HEC Announces Ranking of Pakistani Universities

HECThe Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced the ranking of Pakistani universities on the basis of quality teaching and research, during a press conference held yesterday.

A statement issued by HEC said that the primary purpose of the ranking exercise is to share with the general public a comprehensive data on the key issues that determine the state of higher education in a particular institution.

Institutions established after December 2008 as well as distance education universities are excluded from the ranking lists.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Laghari, Chairperson HEC,  said that ranking is a quality indicator and this information will help shed light on key indicators of higher education institutions in Pakistan to allow students, parents, potential employers and all other stakeholders to make informed decisions regarding higher education institutions.

Ranking criteria for the universities include student intake as well as graduates produced at BS, MS and PhD levels, number of qualified faculty members, student-teacher ratio, quality of research produced and published in journals of international repute, physical and technological infrastructure, international collaborations, resource generation and sports facilities.

The universities have been ranked specifically by category/area of specialization to make it logical. The sector-wise sorting has not been done to provide equal reflection to both the public and private sector institutions. Universities can only be comparable within the assigned category, comparisons to be made among different categories based on the above list will not be logical.

Top 10 Universities in Pakistan:

  1. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
  2. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  3. Aga Khan University, Karachi
  4. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
  5. University of The Punjab, Lahore
  6. National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
  7. Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University
  8. University of Health Sciences, Lahore
  9. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)
  10. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore

Category wise Ranking:

Agriculture/Veterinary

  1. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
  2. Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi
  3. University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore
  4. KPK Agriculture University, Peshawar
  5. Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam

Art & Design

  1. National College of Arts, Lahore
  2. Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture, Karachi

Computer Sciences & IT

  1. COMSAT Institute of Information Tech Islamabad
  2. National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences , Islamabad
  3. Qurtaba University D.I.Khan
  4. Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences, Quetta
  5. City University, Peshawar

Engineering & Technology

  1. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science, Islamabad
  2. National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad
  3. Ghulam Institute of Engineering and Technology , Swabi
  4. University of Engineering and Technology , Taxila
  5. Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad

Business Education

  1. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
  2. Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
  3. Iqra University, Karachi
  4. Sukkur Institute of Business Administration
  5. National College of Business Administration & Economics, Lahore

Medical

  1. Aga Khan University, Karachi
  2. University of Health Sciences, Lahore
  3. Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi
  4. Isra University, Hyderabad
  5. Khyber Medical University, Peshawar

General Universities (Large)

  1. University of the Punjab, Lahore
  2. University of Karachi, Karachi
  3. Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
  4. University of Peshawar, Peshawar
  5. International Islamic University, Islamabad

General Universities (Other)

  1. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
  2. Government College University, Lahore
  3. Gomal University, DI Khan
  4. Kohat University of Science and Technology
  5. The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Update:

For some unknown reasons, HEC has revised the ranking list for Pakistani universities. Below is the new rankings for Pakistani Universities:

Overall Top 10 Universities of Pakistan:

  1. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

  2. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences

  3. Aga Khan University, Karachi

  4. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

  5. University of The Punjab, Lahore

  6. National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

  7. Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University

  8. University of Health Sciences, Lahore

  9. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)

  10. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore

CATEGORY WISE RANKINGS

 

Agriculture/Veterinary

 

No.

Institute

Teaching Quality

QA Criteria

Research

Total Score

1

University of Agriculture

28.29

16

30.40

75

2

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University

25.37

17

26.54

69

3

University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

25.84

14

17.94

58

4

KPK Agricultural University

23.25

14

18.60

56

5

Sindh Agriculture University

16.90

11

6.62

35

6

Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences

10.65

12

2.48

25

Art & Design

No.

Institute

Teaching Quality

QA Criteria

Research

Total Score

1

National College of Arts

34.21

0.000

22.00

56

2

Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture

28.61

11.000

0.00

40

Computer Sciences & IT

No.

Institute

Teaching Quality

QA Criteria

Research

Total Score

1

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)

28.67

15

24.77

68

2

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

33.06

9

18.85

61

3

Qurtaba University of Science and Information Technology

26.72

11

5.55

43

4

Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences

16.79

14

6.04

37

5

City University of Science and Information Technology

16.10

11

0.91

28

6

CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences

14.61

11

0.00

26

Medical

No

Institute

Teaching Quality

QA Criteria

Research

Total Score

1

Aga Khan University

33.73

10

18.96

63

2

University of Health Sciences

13.12

8

25.32

46

3

Dow University of Health Sciences

11.53

18

4.40

34

4

Isra University

11.91

13

5.41

30

5

Zia-ud-Din University

13.50

10

3.80

27

6

Khyber Medical University

12.30

10

4.97

27

7

King Edward Medical University

9.60

9

7.17

26

8

Baqai Medical University

18.56

4

2.33

25

9

Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences

7.22

13

4.04

24

10

Gandhara University

11.24

11

0.27

23

Engineering & Technology

No.

Institute

Teaching Quality

QA Criteria

Research

Total Score

1

Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences

36.51

17

28.27

82

2

National University of Sciences and Technology

25.83

18

18.22

62

3

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology

24.37

9

22.67

56

4

University of Engineering and Technology- Lahore

16.15

12

11.65

40

5

University of Engineering and Technology-Taxila

16.82

10

12.23

39

6

Institute of Space Technology

14.72

14

9.92

39

7

KPK University of Engineering and Technology

12.48

12

6.05

31

8

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology

12.11

12

5.59

30

9

NED University of Engineering & Technology

10.66

13

4.50

28

10

Air University

13.77

10

4.27

28

11

National Textile University

9.68

8

8.44

26

12

Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science & Technology

7.97

14

1.54

24

13

Balochistan University of Engg & Technology

8.37

13

1.52

23

14

Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology

7.59

14

0.86

22

15

Mirpur University of Science & Technology

6.78

13

2.18

22

16

Dawood College of Engineering & Technology

5.78

14

0.00

20

General Universities(*Large )

No.

Institute

Teaching Quality

QA Criteria

Research

Total Score

1

University of the Punjab

15.89

17.000

12.18

45

2

University of Karachi

15.11

10.000

10.67

36

3

Bahauddin Zakariya University

12.08

12.000

9.76

34

4

University of Peshawar

12.06

10.000

10.43

32

5

International Islamic University

9.12

15.000

6.83

31

6

Govt. College University

8.06

18.000

2.95

29

7

Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology

8.84

17.000

2.84

29

8

University of Sargodha

8.35

13.000

4.61

26

9

University of Sindh

8.30

11.000

5.74

25

10

The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

9.33

10.000

5.69

25

11

Hazara University Mansehra

8.63

13.000

3.16

25

12

University of Education

4.94

15.000

2.70

23

13

National University of Modern Languages

5.69

14.000

2.54

22

14

University of Gujrat

5.97

14.000

1.58

22

15

Bahria University

6.35

7.000

2.18

16

16

Preston University, Kohat

7.05

7.000

0.37

14

17

University of Lahore

6.31

5.000

0.72

12

*student enrollment > 7000

General Universities(*Medium)

No.

Institute

Teaching Quality

QA Criteria

Research

Total Score

1

Quaid-i-Azam University

23.88

11

32.46

67

2

Government College University

14.65

13

11.95

40

3

Gomal University

10.64

17

4.71

32

4

Kohat University of Science and Technology

9.54

15

4.07

29

5

The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir

9.72

15

3.58

28

6

Shah Abdul Latif University

9.18

14

4.39

28

7

Riphah International University

9.74

15

2.67

27

8

Fatima Jinnah Women University

8.22

15

2.71

26

9

University of Balochisan

9.44

13

3.73

26

10

University of Management & Technology

7.49

13

4.81

25

11

Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology

7.57

11

5.02

24

12

Forman Christian College

14.45

7

1.92

23

13

Lahore College for Women University

10.62

10

1.32

22

14

Mohammad Ali Jinnah University

7.53

3

6.70

17

15

Hamdard University

6.82

7

2.12

16

16

University of Central Punjab

5.68

8

1.47

15

17

Jinnah University for Women

7.39

7

0.69

15

*student enrollment >3000 and <7000

General Universities(*Small)

No.

Institute

Teaching Quality

QA Criteria

Research

Total Score

1

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

23.43

6.000

7.72

37

2

University of Faisalabad

16.14

15.000

0.78

32

3

Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University

12.13

15.000

2.39

30

4

National Defence University

12.23

11.000

3.96

27

5

Karakurum International University

11.23

12.000

1.77

25

6

Textile Institute of Pakistan

14.16

11.000

0.00

25

7

University of Malakand

7.29

13.000

3.33

24

8

Foundation University

11.96

7.000

3.30

22

9

Beaconhouse National University

7.59

13.000

0.40

21

10

Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education

6.05

15.000

0.00

21

11

Frontier Women University

4.86

15.000

1.46

21

12

University of South Asia

7.70

11.000

1.90

21

13

Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology

10.05

11.000

0.26

21

14

GIFT University

8.52

11.000

0.00

20

15

Indus Institute of Higher Education

8.59

10.000

0.00

19

16

Mohiuddin Islamic University

7.70

11.000

0.01

19

17

Hajvery University

6.73

11.000

0.00

18

18

Kinnaird College For Women

8.19

9.000

0.48

18

19

The Superior College

10.91

7.000

0.06

18

20

Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology

9.93

7.000

0.56

17

21

Newport Institute of Communications & Economics

5.89

11.000

0.25

17

22

Greenwich University

8.31

7.000

0.25

16

23

Minhaj University

11.03

3.000

0.00

14

24

Iqra University

0.00

12.000

0.34

12

25

Preston Institute of Management, Science and Technology

7.76

3.000

0.00

11

26

Preston University, Karachi

7.30

0.000

1.01

8

*student enrollment <3000


  • Seriously ? In category wise list,most private universities are in top and of some universities i never heard . What are they trying to imply ,that Govt unis have failed to create a mark ? Medical universities ranking is unbelievable. no name of RMC, KE , AMC etc???

      • But KEMU (king edward) is. Glad to see my univ (Khyber Medical) in top 5. However in computer science the mention of “city university” in top 5 means that the level of computer education in this country must be really pathetic.

        • After reading the ranking i am seriously thinking to move back home to pursue my PHd. Comcast seriously? My brother did MIT in pakistan and seriously i barely see him study and he graduated and i have been busting my ASS off in USA to finish my master in IT.It does not only cost but have to face real challenge during the study.

    • UHS include RMC, AIMC and other medical colleges and king edward is enlisted among them..

  • Crap ranking. Everyone knows the following
    Top in Medicine is AKU
    Top in Business LUMS and IBA
    Top in Comp Sci. LUMS, FAST and NUST
    Top in Engineering. UET Lahore, GIKI, LUMS, NED

    • i agree with you. but while making ranking certain other facts are to be considered as well.
      for example LUMS hardly produce one or 2 PHDS a years where as quaid e azam university produces 100 PHDS per years

    • How you can say that in “Comp Sci” LUMS is at top?
      Even before a year for its BSCS program they were not able to get even 25 students.

      • you are right, LUMS is even not considered a full university which deals in every department of study like business, arts, medical, engineering etc.

    • Hi,

      I agree with your list, however AMC and RMC should make the medicine list. And NUST is the best in engineering. Damn it even Times Higher Education ranks NUST in top 300 universities in engineering, no other university is in top 500.

    • LUMS in Engineering? Oh Come on…they just stepped into Engineering field…they produce management graduates who know how to throw “dabbay” in class…LUMS graduates will agree with me if they are honest.

        • Dream on. They are below level of African country universities. These use words like MIT to make you fool to give them high fees to keep you busy. Why they have not become MIT in 30 years of its existance? What is changed in mindset of people in there in few months? Moreover in all Asian universities they are making slogan to become MIT. What is so special about you to become MIT? People who are fake I. E never adopted their profession sincerely ie to research, low character whose tongue go out looking at money. No intellectual or other honesty. No patience to engage in long term research. A tax swindling institute with extremist mulla. Yeh beihriay banay gay MIT?

      • They only teach there to have big mouth and how to fight with peers. Africans talk most in world and are most backward. Harvard played a game on them to give a sub standard system which inbreds mindlessly copied to produce impotents. Their graduates can only sell icecream, nappy and feeder. That too of foreign brands. Brain dead folks.

    • well well man universities never run with the things every one knows it depends on the faculty and their research work so kindly dnt try to b dum try to act according to their current achievements in faculty and research publications

    • Universities are ranked according to their research work and teaching quality…..
      both fields are pathetic in Govt. sector universities…. UET Lahore is increasing its standards now but most of the research their students or teachers made come under the umbrella of USA’s universities……

      • jawad UET Lahore is most worst university of engenering….they produce only rata ……no practical work on the other hand Quaid-e-Azam university is in top hundered university of world because of their reasarch……..

    • WELL are u forget about Comsat it still have the largest student of software engineers and computer science all across the pakistan. Also i agree with your fast as a top in cs as they have many students . i am still doing software engineering from comsat and i know there are many students
      LUMS is not top in cs they have few students.

  • It seems that intuitions within Punjab (including Islamabad) have been given preference except a few one cases.

  • It seems that instuitions within Punjab (including Islamabad) have been given preference except a few one cases.

  • It seems that institutions within Punjab (including Islamabad) have been given preference except a few one cases.

  • Astaghfirullah! Seems like ProPkaistani now really gets ZERO news. I mean Aamir Atta how ill you justify posting this news on a TELECOM and IT blog? In which category it really falls?

  • Sad to see none of Karachi Institute in Comp & IT and Engineering & Tech.

    Not a fair Ranking anyway, NED and Sir Syed should also be there.

  • ROFL…IQRA uni is in the list?

    Most of my friends who couldn’t get into any uni opted for iqra. Most of them failed their A level exams too…this goes to show that this list is full of crap

    • What do u mean most of them failed their A-level exams?Do u even know what is the ranking of Iqra Univ?Even foreign Universities have collaboration with Iqra.
      They have very good research facilities. Stop judgin Univ from this bloody GCE A-level system. 1 of my friend has done GCE O-levels and he is studying in york Univ of Canada, and he tells me that GCE O-level students are treated like matric and inter students. Chootiapey ke bakwas band karo,I know how you GCE O-level students suffer from complex and end up no where.

    • What do you mean about Iqra?Iqra is a very good Univ ok, go and see what other students say about Iqra, Even foreign Univ colloborated with it. The faculty of Foreign Univ visits Iqra. As far as your GCE system is concerned, 1 of my friend did O-levels and he is studying in York Univ of Canada, and he tells me that GCE O-level students r treated like matric and inter student.

      • Yah tumhara GCE O and A-level ka complex sirf Pakistan mein hai ,bahar key loag ish ko prefer nahi kartey becoz this GCE system makes a student arrogant and to bring the GCE Students down, US,UK and Canadian Univ treat them like other students.

    • Sweet Dee, do u know what is the research of Iqra?It has produced most of the research papers.

  • dont be over critical guyz ! As one of the friends above mention they dont make ranking at just the apearance ! There r many factors to be kept in mind! Research papers ! If we keep this in mind how many of them published by UET Lahore in the previous year! Surprised to knw only 23 ! catagry wise distribution is nice , for example in last year University of Agriculture Faisalabad published 298 research articles ,superb,and my University , University of sargodha (although it is a general uni) only 88, and now if we dont catagries how wil we adjust this UAF in general aftr so much hard work being done by them! Behtri ki gunjaish bahrhal hai but agr ham kahein k bus jis university main ham parhty hain wohi top pe ho tu , ye ho ga nhi,

  • I am very happy to be a part of a university which is Pakistan’s 5th Top University. And in “General Universities (Large)” it is at top.

  • Comsats is best n top in CS ranking.we have the best faculty members and more research output as compared to others.around 300 research pAPERS Published in 2011..perfomance speaks brothers.

  • I do not know that UET Lahore is not present in it.AS i know that it is best university in Engineering

  • Wrong rankings display here !
    See UET Lahore is there on
    Engineering & Technology (Complete list will be displayed very soon)

    Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad.
    National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).
    Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Topi
    University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.
    University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila.

    http://beta.hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Pages/CategoryWise.aspx

  • Totally rubbish and crap ranking. HEC is influenced by Zardari govt. now.

    Everyone knows:

    MBA/BBA – LUMS, IBA,

    CS – FAST, LUMS

    Engg – UET Lhr, NUST, GIKI

  • I totally agree with the Engineering university ranking but rest i don’t understand specially the medical universities ranking looking amazing..

  • Agreed, Which helps parents & Students for the quality education selection institutions & Universites. Well known universities have gone down in ranking, which is really surprising.

  • Everyone follows :

    For Business: LUMS, IBA, CBM, ZABIST etc..
    For medicine: Agha khan , Dow etc etc ..

  • Aadil The ranking you hav post is also CRAP.. !! See the points the universities got , Its surprising that all the good universities are under the crap universities. i dont know much abt engineering but a s a business student i must say that Business school ranking is total crap..!!

  • appreciate if the info is published where all Pak universities stands in world ranking.
    if none, then there is no need of this jungle of universities.
    are all listed unversities are equipped with qualified tools,not the PCs and internet but PhD teachers.moreover,are there eual opportunity to all or there is no control ,so a Butcher or a politician can open a unuversity just for the sake of maney !!

    • Virtual University is a distance learning uni. so it is excluded from university rankings.

  • Is VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF NO USE
    THERE IS NO NAME OF THIS UNIVERSITY
    WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ITS DEGREE?
    ARE WE WAISTIG MONY AND TIME BY JOINING VU?
    PLEASE TELL USE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEGREE GOT FROM VU THANKS

    • The following HEIs are exclued from ranking based on three reasons:
      Established after December 2008
      Distance education institues (AIOU and Virtual University)
      incomplete data
      For more information, Click here :
      beta.hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Pages/AboutHEIsexcludedfromtheRanking.aspx

    • pls do some research before making such stupid comments, who says VU degree is not good?1 of my friend is doing BS in CS from VU ,he has just done 2 years of BS ,and he got a job in an IT Company, Their is a student of VU who is even working in UN.
      It is a govt Univ and Top level Professors of Pakistan are teaching in that Univ?
      Recently Virtual University got an award of the year in 2012 ,by a consortium .
      I feel sick when talking to Pakistanis , Pakis don’t do any research on their own, they just run after others.
      VU is recognized by HEC but becoz it is distance education ,so it is not included in this list.

  • university of punjab…built in 1882…the only university of country that was present before independence…one of the largest universities of south east asia…being incepted duing the british rule…the only university to have produced 2 noble laureats…Dr.Abdul salam and Khorana…producer of largest number of top politicians,lawyers,businessmen,religious scholars,geologists,chemical & material engineers
    artisits,actors,pharmacists etc etc etc…its just not possible to sum up university of punjab in 1 paragraph…university of karachi comes close but lags behind in many aspects…thos of you who’ve been to the campus of university of punjab would definitely find a different class as soon as you roam around the well planned and furnished campus and fully equipped labs…Punjab university is class!

  • The point is not that the list is crap. the point is that the criteria are not up to what most of us would expect them to be!

  • srgda uni tu list me he nae,ye kia be hoodgi h…. iska mtlb ye gattttiya tareen ha:)

  • Whats about University of Lahore ? Agreed with its current status?
    I think it deserves much more than this Ranking …
    Whats Your Opinion…???

    • This is not a joke,this is a fact, go to Iqra Univ website and read
      about their research dept. Iqra Univ keeps improving its standard.

  • city university of science and information technology is one of the best university in the field of computer science

  • how much i feel shameul as a pakstani.. ..when i read rankng top 100 unis. in th world…..but i cnt ound any one pak. uni. in tht list…..

  • Dawood UET, After being upgraded to uni in 2012, is still written College and ranked 16…it is the most experienced and old degree awarding institute of pakistan and is the fouder of electronics engineering in pakistan.. pathetic work by HEC

  • is bahria university isb and comsats university isb is registered for be(electronics engineering )??

  • It’s time we evolve as species enough to understand private higher education is dumb and stupid.What us incentive for private business to benefit society? Still many people who call them intellectual enough to earn phd degree work in private business entities which are money and tax swindling schemes for example lums (US aid say bana hua loser). Then there are foreign returned extremist mulla working in higher education. How can a mulla do innovation or inveniton? Wo tu taraqee ko galian daitay hain. Then applied research should be banned in university. Applied research are only done in Industry. Khud ha ay liay, human level intelligence ko touch karo. There is Zero invention from Pakistan universities. There is no company known outside Pakistan. No idea what graduates from world best LUMS has dine in last 30 years? Losers. Youth future is dark made by mulla in education system.

  • We need to few things very fast. A. Discourage mulla in higher education. They nwe’d to be in Deene madras sa only. Wahan apni duniya may mast raho. B. Ban any funding to applied research unless given and led by industry. Forbid any development in University. C. Monitor research done quality and quantity by professor otherwise demote them as lecturer. D. Investigate any link between universities and private companies. This is big corruption where income from university and private companies is mixed. Gatiya log doing university as business.

    • Agar Yeh nahi kiya tu hamari nasalain tabah hain. Mulla in higher education, business in higher education, funding for implementing projects to higher education (which should be given to industry for its competitiveness). These are bigger threats than india. Who will pay tax to Government if our youth won’t be able to compete with global world.


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