City Desk<\/p>\n
ISLAMABAD: Quaid-i-Azam University has retained its position as Pakistan\u2019s top higher education institution, ranking 1st nationally and 381st globally in the QS World University Rankings 2027, despite severe financial constraints.<\/p>\n
The university also secured a place among the world\u2019s top 60 universities for citations per faculty, scoring 97.2 out of 100 \u2014 a key indicator of research quality and global academic impact.<\/p>\n
The achievement is notable given QAU\u2019s ongoing fiscal crisis. Government funding has remained frozen at 2018 levels amid rising inflation, operational costs and student intake. The university has faced mounting deficits and delayed salary disbursements over the past year.<\/p>\n
Research Impact Recognised Globally<\/strong> \u201cThis reflects the institution\u2019s sustained commitment to advancing knowledge, fostering innovation and contributing meaningfully to global scholarship,\u201d the university said in a statement.<\/p>\n Achievement \u2018Against All Odds\u2019<\/strong> \u201cThis is the spirit of resilience that defines Quaid-i-Azam University,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n Urgent Funding Appeal<\/strong> The statement urged the government to allocate emergency funds, clear pending dues, establish a research and student scholarships endowment fund, and ensure sustainable financing.<\/p>\n The Academic Staff Association has previously warned that without immediate financial intervention, research output that has earned Pakistan global academic standing could be compromised.<\/p>\n Vice Chancellor Congratulates Community<\/strong> The QS World University Rankings 2027 assess institutions on academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty\/student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" City Desk ISLAMABAD: Quaid-i-Azam University has retained its position as Pakistan\u2019s top higher education institution, ranking 1st nationally and 381st globally in the QS World University Rankings 2027, despite severe financial constraints. The university also secured a place among the world\u2019s top 60 universities for citations per faculty, scoring 97.2 out of 100 \u2014 a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1147,1085],"class_list":["post-63906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national","tag-qs-world-university-rankings-2027","tag-quaid-i-azam-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63908,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63906\/revisions\/63908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nQS\u2019s \u201ccitations per faculty\u201d metric measures how frequently a university\u2019s research is referenced by scholars worldwide. QAU\u2019s score of 97.2 places it alongside the world\u2019s most influential research institutions, reflecting sustained faculty output and international recognition of its work.<\/p>\n
\nUniversity officials said faculty continued to produce world-class research while students pursued academic excellence and staff maintained operations despite financial strain.<\/p>\n
\nThe QAU community urged the federal government and Higher Education Commission to prioritise funding for the flagship institution. In a joint statement, it called QAU \u201ca national asset that brings Pakistan international recognition, respect and visibility\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nVice Chancellor Prof Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal congratulated the faculty, students, staff and alumni for the achievement. He credited the faculty\u2019s research excellence, students\u2019 academic ambition, staff\u2019s operational support, and alumni\u2019s continued backing for the university\u2019s success.<\/p>\n