Daily Times

The National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has risen to a more coveted position in the league of world’s top higher education institutions, as per the HEI rankings 2019 recently released by the world’s leading ranking agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Having ascended 20 positions from the previous year and 111 positions in the last two years, NUST is now well-placed at 417th position globally.

The QS ranks universities both at the world and regional levels, besides other ranking categories, such as subject ranking and young universities under the age of 50 years. The NUST has prominently and consistently figured among all categories since 2007. Apart from being ranked in the top 100 Asian Universities, the NUST is also ranked at 61st position among international universities aged under 50, highest ever by any Pakistani university. In addition, NUST was ranked among top 400 universities of the world in Graduate Employability Ranking (GER).

The QS university rankings are carried out on the basis of teaching and research quality, academic/employer reputation, citation per paper, paper per faculty and internationalization measures taken by the university. Improved scores in academic reputation, employer reputation and citations per faculty helped NUST further consolidate its position this year.

Published in Daily Times, June 13^th 2018.