By Muhammad Luqman
Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) , Islamabad is the only Pakistani university to be ranked among the top 500 universities in the world, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020.
The 2020 edition for the annual ranking released on Wednesday includes close to 1,400 universities from across 92 countries. Among them are 14 Pakistani universities.
Additionally, the list includes: COMSATS University Islamabad (601-800) , University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (801-1000), International Islamic University, Islamabad (801-1000),Lahore University of Management Sciences (801–1000), National University of Sciences and Technology (801–1000),University of the Punjab (801–1000), Bahauddin Zakariya University (1001+),University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore (1001+) , Government College University, Lahore (1001+) , University of Peshawar (1001+) , PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (1001+) ,University of Sargodha (1001+),University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore (1001+)
At the top of the 2020 rankings is the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom which has held the position since 2017. The standing of the California Institute of Technology has improved, taking it up to second place in the top 500 ranking while the University of Cambridge dropped a place to third. Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are also among the top five ranked universities.
• University of Oxford 🇬🇧 world’s top university, according to @timeshighered
• University of Malaya 🇲🇾 the highest ranking university in Malaysia
• National University of Singapore 🇸🇬 the best performer in ASEAN at 25th place (dropping from 23rd) https://t.co/jM751bnWgb pic.twitter.com/HZmgpnL8lq— Sumisha Naidu (@sumishanaidu) September 12, 2019
UK universities have suffered declines in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, as new data reveal that the funding gap between the UK sector and other major higher education systems is widening.
Overall, 18 of the 28 UK institutions ranked in the top 200 of the table have declined since last year.
Japan also extends its lead over the UK in terms of overall representation from five to 10, after overtaking the UK as the second most-represented country in the world last year. The UK now has 100 ranked universities in total, while Japan has 110.
British and American universities dominated the upper echelons of this year’s rankings. The US secured 60 of the top 200 positions. So far for Asia, it is still a China and Japan show as both represent 45 per cent of all Asian entries into the rankings.
