Last Updated on: 23rd April 2021, 02:13 am
In terms of academia development, 36 Pakistani universities have entered the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking for 2021.
The Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that rank universities against the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations plan to achieve a sustainable future for all.
This is the third edition of THE Impact Ranking, in which 1,115 universities from 95 countries participate.
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) tops the list of Pakistani universities on the list. NUST is followed by the Faisalabad Agricultural University and the COMSATS University of Islamabad.
Mentioned below is the full list of Pakistani institutions in THE Impact Rankings 2021:
| Sr. No. | University | Rankings |
| 1 | National University of Sciences and Technology | 301-400 |
| 2 | University of Agriculture Faisalabad | 301-400 |
| 3 | COMSATS University Islamabad | 301-400 |
| 4 | University of Faisalabad | 401-600 |
| 5 | University of Lahore | 401-600 |
| 6 | Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) | 401-600 |
| 7 | NED University of Engineering and Technology | 401-600 |
| 8 | Rawalpindi Medical University | 401-600 |
| 9 | Fatima Jinnah Women University | 601-800 |
| 10 | Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology | 601-800 |
| 11 | Government College Women University Faisalabad | 601-800 |
| 12 | Jinnah Sindh Medical University | 601-800 |
| 13 | University of Malakand | 601-800 |
| 14 | University of Management and Technology | 601-800 |
| 15 | University of Sargodha | 601-800 |
| 16 | University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore | 601-800 |
| 17 | Ziauddin University | 601-800 |
| 18 | Dow University of Health Sciences | 801-1000 |
| 19 | University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore | 801-1000 |
| 20 | Government College University Faisalabad | 801-1000 |
| 21 | Iqra University | 801-1000 |
| 22 | The Islamia University of Bahawalpur | 801-1000 |
| 23 | Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology | 801-1000 |
| 24 | King Edward Medical University | 801-1000 |
| 25 | Quaid-i-Azam University | 801-1000 |
| 26 | Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University | 801-1000 |
| 27 | The Women University Multan | 801-1000 |
| 28 | Allama Iqbal Open University | 1001+ |
| 29 | Dawood University of Engineering and Technology | 1001+ |
| 30 | DHA Suffa University | 1001+ |
| 31 | University of Education, Lahore | 1001+ |
| 32 | Government College University Lahore | 1001+ |
| 33 | Government College Women University, Sialkot | 1001+ |
| 34 | PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi | 1001+ |
| 35 | University of Sialkot | 1001+ |
| 36 | Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology | 1001+ |
The overall ranking is topped for the first time by a UK university and Australia is the most represented country in the top 10.
While the country with the most universities this year is Russia with 75 institutions, followed by Japan with 73 institutions.
Mentioned-below are the world top 10 universities in THE Impact Rankings 2021:
| Sr. No. | University | Country | Rankings |
| 1 | University of Manchester | UK | 1 |
| 2 | University of Sydney | Australia | 2 |
| 3 | RMIT University | Australia | 3 |
| 4 | La Trobe University | Australia | 4 |
| 5 | Queen’s University | Canada | 5 |
| 6 | Aalborg University | Denmark | 6 |
| 7 | University of Wollongong | Australia | 7 |
| 8 | University College Cork | Ireland | 8 |
| 9 | Arizona State University (Tempe) | US | 9 |
| 10 | University of Auckland | New Zealand | 10 |
