KARACHI: The QS World University Rankings 2027, released by the global higher education ranking agency QS, has placed 18 Pakistani universities among 1,504 top institutions worldwide.
According to the rankings, no Pakistani university has managed to break into the world’s top 350 this year. Two leading federal institutions Quaid-e-Azam University and the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) also failed to maintain their previous positions.
Quaid-e-Azam University dropped from 354th last year to 381st this year, while NUST slipped from 371st to 384th position. The Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) improved significantly, moving from 721st to 560th place. The University of Punjab, previously ranked 542nd, has fallen to 588th.
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) declined from 555th to 608th, while the University of Agriculture Faisalabad improved from 654th to 629th. COMSATS University Islamabad moved up from 664th to 639th.
Government College University Faisalabad ranked 691st, while the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore stood at 791st. Aga Khan University and the University of Peshawar were placed in the 951–1000 bracket.
Bahauddin Zakariya University and the University of Lahore ranked in the 1001+ band, followed by Riphah International University, the University of Karachi, and the University of Management and Technology Lahore in the 1201+ range. The International Islamic University Islamabad and the Islamia University of Bahawalpur were placed in the 1401+ category.
The University of Karachi managed to secure a place within the global top 1,500 universities, while no university from Balochistan made it into the rankings.
Top 10 Universities in the World
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA ranked first globally. Imperial College London and Stanford University jointly held second place. The third position was not awarded.
The University of Oxford ranked fourth, Harvard University fifth, University of Cambridge sixth, California Institute of Technology seventh, ETH Zurich eighth, while the ninth position was not awarded. University College London (UCL) and the National University of Singapore shared the tenth position.
