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Karachi's NED University Ranked Among World's Top 200 For Impact

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N.E.D. University of Engineering and Technology ( NEDUET ) has been ranked among the world's top 200 universities for "impact" by  Times Higher Education . The institution located in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi is ranked among 101-200 in the world. NEDUET also tops the  rankings  for impact among Pakistani universities included in THE 2019 rankings. The Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to provide "comprehensive and balanced comparisons across three broad areas:  research , outreach, and stewardship". Among other institutions of higher learning, the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) Institute of Technology and University of Veterinary Sciences Lahore are ranked among 200-300 while COMSATS and Government College University Lahore are among 301+. Of the 17 UN SDGs, THE has evaluated university performance o...

US, UK Dominate as Asia Gains in World's Top University Rankings

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The latest edition of the world's top universities from The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) has few surprises in 2009. The top 10 Universities are: Harvard (US), Cambridge (UK), Yale(US), UCL, London (UK), Imperial College, London and Oxford (both UK, joint 5), Chicago (US), Princeton (US), MIT, Massachusetts (US) and California Institute of Technology (US). As always, the top of the list is dominated by American and British Universities this year, together making up about 40% of the entire list of 200. The US universities account for more than a quarter, while the UK institutions make up about 15% of the top 200 universities. Outside of the US and the UK, there is fair representation of Australian, Canadian and European institutions and a smattering of Asian universities from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Singapore and Malaysia. A US publication, US News & World Report, also published its ranking of the world's top universities in June, this year. USN&WR r...