As many as seven universities of Pakistan made it to the list of top 250 Asian universities while three other universities among the top 200 world universities in agriculture and forestry.
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a UK-based universities ranking agency issued the ranking for the year 2013.
According to QS, Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad (QAU) secured 119th position among top 250 Asian varsities while National University of Science and Technology Islamabad (NUST) was declared 120th, Agha Khan University Karachi (AKU) between 151-160, Lahore University of Management Sciences Lahore (LUMS) between 191-200, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore (UET), University of Karachi and University of the Punjab Lahore between 201-250 are now in top 250. “This is the result of hard work and the passion we poured into the university in order to deliver world class education in developing country,” Quaid-e-Azam Universities Vice Chancellor Masoom Yasinzai said.
In addition, three Pakistani universities, namely, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) 142, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi 152 and QAU 172, are now in the Top 200 World Universities categories in the disciplines of agriculture and forestry.
“We are in the subject ranking list, which carries over 3,000 varsities,” Vice Chancellor University of Agriculture Faisalabad Iqrar Khan said. “It is important, however, that we sustain the ranking we attained.”
Commenting on the universities’ international recognition, Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Javed Laghari said during the last year six Pakistani universities were among top 300 Asian universities. “This year seven varsities are in the list of top 250,” he said.
