Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) has become the country’s top-ranked university, according to the recently published Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2021.
AWKUM has dethroned Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) which was ranked as the best Pakistani university in THE World University Rankings 2020.
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Overall, 17 Pakistani universities have been included in the 2021 rankings. These are the Pakistani institutes that have made it to THE World University Rankings 2021.
| Sr. No | University | Rank |
| 1 | Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan | 501-600 |
| 2 | Quaid-i-Azam University | 501-600 |
| 3 | COMSATS University Islamabad | 601-800 |
| 4 | University of Agriculture, Faisalabad | 801-1000 |
| 5 | Government College University Faisalabad | 801-1000 |
| 6 | Government College Women University Faisalabad | 801-1000 |
| 7 | Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) | 801-1000 |
| 8 | National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) | 801-1000 |
| 9 | University of Peshawar | 801-1000 |
| 10 | Bahauddin Zakariya University | 1001+ |
| 11 | University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore | 1001+ |
| 12 | Government College University Lahore | 1001+ |
| 13 | The Islamia University of Bahawalpur | 1001+ |
| 14 | PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi | 1001+ |
| 15 | University of Punjab | 1001+ |
| 16 | University of Sargodha | 1001+ |
| 17 | University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore | 1001+ |
THE has ranked 1500 universities from 93 countries on the basis of 13 performance indicators from the following areas:
- Teaching
- Research
- Citations
- Knowledge transfer
- Industry income
- International outlook
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While the University of Oxford has topped the rankings for the fifth consecutive year, the US has claimed a record eight places in the top 10.
These are the top 10 universities according to THE World University Rankings 2021:
| University | Rank |
| University of Oxford | 1 |
| Stanford University | 2 |
| Harvard University | 3 |
| California Institute of Technology | 4 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5 |
| University of Cambridge | 6 |
| University of California, Berkeley | 7 |
| Yale University | 8 |
| Princeton University | 9 |
| University of Chicago | 10 |
Visit Times Higher Education for more details.
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WOW… three universities from Faisalabad.