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HEC Universities Ranking
HEC Universities Ranking
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Ranking 2014
of
Pakistani Higher Education Institutions
(HEIs)
Objectives
To create culture of competition among the HEIs within the country as well as at Global
level.
Introduction
For the development and progress any country, Quality of higher education is the key
factor. HEIs are considered to be the originators of change in technology and culture of the
nations.
In order to strengthen the quality of higher education in Pakistan, Higher Education
Commission (HEC) has taken various initiatives to bring the HEIs of Pakistan at par with
international standards. Ranking is one of the measures to scale the success of efforts of the HEIs
to achieve the international competitiveness in education, research and innovation.
Ranking is helpful for students, parents for selection of Institution for their education, it
is also helpful for organizations both public and private for better election of graduates according
to their needs.
Rankings is a controversial subject all over the world, In spite of the difficulties associated
in ranking, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is the first one in the Islamic world that has
done rankings thrice, 1st in 2006, 2nd in 2012 and 3rd in 2013; however the criteria over the period
amended to respond to HEIs feedback and to make HEC's ranking more compatible with global
rankings.
Methodology
Ranking Criteria for 2014 Ranking has been modified in the light of ground realities and
feedback received from different HEIs about previous ranking criteria adopted. Mentioned below
are the major points considered for Ranking 2014 which is the 4th Ranking of Pakistani HEIs:
Ranking 2014 is based on the HEIs data for the year 2012-13.
2
For category/group placement of HEI, enrolment should be => 50% in that specific
discipline.
In case of shared research papers among number of HEIs, it has been divided by the
number of HEIs sharing that particular paper.
Overall scores are normalized with the Maximum 100 marks.
Distance Learning Institutions and HEIS established after 30th June 2009 are not included
in this rankings.
The HEIs are ranked as follows:
o Overall Ranking
o Category wise Ranking i.e.
1. General
2. Engineering & Technology
3. Business Education
4. Agriculture & Veterinary
5. Medical
6. Arts & Design
Ranking lists along with scores up to only level-I will be available on HEC Web as per global
ranking practices.
Components
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Quality Assurance
Teaching Quality
Research
Finance & Facilities
Social Integration / Community
Development
Total Marks
15
30
41
10
4
(E)
100
S#
(A)1
(A)2
(A)3
(A)4
(A)5
(A)6
(A)7
(A)8
S#
(B)1
(B)2
(B)3
(B)4
(B)5
(B)Teaching Quality
Ratio of full time faculty to total faculty
Ratio of Full time PhD faculty to full time total faculty
Full time teacher student ratio
Selectivity: enrollment ratio (fresh intake) to total applicants
Number of trainings of full time faculty members
(3 years data)
4
1
1
2
3
1
2
1
15
Scores for year
2014
3
7
7
4
2
(B)6
Ratio of their faculty having terminal degrees from other institutions over
total full time faculty members
(B)7
Number of national awards won by full time faculty members per total full
time faculty
(B)8
Number of international awards won by full time faculty members per total
full time faculty
(B)9
Ratio of fresh PhD faculty over total fresh recruitment of faculty (03 years
data)
Sub Total
2
30
Scores for year
2014
S#
(C.) Research
(C)1
(C)2
(C)4
(C)5
(C)3
1
2
3
(C)6
(C)7
Number of travel grants won for presentation of papers abroad per full
time faculty (2012-13 Year data)
(C)8
(C)9
(C)10
(C)11
Citations per paper for total number of ISI impact factor papers (05 years)
University H Index
4
2
(C)12
(C)13
(C)14
(C)15
1
1
(C)16
(C)17
(C)18
(C)19
S#
(D)1
(D)2
(D)3
(D)4
(D)5
(D)6
(D)7
1
2
2
41
Scores for year
2014
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
10
S#
(E)1
(E)2
(E)3
(E)4
1
1
4
100
University Name
Normalized
Score
100.000
98.448
93.351
87.773
82.690
82.118
78.146
77.835
76.480
10
72.272
University Name
Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
Normalized
Score
100.000
95.512
91.273
74.297
69.613
67.278
66.574
65.322
64.887
10
60.826
11
59.370
12
59.151
13
55.366
14
54.974
15
53.218
16
53.165
17
53.077
18
52.989
19
52.660
20
52.370
21
52.035
22
51.985
23
51.745
24
51.675
25
51.566
26
51.173
27
University of Sindh
50.856
28
50.533
29
50.363
30
49.980
31
49.619
32
49.382
33
48.841
34
47.692
35
47.661
36
47.460
37
47.290
38
46.362
39
45.871
40
45.319
41
45.203
42
44.664
43
44.473
44
43.539
45
43.404
46
43.266
47
42.952
48
42.944
49
42.898
50
42.677
51
42.309
52
41.850
53
41.657
54
40.299
55
40.106
56
39.485
57
37.956
58
37.762
59
31.176
60
30.862
61
30.640
62
30.269
63
27.578
64
27.416
65
25.867
66
22.000
67
21.803
Engineering Category
Rank
University Name
Normalized
Score
99.938
74.251
73.959
69.542
69.459
59.560
57.427
54.611
10
51.391
11
45.871
10
100.000
12
44.945
13
43.150
14
41.156
15
40.390
16
40.221
17
39.550
Business Category
Rank
University Name
Normalized
Score
95.826
87.999
81.292
79.857
78.060
73.403
67.866
60.990
10
59.672
11
52.009
12
35.414
13
33.667
14
24.975
15
23.778
11
100.000
University Name
Normalized
Score
100.000
78.668
64.355
59.061
49.617
27.619
Medical Category
Rank
University Name
Normalized
Score
100.000
87.623
64.553
63.321
60.468
57.025
55.072
53.609
53.443
10
51.963
11
34.930
12
12
32.311
13
29.249
Arts Category
Rank
University Name
Normalized
Score
100.00
94.62
the distance learning institutions like AIOU & Virtual University and HEIs provided incomplete
data are excluded from the ranking lists. These are enlisted below:
S#
Virtual University.
Incomplete Data
15/02/2010
03/07/2012
28/01/2010
18/02/2010
10
12/01/2011
11
05/01/2013
12
01/10/2012
13
13
17/11/2009
14
02/08/2010
15
04/23/2011
16
21/03/2013
17
11/03/2013
18
New University
19
22/01/2011
20
08/05/2012
21
04/05/2011
22
21/12/2009
23
Qarshi University
02/05/2011
24
19/03/2013
25
01/03/2013
26
12/11/2010
27
06/10/2009
28
21/03/2013
29
06/03/2012
30
22/12/2011
31
02/08/2010
32
22/05/2013
33
9/20/2012
34
02/01/2014
35
25/03/2014
36
5/17/2012
37
07/07/2010
38
New University
39
08/07/2009
40
25/03/2014
41
42
New University
14
43
New University
44
New University
45
New University
46
New University
47
New University
48
New University
15