Top Universities in Pakistan

107 universities in Pakistan with a measured position, 87 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankCitations
1 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology #0 2,464,001
2 University of Agriculture Faisalabad #0 1,638,105
3 University of Karachi #0 721,286
4 Islamia University of Bahawalpur #0 709,953
5 Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan #0 709,306
6 University of Lahore #0 543,657
7 University of Peshawar #0 495,568
8 University of Engineering and Technology Lahore #0 470,269
9 University of Sargodha Sargodha #0 413,425
10 Government College University Lahore #0 351,694
11 Information Technology University, Lahore #0 314,655
12 Arid Agriculture University #0 308,503
13 University of Malakand #0 296,603
14 University of Engineering and Technology Taxila #0 283,794
15 Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) #0 272,510
16 University of Sindh #0 263,437
17 The University of Agriculture, Peshawar #0 247,354
18 University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar #0 199,707
19 FAST - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES) #0 184,585
20 Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) #0 179,207
21 University of Education #0 176,201
22 Air University #0 164,962
23 Mehran University of Engineering & Technology #0 164,877
24 Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Science & Technology #0 162,429
25 Hamdard University #0 150,707
26 Gomal University #0 129,916
27 Lahore College for Women University #0 116,317
28 NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi #0 112,660
29 Institute of Space Technology #0 105,260
30 Iqra University #0 103,653
31 Institute of Business Administration Sukkur #0 103,155
32 University of Balochistan #0 96,362
33 Balochistan University of Information Technology & Management Sciences #0 88,906
34 Zia-ud-Din University #0 86,306
35 The Superior College #0 78,104
36 Federal Urdu University of Arts,Science and Technology #0 72,666
37 Sindh Agricultural University #0 72,666
38 Hitec University #0 71,932
39 University of Science & Technology Bannu #0 71,231
40 University of Wah #0 62,399
41 Karachi Medical and Dental College #0 58,219
42 College of Business Management (CBM) #0 55,380
43 Qauid-e-Awam University of Engineering Sciences & Technology #0 55,117
44 Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro #0 55,010
45 Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar #0 52,176
46 Baqai Medical University #0 49,692
47 Karakoram International University #0 47,165
48 Dawood College of Engineering and Technology #0 46,055
49 Virtual University of Pakistan #0 45,726
50 City University of Science and Information Technology #0 45,701
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What the two columns mean

World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 981 ranked Japan 337 ranked India 306 ranked China 283 ranked South Korea 170 ranked Brazil 164 ranked Iran 160 ranked Indonesia 143 ranked Mexico 134 ranked France 108 ranked Poland 106 ranked Germany 103 ranked