By the grace of
Allah, the almighty, another accomplishment is made. Abdul Wali Khan University
(AWKUM) is ranked 150th
by Times Higher Education
Emerging Economies Universities Rankings 2021.
Times Higher Education (THE) has today announced the result of its Emerging Economies ranking, which includes institutions in countries or regions classified by the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE Group as “advanced emerging”, “secondary emerging” or “frontier”. The ranking demonstrates the growing strength of secondary emerging countries, heavily driven by Pakistan, China, and Russia. A record, 606 universities ranked this year from 48 countries and regions, 14% more than in 2020 (533), as 86 universities, including AWKUM, made their debut. It is very positive to that Pakistan and is making significant gains from the secondary emerging markets. About 77% of universities (10 out of 13) from Pakistan improved or maintained their previous ranking positions. Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan debuts at 150th. China grabbed the top Five positions while Only two universities from Pakistan made their way to top 150 universities worldwide. Quaid-e Azam University Islamabad secured 105th position and AWKUM , an eleven years old university and competing for the first time, went straight to 150th position.
The
Times Higher Education (THE) provides
Internationally acclaimed and trusted World University Rankings based on
performance data.
Earlier this year THE announced World’s
Universities Ranking 2020-2021 and according
to that AWKUM is No.1 University in Pakistan and 510th in overall world ranking (among
1527 institutions from 93 countries). Based
on our research we are ranked 200th
in world citation ranking. The
university is also ranked 24th
in Asia (in 32 countries and 627 universities) and 3rd in South Asia (in 5 countries and 95 universities).
This achievement indicates that our faculty is tremendously talented, dedicated
and productive as teachers and researchers.
It is important to mention
that participation in ranking enables an institution not only to brag but also
to ascertain the areas that need to be strengthened. This is where the vision
of the leadership takes the institution to new heights.
