Patriot Web Desk: According to the latest rankings released by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British ranking agency, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has been ranked as the best University in Pakistan.
NUST falls in the region of 500-550 on the rankings followed by Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) which is rankings between 651-700. Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), University of Engineering and Technology Lahore (UET), Karachi University and University of Lahore (UoL) are all ranked over 701.
The QS rankings take into account academic reputation (40 per cent), employer reputation (10pc), student to faculty ratio (20pc), citations per faculty (20pc), international faculty ratio (5pc) and international students (5pc). The methodology aims to assess research, teaching, employability and internationalisation.