ISLAMABAD: National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has been included in the top 100 universities of Asia.
The rankings showed that as many 41 Pakistani universities made it on to the list of 634 Asian universities on Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings for 2021. NUST has been ranked at 76 in the rankings taking a leap of seven positions from its last year’s ranking. The new ranking has placed NUST amongst the top 12 percent of Asian universities for the year 2021.
NUST has maintained its upward trajectory in Asia by improving 36 positions in the last five years but has also retained its number one position among Pakistani universities for the fourth consecutive year.
While determining university rankings, the indicators taken into consideration by QS include Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Faculty/Student Ratio, Citation per Paper, Paper(s) per Faculty, International Research Network, International Faculty, International Students, Inbound Exchange Students and Outbound Exchange Students.
The Employer Reputation indicator is the strongest for NUST in the latest rankings, placing the university at number 42 in the region. NUST also stands among top 100 universities as per Academic Reputation indicator.
As for its current ranking in other categories, NUST is proudly positioned at number 355 in the world and number 41 amongst young world universities under the age of 50.
Quaid-i-Azam University came in at 106 in Asia, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) at 121, COMSATS University Islamabad at 146, University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore at 175, Pakistan Institutes of Engineering and Applied Sciences at 176, and the University of Punjab at 178.
Similarly University of Peshawar has been positioned at 217, Agha Khan University 231, University of Agriculture Faisalabad 244, University of Karachi 281 and University of Lahore 301.
The top ten positions in the rankings were dominated by varsities from Singapore, China, Hong Kong and South Korea while Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, Indian and Singaporean universities populated the top 100 list.
