Karachi University ranks 546 among top 600 universities of the world

[Naveed Yaseen]

KARACHI: The University of Karachi (KU) has been ranked among the top 600 universities of the world, from a pool of 30,000, as per the latest rankings announced by the Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds (THE-QS), UK.

The KU is the second university from Pakistan to achieve the honour, prior to which the National University of Science and Technology secured the 376th position among the world’s top universities. According to the ranking agency, KU ranked 546th in 2008.

The THE-QS World University Rankings are based on a multi-faceted view of the relative strengths of the world’s leading universities. The research yields results on 600 “in the round” and 300 in each of five broad faculty areas. The overall rankings are compiled based on six distinct indicators.

After being judged on these indicators, the KU was included among the top 600 universities of the world.

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