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.
@Mehtab
HEC ranking is not a very good thing to go by. Based on my own experience I would recommend MAJU. They have a good learning environment and a good faculty. As for SZABIST and Riphah, they still have a long way to go before becoming institutions of substance. While Riphah is more concerned about making money, SZABIST Islamabad has never really picked up. Bahria is more of a “fauji” kind of institution and merit is not their first priority. As for FAST, its good, in fact quite good, specially in CS. But I can’t say if its good in BBA as well.
My suggestion would be to visit all the instituions and try to analyze the faculty, since institutions depend on the faculty they have. Some hi-fi institutions like NUST do not have the best faculty, while others like FAST have a relatively very good faculty.
Assalam O aliqum 2 all brothers and their sisters.. 1st of all i wud like 2 introduce myslf..well my name,s Mehtab n i m 4m RWP ,i applied in NUST 4 BBA but My merrit n0 was 422 so i was unable 2 get addmission there. and at that time addmissions 4 FAST,, BAHRIA universities were CL0seD,, Then I applied in SZABIST<<RIPHAH<<MAJU<<anD Cleared addmission Tests Of all Mentioned ABoVe,,N0w the problem is that My parents R N0t Taking Any decision 4 me n they ve allowed me 2 choose any of university and I m confused wat 2 do yarrrooooooo,, By Knwing abt RankinG Of These Universites By HEC I m dishearted..wat 2 do yaarooo?????????
m StdyinG in MAju, i THiNK mAJU iS best amOng the Lot
COMSATS is the best!!!!
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.