The National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has won a place in the list of ‘Top 100 Asian Universities’. It is the only Pakistani university to achieve this unprecedented honour as per the ranking carried out by the world’s most prestigious ranking agency, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), UK.

Keeping up the highest traditions of excellence in providing quality education and research, NUST has attained 84th position in the ranking list of 2011.

Besides overall ranking of the universities, QS also prepares ‘Subject-wise Rankings’, wherein NUST has been placed in the list of ‘Top 100 Asian Universities’ in the subjects of IT & Engineering (Ranking 58), and Natural Sciences (Ranking 73). Whereas, in the subjects of Life Sciences and Medicine NUST is placed at the Rank of 102. It speaks volumes of the hard work put in by the NUST management and faculty in terms of improving infrastructure, providing quality education, conducting innovative research, establishing international linkages, engaging in collaborative research with leading international institutions/organisations, participating in international exchange programmes and producing graduates who are welcomed by national/international industry, business, academia and market.

NUST Rector Engineer Muhammad Asghar, has felicitated the NUST administration and faculty of all NUST constituent colleges, institutes and centres for their relentless efforts to achieve excellence in providing quality education to their students and carrying out research of international standards.

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