Owais Mughal
Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has recently released the university rankings of Pakistan. The rankings are generating so much interest that I am receivng four to five emails daily with people forwarding me the same link to HEC’s ranking web page. (Scroll down to see rankings and details).
I am kind of disappointed with my alma-mater, NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi, ranked at number 10 out of the 13 Engineering Universities of Pakistan. The photo to the right-below shows few views of NED University.
I genuinely and of course with a little bias think that NED university should’ve been ranked among the top 3. When I make such claim; I do it on the basis of sheer engineering talent I’ve personally seen at NED. But rankings do not take into account the student talent. They look at finances, faculty, number of studetns etc. My university mates as well as the university officials have already started the discussion on how to improve the rankings next year. This discussion is going on at many NED online alumni groups. I am sure similar discussions are going on within other university alumni too. This I think, is a positive sign of publishing a list like this as it does create competition.
Here are the key leaders in the ranking:
Agriculture / Veterinary
1. University of Agriculture (UAF), Faisalabad
2. NWFP University of Agriculture , Peshawar
3. University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi
4. Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Art / Design
1. National College of Arts, Lahore
2. Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi
3. Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi
Business / I.T.
1. Lahore Uni. of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore
2. Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi
3. Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Sci. & Tech. Karachi
4. Iqra University, Defence View, Karachi
5. Lahore School of Economics (LSE) , Lahore
6. Institute of Business Management (IBM), Karachi
Engineering
1. Pakistan Institute of Engg. and Applied Sciences, Islamabad
2. National University of Sciences & Technology Rawalpindi
3. Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering, Swabi
4. University of Engg. & Technology (UET), Lahore
5. Mehran University of Engg. & Technology (MUET), Jamshoro
6. University of Engg. & Technology (UET), Taxila
General
1. Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad
2. University of the Punjab, Lahore
3. University of Karachi, Karachi
4. University of Peshawar, Peshawar
5. Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
6. Government College Lahore University, Lahore
Health Sciences
1. Aga Khan University, Karachi
2. Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro
3. Baqai Medical University, Karachi
4. Zia-ud-din Medical University, Karachi
You can have a look at the complete rankings, including the scores, the criteria and the methodology of scoring here . I would like to hear your opinion.
ATP’s another post related to University Education and rankings system can be seen here.
Dear Uzair and C. Prasan,
I hate to be a party pooper but there is actually a Preston University in the state of Alabama, USA. This university is infact affiliated with the parent in the US. Although I have no clue about the recognition of its degree. Some people say it is blacklisted in Pakistan. My advice to you is to be very cautious before you make any decision about going for higher education from this university.
On what rank you will place the GIFT University, Gujranwala
Dear C. Prasan.
There is no such thing a s “Preston University in USA”.
Preston is really a fraud and money making operation… Its degree is worth nearly nothing in Pakistan and absolutely nothing outside Pakistan.
I am thinking of doing a PhD from Preston University based in Ajman. I understand that the degree will be offered from Preston University in USA. I would like to know people’s views about Preston University in Pakistan. Is it a good university? and are Preston degrees valid in and outside Pakistan? I am reading a lot of negative views in the web about Preston University. Should I still consider a PhD from Preston. Thanks.
HEC should provide equity to the universities. There are many univerities which are follow the rules of HEC but they are no included in this web site .The students are dishearted when they see no name of his university in this web site. so it is the request plz updated the other universities i-e lahore university,university of central punjab,virtual university,hajvery university etc. in this web site and other related websites.
why you ignoring University of Management & Technology Lahore.It is also a “W” catagory University.and Best one for BBA & MBA………………….
Pakistani book shops going online . I have noticed that almost all famous bookshops across country are now online stores. For example Multiline Books in Lahore store URL is http://www.multilinebooks.com
In my personal view HEC under Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman was in too much hurry to publish this list and make it one of his achievements. As can be seen many institutions have been left out of the ranking. This old ranking should be discarded and it should be done again keeping in mind different views that have been raised.