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.
Here is some information about “Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences” ranked No.1 amongst the Engineering Universities.
PIEAS is run by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and it teaches subjects that are of direct relevance to PAEC, so that all the MS graduates are directly inducted in PAEC.PIEAS has a vast pool of highly qualified manpower available to it in PAEC for its teaching. It also has associated with it the number one multidisciplinary research institute of the country PINSTECH to support its research activities. The student teacher ratio is around 1:5. No wonder PIEAS tops the list of engineering universities
go to the wikipedia entry on aku to learn more……
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Recent discoveries made at AKU have made headlines in international and local news outlets.
Aga Khan University team discover which patients keep on taking their medicine.
AKU researchers find blood-pressure gene
AKU Study urges Pakistani families to ‘stop kidding around’
AKU CHS Research Helps Shape Injection Safety Policy
AKU Researchers Unravel Genetics of High Blood Pressure
The University is also the site for several NIH cinical trials. [7]
KEMC published a mere 5 articles in 2006. pathetic.
AKU is certainly at the top.
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AKU researches have most impact
* Punjab University ranked fourth in researches impact
By Khalid Khattak
LAHORE: The Aga Khan University is the number one university in Pakistan according to the national universities’ rankings announced by the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
HEC executive director Dr Suhail H Naqvi told Daily Times on Saturday that the research ranking of universities was determined internationally on the basis of Cumulative Impact Factor (CIF) of research articles published by the universities in the internationally recognised journals.
According to the rankings, Aga Khan University topped the list with 694.28 CIF for its 189 research articles in 2006. Quaid-e-Azam University came in second with its 312 articles securing 405.84 CIF. Karachi University was placed at number three with its 226 articles getting 204.58 CIF. Punjab University was ranked fourth at 125.996 CIF for its 94 research publications published in internationally recognised journals during 2006.
The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad was ranked fifth for producing 137 articles that secured 107.95 CIF. The Government College University (GCU), King Edward Medical University (KEMU), University of Engineering and Technology (UET) and the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, were placed sixth, eighth, 21st and 25th respectively. These varsities got 69.888, 51.171, 10.828 and 7.295 CIF for 67, 5, 17 and 3 articles respectively.
As many as 31 varsities from public and private sectors in Pakistan did not contribute articles in 2006 to any internationally recognised publication.
The Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), Hajvery University, University of Central Punjab (UCP) and the University of Lahore were among the universities with zero impact factor.
According to the HEC, the universities focusing on arts and social sciences and those degree awarding institutes that were given charters after 2002 have been excluded from this ranking.
Dr Naqvi said, “Universities with zero impact factor need to start focusing on research since they, unlike colleges, are expected to contribute to research along with traditional classroom studies.â€
This is what matters.
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I dont see how KEMC will even beat nwabshah medical school -KEMC has no phds in its basic science department, no research facilities…
u cannot rely on hearsay for ratings.