36 Pakistani universities make it to the Times Impact Ranking

In the road to academic advancement, 36 Pakistani universities made it to the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings for 2021.

THE’s Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the blueprint laid down by the UN to achieve a sustainable future for all.

In its third edition of THE Impact Rankings which consists of 1,115 universities from 95 nations, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) tops the chart of Pakistani universities on the list, whereas, University of Agriculture Faisalabad stands second and COMSATS University Islamabad on the third place.

Here is the complete list of Pakistan’s institutions on THE Impact Rankings 2021.

Sr. No.	University	Ranking
1	National University of Sciences and Technology	201-300
2	University of Agriculture Faisalabad	301-400
3	COMSATS University Islamabad	301-400
4	University of Faisalabad	401-600
5	University of Lahore	401-600
6	Lahore College for Women University (LCWU)	401-600
7	NED University of Engineering and Technology	401-600
8	Rawalpindi Medical University	401-600
9	Fatima Jinnah Women University	601-800
10	Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology	601-800
11	Government College Women University Faisalabad	601-800
12	Jinnah Sindh Medical University	601-800
13	University of Malakand	601-800
14	University of Management and Technology	601-800
15	University of Sargodha	601-800
16	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	601-800
17	Ziauddin University	601-800
18	Dow University of Health Sciences	801-1000
19	University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore	801-1000
20	Government College University Faisalabad	801-1000
21	Iqra University	801-1000
22	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	801-1000
23	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology	801-1000
24	King Edward Medical University	801-1000
25	Quaid-i-Azam University	801-1000
26	Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University	801-1000
27	The Women University Multan	801-1000
28	Allama Iqbal Open University	1001+
29	Dawood University of Engineering and Technology	1001+
30	DHA Suffa University	1001+
31	University of Education, Lahore	1001+
32	Government College University Lahore	1001+
33	Government College Women University, Sialkot	1001+
34	PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi	1001+
35	University of Sialkot	1001+
36	Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology	1001+

The overall rankings are led by a United Kingdom’s university for the first time and Australia is the most represented country in the top 10. However, the country with the highest representation is Russia with 75 institutions followed by Japan with 73 institutions.

Here are the top 10 universities on THE Impact Rankings 2021.

Sr. No.	University	Country	Ranking
1	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	1
2	University of Sydney	Australia	2
3	RMIT University	Australia	3
4	La Trobe University	Australia	4
5	Queen’s University	Canada	5
6	Aalborg University	Denmark	6
7	University of Wollongong	Australia	6
8	University College Cork	Ireland	8
9	Arizona State University (Tempe)	United States	9
10	University of Auckland	New Zealand	9