ISLAMABAD, 25th Oct 2018: 23 Pakistani Universities make to the top 500 varsities of Asia while two Pakistani universities have made it to the top 100 according to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings for 2019. Two universities of Pakistan among top 100 are National University of Sciences And Technology (Nust) Islamabad and Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lums) securing 87 and 95 position respectively.
Both universities have improved their rankings this year and are placed in the top 100 institutions in the QS list, which names about 500 varsities.
Nust managed to move up from 112 last year to 87 in the 2019 rankings, while Lums, which was placed at 103 last year, moved up to 95.
Quaid-i-Azam University, that stood at 133 last year, also improved its ranking and is placed at 109 in the 2019 list. Karachi University also made it to the rankings in the 251-260 grouping.
Quacquarelli Symonds is a British company which specialises in education and studying abroad.
Quacquarelli Symonds-QS evaluates universities based on six indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty students ratio, citation per faculty, international faculty ratio and international students ratio.