Abdul Wali Khan University Becomes Top-Ranked Pakistani University in Times 2021 Rankings

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

 

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