The Institute of Business Administration, Karachi has topped the list for the best universities of Pakistan under the category of Business Administration. The list has been released by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for 2014. This list has been delayed by a year, but the Chairman of HEC, Dr Mukhtar Ahmed assured that the list was up to date with the international standards and the delay was owing to the tedious task of gathering data from the various universities of Pakistan.
Around 120 varsities present prior to June 30th, 2009 have been included. About 19 universities were not included as they were chartered after June 30, 2009. Further, Allama Iqbal Open University and Virtual University were excluded from the list for providing incomplete data. The HEC released the rankings according to the general, science and technology, arts, business administration and agriculture categories.
List of top 5 universities under the category of Business Administration:
- Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi.
- Lahore School of Economics, Lahore.
- SZABIST, Karachi.
- IBA Sukkur.
- Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar (IMS).
National Institute of Engineering and Technology, Islamabad topped the list of the best Science and technology Universities of Pakistan.
List of top 5 universities under the category of Science and Technology:
- National Institute of Science and Technology (Islamabad).
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS).
- University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (Topi).
- University of Engineering and technology, Peshawar.