23 Pakistani universities made it to Times Higher Education impact category-ranking list

While the global pandemic has put the country's educational activities on halt, 23 Pakistani universities found their place in the impact category ranking issued by the Times Higher Education, the United Kingdom for the year 2020.

Time Higher Education is one of the top providers of higher education data for the world's research-led institutions. Their work with individual clients builds on the foundations of their World University Rankings, which has been adopted as a geopolitical indicator as well as an aid to the strategic management of institutions and a crucial factor in the study choices made by millions of students around the world.

THE’s impact ranking of 2020 included 766 universities from 85 countries. The Impact Rankings, which assess the social and economic impact of universities, using metrics based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals is the second edition of THE.

The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, leads the chart of Pakistani universities, which was followed by COMSATS University Islamabad and the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).

Sr. No.	University	Ranking
1	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+

According to the published article on Impact listing by THE, “New Zealand’s University of Auckland once again leads the overall THE Impact Rankings, despite an additional 299 institutions joining the table this year, while Australia’s University of Sydney, Western Sydney University and La Trobe University complete the top four.”