NUST ranks #76 in QS 2021 rankings for Asia

The National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has climbed 7 positions up the ladder in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) 2021 rankings for Asia. NUST now stands at #76 in the QS rankings for Asian universities. Last year NUST stood at #83 in the category for Asian universities.

The new ranking has placed NUST amongst the Top 12% Asian universities. Being consistent in rising to the top in Asia, NUST has been improving continuously, climbing 36 positions in the last 5 years. Not only that NUST has retained the #1 position in Pakistan for the 4^th consecutive year in the QS rankings. No other Pakistani university has ranked in the top 100 Asian universities for the last two years other than NUST.

Overall, NUST ranks at #355 in all of the universities around the world. According to topuniversities.com, NUST was ranked at #400 last year which shows a jump of 45 rankings this year. In Computer Science and Information Systems category, NUST ranked in the 151-200 range all over the world in 2020. The latest subject-wise rankings are yet to be announced.

NUST also comes in the top 50 under 50 category being ranked at #41. The only other Pakistani university to come in this category is the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) which ranks at #46.

As NUST itself says, “NUST holds the unique honor of being #1 in #Pakistan in the world, Asian and young universities rankings.”

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