Top Universities in Pakistan

107 universities in Pakistan with a measured position, 4 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
1 National University of Science and Technology #353 (2025) #1 1,144,501
2 Quaid-i-Azam University #354 (2026) #2 1,819,200
3 University of the Punjab Lahore #570 (2025) #3 1,205,584
4 University of Gujrat #1501 (2025) #4 298,955
5 Aga Khan University Pakistan Karachi not ranked #6 2,153,900
6 Government College University Faisalabad not ranked #8 1,110,169
7 International Islamic University not ranked #16 363,473
8 The University Of Faisalabad Faisalabad not ranked #17 358,982
9 University of Management and Technology Lahore not ranked #19 332,930
10 Riphah International University Islamabad not ranked #22 303,812
11 Dow University of Health Sciences not ranked #23 295,609
12 University of Veterinary Animal and Sciences Lahore Lahore not ranked #25 285,410
13 Hazara University not ranked #29 259,436
14 Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore not ranked #31 211,928
15 Azad Jammu and Kashmir University not ranked #33 189,073
16 FAST NUCES- Lahore Lahore not ranked #34 184,585
17 Bahria University - Islamabad Islamabad not ranked #37 174,529
18 University of Central Punjab Lahore not ranked #43 127,636
19 Capital University of Science and Technology Islamabad not ranked #50 94,925
20 SZABIST Karachi not ranked #58 70,634
21 Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad not ranked #61 57,537
22 Institute of Business Management Karachi not ranked #63 55,380
23 Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi Karachi not ranked #87 20,152
24 Indus University Karachi not ranked #92 7,746
25 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology not ranked #5 2,464,001
26 University of Agriculture Faisalabad not ranked #7 1,638,105
27 University of Karachi not ranked #9 721,286
28 Islamia University of Bahawalpur not ranked #10 709,953
29 Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan not ranked #11 709,306
30 University of Lahore not ranked #12 543,657
31 University of Peshawar not ranked #13 495,568
32 University of Engineering and Technology Lahore not ranked #14 470,269
33 University of Sargodha Sargodha not ranked #15 413,425
34 Government College University Lahore not ranked #18 351,694
35 Information Technology University, Lahore not ranked #20 314,655
36 Arid Agriculture University not ranked #21 308,503
37 University of Malakand not ranked #24 296,603
38 University of Engineering and Technology Taxila not ranked #26 283,794
39 Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) not ranked #27 272,510
40 University of Sindh not ranked #28 263,437
41 The University of Agriculture, Peshawar not ranked #30 247,354
42 University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar not ranked #32 199,707
43 FAST - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES) not ranked #34 184,585
44 Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) not ranked #35 179,207
45 University of Education not ranked #36 176,201
46 Air University not ranked #39 164,962
47 Mehran University of Engineering & Technology not ranked #38 164,877
48 Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Science & Technology not ranked #40 162,429
49 Hamdard University not ranked #41 150,707
50 Gomal University not ranked #42 129,916
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. 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 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked