HEC 2014 National University Ranking: QAU, NUST, IBA, AKUMS, NCA leads in their fields

Islamabad: Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan on Monday announced its National University Ranking for 2014, with QAU, NUST, IBA, AKUMS, NCA on top of the list in each category, thesenlive reported.

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During his speech while announcing the University rankings, Chairman HEC Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad said that University Ranking is a global practice followed to enhance national and international competitiveness in education, research and innovation. The university rankings also provide guidelines for students and parents in selection of universities according to their specific field of interest, he added.

The Ranking announcement ceremony was attended by the Chairman HEC, Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi, Executive Director HEC, renowned educationist Dr. Qasim Jan, Adviser R&D Dr. Tariq Mehmood, Advisor Quality Assurance Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad and Director General Statistics Ahmad Yahya Khan.

HEC has divided all the universities of Pakistan in six major categories including General, Engineering and Technology, Medical Science, Agriculture and Veternity and Business Administration.

Category wise Quaid-i-Azam stands at the top in the General Category, with National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Engineering, Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi takes the lead amongst Business Education, with University of Agriculture Faisalabad in Agricultural field, Aga Khan University in Medical Sciences and National College of Arts (NCA) in Arts and Design.

  1. The universities on top of each category are given as below.
  2. Quaid-i-Azam University (General Category)
  3. National University of Science and Technology (NUST) (Engineering and Technology)
  4. Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi (Business Education)
  5. University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Agricultural field)
  6. Aga Khan University (Medical Sciences)
  7. National College of Arts (NCA) (Arts and Design)

Rest of the university ranking may be seen on the HEC official website.

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