Ten Pakistani Universities manage to make place among the 350 best Universities in Asia. However, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) emerged as the best university in Pakistan, according to QS Quacquarelli Symonds (Global Higher Educational Analyst).
However, no other Pakistani University made it to the top of 100 universities in Asia. The largest-ever regional university ranking, which compared Asia’s best universities, saws LUMS which now ranked 111th in Asia by QS by leaving behind 4 Pakistani universities.
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National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad became Pakistani`s second highest ranked university rising from 119th position to 112th. And Quaid-e-Azam University known as the nation`s top university ranking has been fell badly by 116th position to 149th.
University of Karachi has also fallen from 251st to 300th band to the 201st to 210th band. On the other hand, Aga Khan University has also fallen from his ranking which is 117th position to 183rd.
Here are the ratings of universities in Asia in which the top 3 places are held by their previous owners.