Times Impact Rankings 2020: These 23 are the Top Ranked Pakistani Universities

In an encouraging development during the COVID-19 pandemic, Times Higher Education (THE) has included 23 Pakistani universities in its Impact Rankings for 2020.

THE’s Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the blueprint laid down by the UN to achieve a sustainable future for all.

This is the 2nd edition of THE Impact Rankings which includes 766 universities from 85 nations.

The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, leads the chart of Pakistani universities. UVAS is followed by COMSATS University Islamabad and the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).

Here is the complete list of Pakistan’s institutions on THE Impact Rankings 2020.

Sr. No.	University	Ranking
1	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore	101-200
2	COMSATS University Islamabad	201-300
3	National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)	201-300
4	University of Agriculture Faisalabad	301-400
5	NED University of Engineering and Technology	301-400
6	Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology	401-600
7	King Edward Medical University	401-600
8	University of Lahore	401-600
9	University of Malakand	401-600
10	University of Management and Technology	401-600
11	University of Peshawar	401-600
12	PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi	401-600
13	CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences	601+
14	Dawood University of Engineering and Technology	601+
15	Dow University of Health Sciences	601+
16	University of Education Lahore	601+
17	University of Engineering and Technology Lahore	601+
18	Government College University Lahore	601+
19	Iqra University	601+
20	Jinnah Sindh Medical University	601+
21	Quaid-i-Azam Univeristy	601+
22	University of Sargodha	601+
23	The Women University Multan	601+

Top 5 universities in the Impact Rankings 2020 are the University of Auckland, the University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, La Trobe University, and Arizona State University (Tempe).

The country with the most universities making it into the rankings this year is Japan with 63 institutions. Japan is followed by Russia with 47 and Turkey with 37 as the most represented nations on the list.