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Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Times Higher Education Emerging Economies Universities Rankings 2021

 


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.


Monday, March 1, 2021

All Pakistan ISLP Competition Held During 18th International Conference on Statistical Sciences

An undergrad students' team of the Department of Statistics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan got 2nd position in all Pakistan International Statistical Literacy Project (ISLP) of ISI poster competition held on Feb 18, 2021 during the 18th International Conference on Statistical Sciences organized by Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences (ISOSS) @ Lahore. A total of 23 teams participated in the competition from all over the country. The undergraduate team who participated in the competition were Ms. Sheema Gul, Ms. Hifsa Mehtab, and Ms. Bushra Zia under the supervision of Dr. Zardad Khan. The team members were led by Dr. Dost Muhammad Khan, Chairman, Department of Statistics for this competition who urged that such competitions may be arranged frequently in order to provide an opportunity for the talented students to flourish.

Prof. Dr. Saeed Islam, Dean, Faculty of Physical and Numerical Sciences congratulated the team members and faculty for winning 2nd position in the ISLP poster competition and added that this was really a very encouraging news for all of including students, staff and faculty of the department of statistics.

The Honorable Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Zahoor ul Haq congratulated the team members and the Department of Statistics for this great achievement.  AWKUM students have all the potential to produce quality research and compete both domestically and internationally, the Vice Chancellor added.