NUST IMPROVES
GLOBAL RANKING IN TWO DISCIPLINES
National University
of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has risen to even greater prominence as per
the latest subject-wise rankings (2016) by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), UK.
According to the details, NUST now stands 215th (the previous position being
271) in the field of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and 272nd (from
last year 338) in the discipline of Computer Science and Information Systems.
It is worth
mentioning here that thousands of universities from all over the world are
considered for evaluation. However, only 894 universities made it to the
final ranking list. Over a hundred million citations / attributions were
analyzed for around 14,000 programs. The methodology for evaluation combines
analysis from QS Global Employer and Academic Surveys with bibliometric data
from Elsevier’s Scopus database (www.iu.qs.com). This singular achievement is
a result of stringent quality assurance regime of the University.
QS WORLD
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: TOP 50 UNDER 50- 2015/16
M/S Quacquarelli
Symonds (QS) of UK, the most prestigious ranking agency of the world has
announced its latest edition of QS top 50 under 50, an annual ranking of top
50 universities from the QS World University Rankings that have been
established in the last 50 years. This category is designed to highlight the
performance of universities whose performances in teaching and research are
increasingly impressive considering their age and
resources. This year, QS has also published the QS Next 50 under 50 rankings
of next 50 universities (from 51 to 100) under 50 years old. National
University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad has made its debut in
QS Next 50 under 50 list of 2015-16 from the QS World University Rankings and
has been ranked # 85. NUST is the only Pakistani university which is included
in this ranking list. This achievement speaks volumes of the hard work put in
by the NUST management and faculty in terms of developing the University for
competing internationally for the criteria used for ranking. While NUST
management and faculty praise Allah, the Almighty, for bestowing this unique
honour, the nation can take pride in its own university, the NUST.
Rector NUST, Engineer Muhammad Asghar, has congratulated the
administration and faculty of all NUST constituent institutions for their
persistent efforts made to achieve excellence in providing high quality
education to their students and carrying out research of international
standards. He has assured the nation that NUST will continue making
resolute efforts to further improve its standing amongst the global academia.
NUST RANKED
AMONG TOP 350 WORLD UNIVERSITIES OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
National University
of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad has improved its world ranking in
the field of Engineering & Technology by 58 positions from 398th to
340th, while retaining its premier position in the 2015 ranking announced on
15 September, 2015 by M/S Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) of UK, the most
prestigious ranking agency of the world. NUST has also been included in Top 120
Asian Universities. In subject-wise rankings QS ranked NUST Programs of
Electrical & Electronic Engineering at 271 and Computer Sciences &
Information System at 338 positions in the world. It is worth mentioning that
another ranking agency of repute M/S Times Higher Education, UK has also
ranked NUST amongst Top 100 universities (at # 95) from BRICS and other
Emerging Economies of the world in its 2015 ranking. Moreover, Higher
Education Commission of Pakistan has ranked NUST as No 1 University of Pakistan
in its latest ranking announced in May 2015. Moreover, the NUST’s
Research Profile has been gauged more than double and 1.5 times the global
percentage in the fields of Engineering & Technology and Natural
Sciences, respectively. These achievements are based on the resolute hard
work of NUST management and faculty for providing quality education,
establishing international linkages, engaging in collaborative and innovative
research with leading international universities / organizations,
internationalization and producing graduates who are readily accepted by
national / international industry, business and academia. Rector NUST, Engr
Muhammad Asghar, has congratulated NUST management and faculty for their
focused efforts to achieve the honour. He urged upon all concerned to
work even harder to further improve the international stature of NUST among
the comity of nations. He has also thanked HEC, MoST and services
headquarters for providing consistent support and guidance which enabled NUST
to achieve the honour.
QS
SUBJECT-WISE WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS - 2015
NUST now
features amongst the world’s elite institutions in 2 of the 36 subjects in
this year’s QS World University Rankings by subject, announced on April 29,
2015. NUST is nowranked at 271 in the field of Electrical & Electronic
Engineering, and 338 in the field of Computer Science & Information
Systems.
Out of the 3,551
universities considered for evaluation 894 made it to the final rankings
list. Over a 100 million citations attributions were analyzed for over 14,000
programs, to obtain the results. The methodology combines analysis from QS
Global Employer and Academic Surveys with bibliometric data from Elsevier’s
Scopus database (www.iu.qs.com).
It is pertinent to
mention that NUST has consistently maintained its position among the top 500
world universities for the last 8 years. It is also ranked among the top 130
Asian Universities. Recently, NUST was included among the top 100
universities of BRICS (including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa) and 17 emerging economies of the world. It has been made possible
through stringent quality assurance regime at NUST, as seen by its Internal
Quality Assurance Award by Asia Pacific Quality Network, and very recent
Academic Integrity Award given by the prestigious Turnitin Corporation, USA.
These awards and
distinctions are not only a matter of pride for the nation, but also reflect
the progress being made by Pakistan in the field of higher education, for
which the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is working tirelessly. The
students, faculty and staff of NUST deserve full appreciation for winning
this distinction.
NUST
IN QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2014-15
National University
of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad has maintained its coveted
position in the list of Top 500 world universities in the 2014-15 ranking
announced on 16 September, 2014 by M/S Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) of UK, the
most prestigious ranking agency of the world. NUST is the only Pakistani
university which is consistently included in this ranking list since 2007.
Moreover, in the field of Engineering and technology, NUST has been ranked
398th in the world. This is the result of concerted effort put in by the NUST
management and faculty for providing quality education, conducting innovative
research, establishing international linkages, engaging in collaborative
research with leading international universities / organizations,
participating in international exchange programs, improving infrastructure,
and producing graduates who are welcomed by national / international
industry, business, academia and market. Rector NUST, Engr Muhammad Asghar,
has felicitated the management and faculty of all NUST constituent
Institutions for playing their role effectively. He has also thanked HEC,
MoST and services headquarters for providing continued support and guidance
which enabled NUST to achieve this honour.
NUST
IN QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2013-14
Many Successful
universities in the main 2013/14 QS World University Ranking table are more
than one hundred years old but hand in hand with the global nature of higher
education, National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has won its
place in the List of ‘Top 500 World Universities’, and is the only Pakistani
university maintaining this honor since 2007. Keeping up the highest
traditions of excellence in providing quality education and research, NUST has attained
485th position in the ranking list of 2013/14. This is the result of hard
work put in by the NUST management and faculty in terms of improving infrastructure,
providing quality education, conducting innovative research, establishing
international linkages, engaging in collaborative research with leading
international universities / organizations, participating in international
exchange programs and producing graduates who are welcomed by national /
international industry, business, academia and market. Rector NUST, Engr
Muhammad Asghar, has congratulated the NUST administration and faculty of all
NUST constituent Institutions for their relentless efforts in providing
quality education to their students and carrying out research of
international standards.
NUST
IN QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2012-13
National University
of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has won its place in the List of ‘Top 500
World Universities’, and is the only Pakistani university maintaining this
honor since 2007 as per the ranking carried out by the world’s most renowned
and prestigious ranking agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), UK. NUST has
attained 417th position in the ranking list of 2012-13. Besides overall
ranking of the universities, QS also prepares Subject-wise Rankings, wherein
NUST has been placed at 324th rank in the discipline of Engineering &
Technology. It speaks volumes of the hard work put in by the NUST management
and faculty in terms of improving infrastructure, providing quality
education, conducting innovative research, establishing international
linkages, engaging in collaborative research with leading international
universities / organizations, participating in international exchange
programs and producing graduates who are welcomed by national / international
industry, business, academia and market. While NUST management and faculty
bow their heads before Allah Almighty for bestowing this unique honour, the nation
can take enormous pride in their own national university, the NUST.
Rector NUST, Engr Muhammad Asghar, has congratulated the NUST
administration and faculty of all NUST constituent Colleges / Institutes /
Centers for their relentless efforts to achieve excellence in providing
quality education to their students and carrying out research of
international standards. He has applauded the recognition of the
international competitiveness and compatibility of NUST academic programs at
global level. He has assured the nation that NUST will continue making
concerted efforts to further improve its standing at the international level
to keep the flag of Pakistan flying high in the world academia.
NUST
IN QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2011
National University
of Sciences and Technology (NUST) is included in the list of ‘Top 500 World
Universities’ as per the ranking carried out by the world’s most renowned and
prestigious ranking agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), UK. Responding to the
aspiration of the employers, governments, and students NUST has attained
426th position in the ranking list of 2011. It articulates the infinite hard
work put in by the NUST management and faculty in terms of improving
infrastructure, providing quality education, conducting innovative research,
establishing international linkages, engaging in collaborative research with
leading international institutions / organizations and participating in
international exchange programs. While NUST management and faculty bow their
heads before Allah Almighty for bestowing this unique honour, the nation can
take enormous pride in their own national university, the NUST. Rector NUST,
Engr Muhammad Asghar, has congratulated the NUST administrative and faculty
staff of all NUST constituent Institutions for their persistent efforts to
achieve excellence in providing quality education to their students and
carrying out research of international standards. He has applauded the
recognition of the international competitiveness and compatibility of NUST academic
programs at global level. He is positive that NUST will continue making
far-reaching efforts to advance its ranking at the international level to
keep the flag of Pakistan flying high in the higher education sector of the
world.
NUST
IN QS WORLD UNIVERSITY
RANKING 2010
The National
University of Science and Technology (NUST) has won its place in the List of
‘Top 400 World Universities’, since 2008, and is the first and the only university of Pakistan to
achieve this unprecedented honor as per the ranking carried out by the
world’s most renowned and prestigious ranking agency, Quacquarelli Symonds
(QS), UK. Keeping up the highest traditions of excellence in providing
quality education and research, NUST has attained 366th position in the
ranking list of 2010. Besides the overall ranking of different universities,
QS also prepares Subject-wise Rankings, wherein NUST has been placed in the
list of “Top 300 World Universities” in the subjects of Engineering & IT
(Rank: 274), Arts and Humanities (Rank: 274). It speaks volumes of the hard
work put in by the NUST management and faculty in terms of improving
infrastructure, providing quality education, conducting innovative research,
establishing international linkages, engaging in collaborative research with
leading international institutions / organizations, participating in
international exchange programs and producing graduates who are welcomed by
national / international industry, business, academia and market. While NUST
management and faculty bow their heads before Allah Almighty for bestowing
this unique honor, the nation can take enormous pride in their own national
university, NUST. Rector NUST, Lieutenant General (Retd) Engr. Muhammad
Asghar has felicitated the NUST administration and faculty of all NUST
constituent Colleges/ Institutes / Centers for their relentless efforts to
achieve excellence in providing quality education to their students and
carrying out research of international standards. He has applauded the
recognition of the international competitiveness and compatibility of NUST
academic programs at global level. He has assured the nation that NUST will
continue making extensive efforts to further improve its standing at the
international level to keep the flag of Pakistan flying high in the higher
education sector of the world.
NUST IN QS
WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2009
National University
of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in 2008 won its place in the List of ‘Top
400 World Universities’. Out of about 30,000 Universities around the world,
NUST became the first and the only university of Pakistan to achieve this
unprecedented honour by improving its rank from 470 (in 2007) to 376 (in
2008) as per the ranking carried out by the world’s most renowned and
prestigious ranking agency Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds
(THE~QS), UK. Such a gigantic leap in only one year’s time, in a highly
competitive environment of higher education at the global level wherein top
universities of the world like Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, Oxford, MIT etc. are
included, is no small achievement. Keeping up the highest traditions of
excellence in providing quality education and research, NUST has continued
its rise on the most arduous path and achieved 350th position in the ranking
list of 2009 surpassing another 26 high ranking universities of the world.
Besides overall ranking of the universities, THE-QS also prepares
Subject-wise Ranking, wherein NUST has been placed in the list of “Top 300
World Universities” in the subjects of Engineering & IT (Rank: 285), Life
Sciences & Biomedicine (Rank: 293) and Natural Sciences (Rank:
260). It speaks volumes of the hard work put in by the NUST management
and faculty in terms of improving infrastructure, providing quality
education, conducting innovative research, establishing international
linkages, engaging in collaborative research with leading international
institutions / organizations, participating in international exchange
programs and producing graduates who are welcomed by national / international
industry, business, academia and market. Winning a coveted position of 350,
NUST has made Pakistan very proud. While NUST management and faculty
bow their heads before Allah Almighty for bestowing this unique honour, the
nation can take enormous pride in their own national university. Rector
NUST, Lieutenant General Engr Muhammad Asghar HI(M), has felicitated the NUST
administration and faculty of all NUST constituent Colleges / Institutes /
Centers for their relentless efforts to achieve excellence in providing
quality education to their students and carrying out research of
international standards. He has applauded the recognition of the
international competitiveness and compatibility of NUST academic programs at
global level. He has assured the nation that NUST will continue making
extensive efforts to further improve its standing at the international level
to keep the flag of Pakistan flying high in the higher education sector of
the world.
NUST IN QS
WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2008
Keeping up the
highest traditions of excellence in quality education and research, National
University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has crossed yet another
milestone by winning a place in the List of ‘Top 400 World Universities’. Out
of about 30,000 Universities around the world, NUST is the first and the only
university of Pakistan to achieve this unprecedented honour by improving its
rank from 470 (in 2007) to 376 (in 2008) as per the ranking done by the
world’s most renowned and prestigious ranking agency Times Higher Education
and Quacquarelli Symonds (THE~QS), UK. Such a gigantic leap in only one
year’s time, in a highly competitive environment of higher education at the
global level wherein top universities of the world like Harvard, Yale,
Cambridge, Oxford, MIT etc. are included, is no small achievement. It
speaks volumes of the hard work put in by the NUST management and faculty in
terms of improving infrastructure, providing quality education, conducting
innovative research, establishing international linkages, engaging in collaborative
research with leading international institutions / organizations,
participating in international exchange programs and producing graduates who
are welcomed by national / international industry, business, academia and
market. Winning a coveted position of 376 out of about 30,000 universities of
the world, NUST has made Pakistan very proud. While NUST management and
faculty bow their heads before Allah Almighty for bestowing this unique
honour, the nation can take enormous pride in their own national university.
Rector NUST, Lieutenant General Muhammad Asghar, has felicitated the NUST
administration and faculty of all NUST constituent Colleges / Institutes /
Centers for their relentless efforts to achieve excellence in providing
quality education to their students and carrying out research of
international standards. He has applauded the recognition of the
international competitiveness and compatibility of NUST academic programs at
global level. He has assured the nation that NUST will continue making extensive
efforts to further improve its standing at the international level to keep
the flag of Pakistan flying high in the higher education sector of the world.
NUST IN QS
WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2007
National University
of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has won its place in the most prestigious
ranking list of ‘Top 500 World Universities’ published by Times Higher
Educations Supplement (THES).
NUST is the
first public sector university in Pakistan to achieve this unique honour.
The ranking list is prepared on the basis of the grades secured by the
universities in the areas of Peer Review, Citations per Faculty, Recruiter
Review, International Faculty, International Students and Student Faculty
ratio.
Rector NUST
Lieutenant General Muhammad Asghar HI(M) has congratulated the NUST
administration and faculty of all NUST constituent Colleges / Institute /
Centres for their relentless efforts to achieve excellence in providing
quality education to the students and carrying out research of international
standards. NUST is making extensive efforts to further improve its
standing at the international level to keep the flag of Pakistan flying high
in the higher education sector.
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