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National University of Science and Technology leads the 136 universities in Pakistan at #353 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Quaid-i-Azam University (QS World #354) and University of the Punjab (QS World #570) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 99 courses to choose from.
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4 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #353 (National University of Science and Technology) to #1,501 (University of Gujrat); they are listed first, in that order. Below them, universities follow their research output: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology is cited most (2,452,854 citations). 31 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
136 are public and 0 private (100% public). The oldest is University of the Punjab, founded in 1882. Islamia University of Bahawalpur is the largest, with 58,000 students.
By level: 36 diploma, 30 master's, 15 bachelor's and 11 phd / doctorate. The most common subjects are Medicine & Health Sciences (25), Life Sciences (11), Business & Management (6) and Science (5). The usual length is 2 years and 4 Years / 8 Semesters. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Spring (46% of courses with a stated intake) and Fall (38% of courses with a stated intake). Dow University of Health Sciences offers the widest choice, with 48 of these courses.
National University of Science and Technology (QS World #353), Quaid-i-Azam University (QS World #354) and University of the Punjab (QS World #570) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
136 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 2 years, with 4 Years / 8 Semesters the next most common.
Spring is the main intake — 46% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Fall is the second.
Dow University of Health Sciences, with 48, ahead of Government College University Faisalabad (18).
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