21 Pakistani Universities Among Top 500 of THE Young University Rankings 2023

48 Pakistani universities have featured in the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings 2023.

While 22 national institutes have been ranked by THE, the remaining 26 have been granted the status of a ‘reporter’ on the list. Out of the 22 ranked institutes, 21 are among the top 500.

The ‘reporter’ status is assigned to the universities that submitted the required data for evaluation but did not meet THE’s eligibility criteria to receive a rank on the 2023 list.

According to the rankings, the University of Management and Technology (UMT) leads the chart among Pakistani universities on the list.

UMT is followed by Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan and COMSATS University Islamabad.

Here is the complete list of Pakistan’s institutions on THE Young University Rankings 2023.

Sr. No.	University	Rank
1.	University of Management and Technology	101-150
2.	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	151-200
3.	COMSATS University Islamabad	151-200
4.	University of Engineering and Technology Taxila	151-200
5.	Government College University Faisalabad	151-200
6.	Bahria University	201-250
7.	Dow University of Health Sciences	201-250
8.	Hazara University Mansehra	201-250
9.	International Islamic University Islamabad	201-250
10.	Lahore University of Management Sciences	201-250
11.	University of Malakand	201-250
12.	Riphah International University	201-250
13.	Islamia University of Bahawalpur	251-300
14.	University of Lahore	251-300
15.	National University of Sciences and Technology	251-300
16.	University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar	301-350
17.	University of Gujrat	301-350
18.	University of Sargodha	301-350
19.	PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi	351-400
20.	Bahauddin Zakariya University	401-450
21.	Lahore College for Women University	401-450
22.	Government College University	501+
23.	Aga Khan University	Reporter
24.	Air University	Reporter
25.	Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Khuzdar	Reporter
26.	CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences	Reporter
27.	University of Central Punjab	Reporter
28.	City University of Science and Information Technology Peshawar	Reporter
29.	DHA Suffa University	Reporter
30.	University of Education Lahore	Reporter
31.	University of Engineering and Technology Mardan	Reporter
32.	Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology	Reporter
33.	Government College Women University Faisalabad	Reporter
34.	Government College Women University Sialkot	Reporter
35.	Greenwich University	Reporter
36.	Ilma University	Reporter
37.	Islamia College Peshawar	Reporter
38.	Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology	Reporter
39.	Khyber Medical University	Reporter
40.	Mirpur University of Science and Technology	Reporter
41.	MNS Agriculture University Multan	Reporter
42.	National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences	Reporter
43.	National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS)	Reporter
44.	Rawalpindi Medical University	Reporter
45.	Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar	Reporter
46.	Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University	Reporter
47.	Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology	Reporter
48.	Ziauddin University	Reporter

About THE Young University Rankings

World’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger feature in THE Young University Rankings each year.

THE uses 13 performance metrics across four areas – teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook – to rank universities in Young University Rankings.

This is the same criteria used by THE to rank universities in World University Rankings.

The 2023 edition features 605 universities from 78 countries.

Nanyang Technological University Singapore is the top-ranked institute this year. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is 2^nd and Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris is 3^rd.

Hong Kong has the most institutes in the top 10. France has the most institutes in the top 20.

Overall, Turkey is the most-represented nation with 47 universities. India is second with 45 institutes and the UK is third with 39 universities.

Let’s take a closer look at the top 10 universities on THE Young University Rankings 2023.

University	Country	Rank
Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	1
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	2
Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris	France	3
Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	4
Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	5
City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	6
University of Antwerp	Belgium	7
Institut Polytechnique de Paris	France	8
University of Technology Sydney	Australia	9
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology	South Korea	10