Another honor for Pakistan, 21 Pakistani universities included in the world rankings

In a positive step, US News and World Report, a Washington-based ranking guide, has included 21 Pakistani universities in its Best Global Universities for 2022 list.

Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) leads the list followed by Aga Khan University and COMSATS University, Islamabad which are second and third in the list.

The following list shows the names of Pakistani universities on the Best Global Universities list for 2022:

Sr. No.	University	Ranking
1	Quaid-i-Azam University	461
2	Aga Khan University	473
3	COMSATS University Islamabad	495
4	National University of Sciences and Technology	922
5	University of Peshawar	933
6	University of Agriculture Faisalabad	954
7	Government College (GC) University Faisalabad	1,149
8	University of Punjab	1,242
9	Bahauddin Zakariya University	1,368
10	University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore	1,458
11	University of Karachi	1,543
12	University of Lahore	1,562
13	University of Sargodha	1,664
14	Government College (GC) University Lahore	1,739
15	Arid Agriculture University	Unranked
16	Dow University of Health Sciences	Unranked
17	University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Taxila	Unranked

Over 2,000 universities from 90 countries are included in the 2022 rankings, which are based on the following 13 indicators:

Global research reputation
Regional research reputation
Publications
Books
Conferences
Normalized citation impact
Total citations
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
International collaboration
International collaboration – relative to the country
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field
Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers

The US and UK have occupied the top 10 positions on the list. Here are the top 10 global universities:

Sr. No.	University	Ranking
1	Quaid-i-Azam University	461
2	Aga Khan University	473
3	COMSATS University Islamabad	495
4	National University of Sciences and Technology	922
5	University of Peshawar	933
6	University of Agriculture Faisalabad	954
7	Government College (GC) University Faisalabad	1,149
8	University of Punjab	1,242
9	Bahauddin Zakariya University	1,368
10	University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore	1,458
11	University of Karachi	1,543
12	University of Lahore	1,562
13	University of Sargodha	1,664
14	Government College (GC) University Lahore	1,739
15	Arid Agriculture University	Unranked
16	Dow University of Health Sciences	Unranked
17	University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Taxila	Unranked