STAFF REPORT ISB: None of the Pakistani university included in top 100 universities in Asia, as per latest raking released by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) global higher education analysts, in its QS University Rankings: Asia report for 2016.


The two highest grade universities of Pakistan LUMS and NUST were placed 111th and 112th position respectively. LUMS moved up by 50 places or 5-band leap, and NUST followed by moving 7 places up. Quaid-i-Azam University dropped from 116th in 2015 to joint position of 149th.


The QS ranking is based upon: academic reputation (30pc), employer reputation (20pc), faculty student ratio (15pc), papers per faculty (10pc), citations per paper (10pc), staff with a PhD (5pc), proportion of international faculty (2.5pc), proportion of international students (2.5pc), proportion of outbound exchange students (2.5pc), and proportion of inbound exchange students (2.5pc). This year QS ranking have expanded from 300 universities to 350 best universities in Asia.

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