Times Impact Rankings 2020: The 23 Top Ranked Pakistani Universities

Muhammad Salman Siddique

5 years ago

Times Impact Rankings 2020 The 23 Top Ranked Pakistani Universities

Times Higher Education (THE) has included 23 Pakistani universities in its Impact Rankings by 2020 in a promising development during the COVID-19 pandemic.

THE Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables measuring universities against the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, the framework set out by the United Nations to create a prosperous future for everyone.

This is THE Impact Rankings 2nd edition which includes 766 universities from 85 nations. Auckland University, the University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, La Trobe University, and Arizona State University (Tempe) are the top 5 universities in the Impact Rankings 2020.

The Chart of Pakistani Universities is led by the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore. COMSATS University Islamabad and National University of Science and Technology (NUST) follow up on UVAS.

Here is a full list of the institutions in Pakistan on THE Impact Rankings 2020.

Sr. No.	University	Ranking
1	The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore	101-200
2	COMSATS University Islamabad	201-300
3	National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)	201-300
4	University of Agriculture Faisalabad	301-400
5	NED University of Engineering and Technology	301-400
6	Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology	401-600
7	King Edward Medical University	401-600
8	University of Lahore	401-600
9	University of Malakand	401-600
10	University of Management and Technology	401-600
11	University of Peshawar	401-600
12	PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi	401-600
13	CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences	601+
14	Dawood University of Engineering and Technology	601+
15	Dow University of Health Sciences	601+
16	University of Education Lahore	601+
17	University of Engineering and Technology Lahore	601+
18	Government College University Lahore	601+
19	Iqra University	601+
20	Jinnah Sindh Medical University	601+
21	Quaid-i-Azam University	601+
22	University of Sargodha	601+
23	The Women University Multan	601+

The country with the most universities that make it into this year’s rankings is Japan with 63 institutions. Japan is followed by Russia, with 47 countries, and Turkey, with 37 as the most listed on the chart.