Seven Pakistani Universities in Top World 250 Universities

 
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) - a UK based ranking agency -has published World Universities Rankings of 2013.  QS website is http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings

As per said list, seven Pakistani universities are placed in the list of top 250 Asian universities and three Pakistani universities are in top 200 world universities.

According to ranking list, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad is ranked at 119, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad at 120, Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi at 152, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) at 191, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore at 200, University of Karachi at 201 and University of the Punjab, Lahore at 250.

Whereas, three Pakistani universities, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF)  is at 142, Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) at 152 and Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad is at 172 in top 200 world universities in disciplines of agriculture and forestry.

Education experts describe this achievement to the HEC's reforms and dedicated work by university faculty and researchers.