According to the Washington-based ranking guide US News & World Report, 17 Pakistani universities have been named among the best global universities for 2022.
The list of Pakistani universities is lead by Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) followed by Aga Khan University and COMSATS University Islamabad.
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Pakistan’s Universities in top 1000 Global Ranking
Her is the list for top 6 Universities from Pakistan that made it to the top 1000 Universities in the Global Ranking.
| Sr. No. | University | Ranking |
| 1. | Quaid-i-Azam University | 461 |
| 2. | Aga Khan University | 473 |
| 3. | COMSATS University Islamabad | 495 |
| 4. | National University of Sciences and Technology | 922 |
| 5. | University of Peshawar | 933 |
| 6. | University of Agriculture Faisalabad | 954 |
Ranking Criteria
Over 2,000 universities from 90 countries are represented in the 2022 rankings, which are based on the 13 indicators listed below.
Here is the list of indicators based on which the ranking was done.
- Reputation in global research
- Regional research Reputation
- Publications, Books and Conferences
- Normalized citations Influence
- Total number of citations
- The number of publications that are among the top 10% most cited.
- The proportion of total publications that are among the top 10% most cited.
- International cooperation
- International cooperation – in terms of the country
- The number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their field.
- The proportion of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers.
All Pakistan Universities in Global Ranking
Other Pakistani Universities that made it to the Global ranking are:
| 7. | Government College (GC) University Faisalabad | 1,149 |
| 8. | University of Punjab | 1,242 |
| 9. | Bahauddin Zakariya University | 1,368 |
| 10. | University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore | 1,458 |
| 11. | University of Karachi | 1,543 |
| 12. | University of Lahore | 1,562 |
| 13. | University of Sargodha | 1,664 |
| 14. | Government College (GC) University Lahore | 1,739 |
World Best Ranked Universities
Universities in the UK and the US have always been the leading the world for decades now and are know for their quality education and international reputation.
The US and UK have occupied the top 10 positions on the list. Let’s have closer look at the top 10 universities.
| Sr. No. | University | Country | Rank |
| 1. | Harvard University | US | 1 |
| 2. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | US | 2 |
| 3. | Stanford University | US | 3 |
| 4. | University of California Berkeley | US | 4 |
| 5. | University of Oxford | UK | 5 |
| 6. | Columbia University | US | 6 |
| 7. | University of Washington | US | 7 |
| 8. | University of Cambridge | UK | 8 |
| 9. | California Institute of Technology | US | 9 |
| 10. | Johns Hopkins University | US | 9 |