By Adnan Rafique
ISLAMABAD: International Islamic University Islamabad (IIU) has been ranked among top 200 best young universities of the world as it stood on 194th place in the recent Times Higher Education Young University Rankings list of the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger.
International Islamic University stood 2nd in Pakistan in the list of young universities. This ranking table is based on the same 13 performance indicators as the flagship The World University Rankings. The universities are judged across all their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook – to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available. The 2022 ranking includes 539 universities, up from 475 in 2021. The university Rector and President have congratulated the IIUI community on another milestone of success. The recent positive results generated by IIUI are outcome of continued reforms and initiatives introduced by the university management that includes preparation of university’s new strategic plan that also helped in gleaning exact view of the university accomplishments on scientific basis.
The university leadership believes that upcoming ranking will be much positive as new reforms and initiatives have entered into the mature stages through various steps taken such as implementation of the university’s strategic plan and academic audits. The university is now all set and in better position to submit its accomplishments and achievements with an approach of quantifiable analysis that will lead to improved and realistic university rankings in future.
The university has also started a comprehensive work on research and enterprise that shall also be helpful in improved ranking through linkage with industry, acceptance of international funded projects, collaborations in research and global engagements. The university leadership has appreciated the hard work of the team specially the Directorate of Quality Assurance and Development (QAD) and office of the Research and enterprise for untiring efforts to make it possible in a proper manner to this global ranking. Rector IIUI Dr. Masoom Yasinzai while congratulating the IIUI community appreciated the efforts all the team that worked hard for the ranking process.
“I feel proud to announce that IIUI has achieved another milestone
being placed among top 200 best young universities of the world. IIUI stood
2nd in Pakistan in the list of Young Universities. Congratulations to IIUI
community” said H.E. Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi, IIUI President in his
felicitation tweet.
