Top 5 Best Universities to Study in Pakistan: 2021

Farrukh Mumtaz
4 min readMay 18, 2021

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Pakistan is located in Southern Asia, between India in the east, Iran and Afghanistan in the west, China in the north, bordering the Arabian Sea in the south, and is home to some of the world’s top leading universities. There are about 188 educational institutions in Pakistan that are recognized by the HEC.

Many Pakistani Universities provide top-level education and manage to take spots on the worlds top 1000 Universities.

  • National University Of Science and Technology (NUST)
  • COMSATS University of Science and Technology (CUI)
  • National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST)
  • Quaid-e-Azam University
  • Aga Khan University

National University Of Science and Technology (NUST)

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NUST is one of the Pakistan top-notch university providing education in undergraduate, graduate and PhD in different fields. NUST ranked as number one among the Pakistani universities managing to gain 355th position in the world and 76th in Asia’s universities by QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2021.

The current tuition fee for NUST is 4,500 USD and it varies with different fields.

COMSATS University of Science and Technology (CUI)

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The COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) is one of the best university in Pakistan established in 1998, as COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CII), as a project of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), which is an inter-governmental organization with 27 member states in three continents; Asia, Africa and Latin America, namely Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

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CUI has about 7 campuses and offers more than 100-degree programs. CUI also ranked 2nd in research and 1st in IT in Pakistan.

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST)

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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST)or Commonly known as FAST University is one of the top universities that teach computing and science specialized in IT. Founded as a Federally Chartered University in July 2000, the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences is a premiere University of Pakistan, renowned for the quality and impact of its students in the development of local software and other industries. The university has five modern campuses at Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Chiniot-Faisalabad.

These campuses provide a world-class educational environment and recreational facilities to about over 11,000 students, around one quarter are female and over 500 skilled faculty members. It comes at 2nd position after COMSATS University of Science and Technology (CUI) in IT.

Quaid-e-Azam University

Quaid-e-Azam University also comes in top 10 universities in Pakistan and also in top100 universities of Asia. Quaid-e-Azam University (once named Islamabad University) was established in July 1967 under the Act of National Assembly and started teaching and research programmes for PhD and MPhil degrees. Many international educational and research institutions including UNESCO, IRSIP, Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion International (Spain) etc. collaborate their research activities with the Quaid-i-Azam University.

Aga Khan University

Aga Khan University is considered one of the top medical universities in Pakistan. AKU is an interesting university since its campuses are located in Pakistan and in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan, and the United Kingdom. It has more than 15000 staff/faculty members.

Having several medical colleges for future nurses and doctors, AKU provides many avenues for students interested in the medical fields.

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