Zubair Qureshi
The Iqra University has been ranked as one of the world’s top universities in the latest edition of the prestigious QS World University Subject Rankings as the varsity has received the highest rating in the field of Business and Management Studies.
According to a press statement issued Friday, the Iqra University has yet again proven its excellence in research and innovation in the country. The IU has obtained one of the highest scores on the research related QS criteria by scoring 77.1 points in Citations per Paper and 71.2 points in H-Index QS criteria, superseding LUMS, IBA and other prominent business schools in the country.
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), an international higher education think-tank, has released the twelfth edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject — an independent comparative analysis of the performance of 15,200 university programs across 51 academic disciplines, offered at 88 locations across the world. QS World University Rankings is one of the most reliable ranking systems of higher education institutions in the world.
Only 8 universities from Pakistan have been included in the QS Subject rankings 2022 for Business and Management Studies, the statement said adding, the QS ranked Pakistani universities include Iqra University, Lahore University of Management Sciences, National University of Science and Technology, Institute of Business Administration, Comsats University, Quaid-i-Azam University, The University of Lahore and University of the Punjab.
Iqra University is the only private sector university in the province to be ranked in the QS Subject rankings 2022. It has superseded the majority of country’s leading public sector universities that were included in the QS rankings. IU has also outperformed several reputed foreign universities from Japan, the United States, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates in the QS Subject rankings 2022.