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 receiving 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 have 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 students 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.
I assume that people who have contributed above, in response to HEC university rankings, are educated, but unfortunately there comments indicate a total lack of objectivity expected from graduate of any discipline. One person commented that his university is best best because he saw talent there, another mentions his institution should be rated higher because its graduates are in the employ of renowned firms etc. What objective criteria is this? Talent is not enough, its application is the important factor. Also how many graduates from other institutions may be in in high quality employment? Just rooting for your own university is not enough - you must try and find find out what factors were taken into consideration in order for the rankings to be drawn-up. This is what all national and international educational set-ups do - subjectivity must be absence from any such enterprise. Unless you have had experience, both quantitative and qualitative, of all the different HEI’s included in the list then please refrain from giving such partisan views airing on an internation platform as this.
i am a student of commerce and i think IBM is far better than
iqra
PUNJAB UNIVERSITY IS BEST.
BEST LL.B
BEST LL.M (2 YEARS ACTUAL RESEARCH PROGRAME)
PHD LAW
All other private Universities like 2 in lahore are wasting students time money and future as they provide hardly 8 months LL.M programme. Oh My God!
See. “it was a public service message”
be safe, be aware, choose right university for secure Future.
Bye,
Allah Hafiz.
This cutting is from today’s Jang announcing establishment of Pak-China University of Engg and Tech in Islamabad. Apparently HEC has also given its blessing to this venture.
Wel i think that fast is the best university n it can compete wid any universtiy in pakistan
sir syed university is there somewhere
The first batch of FAST-NUCES BBA has just graduated and the graduates are working in reputable companies such as Trade key, Standard chatered, citibank and etc. The graduates are talented professionals, as the univesity provides a professional learning environment where students are assigned different research projects which provide them with the latest knowledge of the market.
hii
i have done bsc honors in zoology from punjab university lahore and i experienced in these four years that punjab university providing more talent to students than all of other universities and occupies the students not only from pakistan but from all over the world.it provide research facilities in zoology which are not been found in quaid e azam university isb so it is superior…