COMSATS gets good spot in int’l rankings
Islamabad
June 5, 2021
Islamabad : Times Higher Education (THE), UK, announced the 2021 Asian University Rankings placing COMSATS University Islamabad at 171 among 551 institutions across 30 territories.
THE ranked 16 universities of Pakistan this year, with CUI being the largest in terms of enrolled students. Asia University Rankings 2021 use the same 13 performance indicators as THE World University Rankings, but they are recalibrated to reflect the attributes of Asia’s institutions.
This year’s rankings are led by two Chinese institutions for the second year in a row – Tsinghua University in first place and Peking University in second, while Japan has the largest number of ranked universities in Asia.
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