2019 tables: Institutions

The 2019 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

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# Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 University of the Punjab, Pakistan 6.08 9.31 23 44.7%
2 COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Pakistan 7.94 5.26 47 -37.5%
3 Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Pakistan 2.65 2.31 105 -17.9%
4 Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan (IUB), Pakistan 3.58 2.05 3 -46.1%
5 University of Education, Pakistan 1.67 1.20 2 -32.0%
6 University of Management and Technology (UMT), Pakistan 1.33 1.05 2 -25.7%
7 University of Peshawar, Pakistan 0.06 1.00 1 1599.1%
7 National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES), Pakistan 4.00 1.00 1 -76.4%
8 National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan 1.17 0.89 6 -28.7%
9 Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Pakistan – 0.50 1 N/A
10 International Islamic University (IIU), Pakistan 0.56 0.34 2 -42.8%
11 Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), Pakistan 0.10 0.27 4 158.7%
12 Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan (AWKUM), Pakistan 0.02 0.26 2 1523.8%
13 University of Karachi, Pakistan 0.02 0.22 3 900.2%
14 Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Pakistan – 0.21 2 N/A
15 Hazara University, Pakistan – 0.20 2 N/A
16 University of Balochistan, Pakistan 0.04 0.20 1 409.7%
17 Government College University, Lahore (GCU), Pakistan 1.69 0.20 2 -89.1%
18 Khyber Medical University (KMU), Pakistan – 0.19 1 N/A
19 Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Pakistan – 0.17 1 N/A
19 Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (FUUAST), Pakistan – 0.17 1 N/A
20 King Edward Medical University (KEMU), Pakistan 0.02 0.14 2 476.5%
21 Center for Theoretical Physics, Pakistan 0.08 0.13 1 41.6%
22 University of Health Sciences Lahore, Pakistan 0.04 0.11 3 165.7%
23 Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Pakistan – 0.11 2 N/A
24 Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University (SBKWU), Pakistan – 0.10 2 N/A
25 Forman Christian College, Pakistan – 0.09 1 N/A
26 University of Okara, Pakistan – 0.08 1 N/A
27 University of Gujrat (UOG), Pakistan 0.05 0.07 1 34.8%
27 Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan 1.38 0.07 1 -95.1%
28 University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), Pakistan 0.72 0.07 2 -90.9%
29 Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Pakistan 0.20 0.07 2 -67.6%
30 University of Agriculture, Peshawar (UAP), Pakistan 0.13 0.06 1 -58.0%
31 University of Lahore (UOL), Pakistan – 0.05 1 N/A
32 University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan 0.20 0.05 1 -75.2%
33 Aga Khan University (AKU), Pakistan 0.04 0.04 1 -0.1%
34 University of Science and Technology Bannu (USTB), Pakistan – 0.04 1 N/A
35 Fatima Memorial Hospital (FMH), Pakistan – 0.04 1 N/A
35 Punjab Medical College (PMC), Pakistan – 0.04 1 N/A
35 Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Multan, Pakistan – 0.04 1 N/A
36 Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Pakistan 0.24 0.03 1 -86.7%
37 National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Pakistan 0.47 0.03 1 -94.0%
38 Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan – 0.02 1 N/A
39 Center for Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCD), Pakistan 0.32 0.02 2 -93.3%
40 Directorate General of Archaeology, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan – 0.02 1 N/A
40 Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Khyber, Pakistan – 0.02 1 N/A
41 Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Pakistan 0.13 0.02 1 -87.1%
42 Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), Pakistan – 0.01 1 N/A
43 Islamia College Peshawar, Pakistan – 0.01 1 N/A
44 Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (AAUR), Pakistan – 0.01 1 N/A

Footnote

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