Six Pakistani universities have made it to the list of top 800 universities of 2015/16, according to Quacquarelli Symonds.
All six Pakistani universities have been ranked below 500.
The universities included National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST) Islamabad, Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Lahore, University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore, University of Karachi and The University of Lahore.
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad has been placed at number 501 worldwide and 119th in the Asian University Rankings. The university was previously ranked 401 worldwide.
Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Lahore were ranked 651 and 701 worldwide. The universities were respectively placed at number 116th and 161st among Asian universities.
The University of Lahore (UOL), University of Engineering & Technology (UET) and Karachi’s University are ranked at 701 number while they are respectively 251st in Asian universities.
Meanwhile 14 Indian universities made it to among 800 top universities two of them in the top 200 for the first time.