam University stands in the 401-500 band, same as last year, and is the highest ranked educational institution in the country.
There are eight universities in Pakistan in the band of 601-800 universities, one more than last year. Malakand has emerged from the 801-1,000 band for the current year while Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan has dropped down this list.
Another new entrant, Sukkur IBA University also fell in this year’s 601-800 category. But only seven universities were upgraded from Pakistan while 10 has been degraded.
There has been an overall increase of 6.9% in the completed questionnaires in this year from 2,674 in the previous year; 2,860 institutions have participated in the current year out of 133 countries and territories. Another 768 institutions provided the data and therefore were given “reporter” status, though they did not meet the requirements to be ranked.
Started with 200 universities, WUR has expanded to more than 2,000 universities globally and is currently the largest and most comprehensive ranking system in the world.
