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.
mehran university is the best university in sindh province there is no doubt
i pride my university b/c teachers teach us heartly.
he .. i want to ask u about international islamic university islamabad (iiui)
its mangment sciences iss on top ..
whay islamic uni iss not on the list??
@Shista:
You can check Universities and affiliated colleges ranking on HEC website at URL below…
http://dev.hec.gov.pk/UniversityFinal2/RegionUnive rsity.aspx
Respected Sir, I am in to my professional line and would be retiring in few years. I would like to know where is the standing of AIOU, Islamabad and what would be my scope if I do my MBA Exective from there. Thanks and regards.
where is iiui international islamic university?,,,,,,,,,………………
Ranking methodology: criteria and weights
Universities are Ranked by several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, articles published in Nature and Science, articles indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution.
Quality of education+ Quality of education+Research output+pre catpita performance.
1) Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals
2)Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals
3)Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories
4)Articles published in Nature and Science*
5)Articles indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded, and Social Science Citation Index
6)Per capita academic performance of an institution
Regards by Eng.Irfan jamil (BE-Electrical) Harbin Engineering university china.
Hi and Salaamz,I want some information about those engineering institutes who are not recognized from PEC but occupy good position from HEC i-e “W” ranked. Whts the future of their alumni.I am student of BSc electrical engineering from UMT lahore.It isn’t accrediated from PEC. but is awarded W ranke from HEC.I am very afraid about my future.
If you can help me in this regard, I mean if you have any information in this issue, then plz inform me through mail.I mean should i carry on my engineering through this institute or not?
I will be very thankful to you.
Allah Hafiz
where does “The First Women University” Fatima Jinnah University stand in this ranking?