Higher education in Pakistan is the systematic process of students continuing their education beyond secondary school, learned societies and two-year colleges. The governance of higher education is maintained under the Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) (HEC) which oversees the financial funding, research outputs and teaching quality in the country.[1] In Pakistan, the higher education system includes the public, private and military universities accredited by the HEC. Since independence, new universities have expanded throughout the country with support provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which had been an autonomous institution of recognizing universities until 2002 when it was preceded by the Higher Education Commission. Pakistan produces about 445,000 university graduates and 10,000 computer science graduates annually.[2] Following public and private higher education institutions are active in the country:
|91 University of Sahiwal | Sahiwal | 2015 | General | Public https://www.uosahiwal.edu.pk/ |}
University | Location | Established | Campuses | Specialization | Type |
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1Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences | Jamshoro | 1881 | Medical Science | Public | |
2Sindh Madressatul Islam University | Karachi | 1885 | General | Public | |
3NED University of Engineering and Technology | Karachi | 1922 | Tharparkar | Engineering Science | Public |
4Dow University of Health Sciences | Karachi | 1945 | Medical Science | Public | |
5University of Sindh | Jamshoro | 1947 | Badin, Dadu, Mirpur Khas, Naushahro Feroze, Thatta, Larkana (till 2024) | General | Public |
6University of Karachi | Karachi | 1951 | General | Public | |
7Institute of Business Administration, Karachi | Karachi | 1955 | General | Public | |
8Dawood University of Engineering and Technology | Karachi | 1962 | Engineering & Technology | Public | |
9Mehran University of Engineering and Technology | Jamshoro | 1963 | Khairpur, Sujawal, Jacobabad, | Engineering & Technology | Public |
10Pakistan Naval Academy | Karachi | 1970 | General | Military | |
11Shah Abdul Latif University | Khairpur | 1974 | Ghotki,Shahdadkot | General | Public |
12Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology | Benazirabad | 1974 | Larkana
(till 2024) |
Engineering & Technology | Public |
13Sindh Agriculture University | Tandojam | 1939 | Khairpur, Umerkot, Dokri (till 2024) | Agriculture Science | Public |
14Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture | Karachi | 1989 | Arts, Design & Architecture | Private | |
15Baqai Medical University | Karachi | 1989 | Medical Science | Private | |
16Hamdard University | Karachi | 1991 | Islamabad | General | Private |
17Commecs institute of business and emerging sciences | Karachi | 1993 | General | Private | |
18Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology | Karachi | 1993 | Engineering Science | Private | |
19Sukkur IBA University | Sukkur | 1994 | Hyderabad, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Kandhkot | Engineering & Administration | Public |
20Textile Institute of Pakistan | Karachi | 1994 | Textile & Manufacturing | Private | |
21Institute of Business Management | Karachi | 1995 | Management Science | Private | |
22Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology | Karachi | 1995 | Hyderabad, Islamabad, Larkana, Gharo, United Arab Emirates | Engineering & Technology | Private |
23Isra University | Hyderabad | 1997 | Islamabad, Karachi | General | Private |
24Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology | Karachi | 1997 | General | Private | |
25Greenwich University, Karachi | Karachi | 1987 | Mauritius | General | Private |
26Jinnah University for Women | Karachi | 1998 | General | Private | |
27Iqra University | Karachi | 1998 | Islamabad, Quetta | General | Private |
28Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education | Karachi | 2000 | General | Private | |
29Ilma University | Karachi | 2001 | General | Private | |
30Preston University | Karachi | 2001 | General | Private | |
31Indus University | Karachi | 2004 | General | Private | |
32University of EAST | Hyderabad | 2004 | General | Private | |
33Aga Khan University | Karachi | 1983 | London[8] | General | Private |
34Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University | Larkana | 2008 | General | Public | |
35Muhammad Ali Jinnah University | Karachi | 1998 | General | Private | |
36 Sindh Institute of Medical Sciences | Karachi | 2009 | General | Private | |
37Karachi School for Business and Leadership | Karachi | 2009 | General | Private | |
38Habib University | Karachi | 2009 | General | Private | |
39Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University | Karachi | 2010 | General | Public | |
40Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Benazirabad | Benazirabad | 2010 | Sanghar, Naushehro Feroze | General | Public |
41KASB Institute of Technology | Karachi | 2011 | General | Private | |
42 Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jeelani Institute of Medical Sciences | Khairpur | 2003[9] | General | Public | |
43Jinnah Sindh Medical University | Karachi | 1973 | General | Public | |
44Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law | Karachi | 2012 | General | Public | |
45DHA Suffa University | Karachi | 2002 | General | Private | |
46Nazeer Hussain University | Karachi | 2012 | General | Private | |
47Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women | Benazirabad | 2013 | General | Public | |
48Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences | Benazirabad | 2012 | General | Public | |
49Newports Institute of Communications and Economics | Karachi | 2013 | General | Private | |
50Shaheed Benazir Bhutto City University | Karachi | 2013 | General | Private | |
51Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Dewan University | Karachi | 2013 | General | Private | |
52 Qalandar Shahbaz University of Modern Sciences | Karachi | 2013 | General | Private | |
53Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University of Technology and Skill Development | Khairpur | 1950 | Engineering & Technology | Public | |
54Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University | Sukkur | 2018 | General | Public | |
55University of Sufism and Modern Sciences | Bhit Shah | 2011 | General | Public | |
56Government College University Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 1917 | General | Public | |
57Shaikh Ayaz University | Shikarpur | 2011[10] | General | Public | |
58Ziauddin University | Karachi | 1986[11] | Sukkur | General | Public |
59Salim Habib University | Karachi | 2015[12] | General | Private | |
60 Sohail University | Karachi | 2018 | General | Private | |
61 University of Art and Culture, Jamshoro | Jamshoro | 2018 | Arts & Design | Private | |
62 Shaheed Allah Bux Soomro University of Art, Design and Heritages | jamshoro | 1990 | Arts & Design | Public | |
63Aror University of Art, Architecture, Design & Heritage | Sukkur | 2013 | Arts & Design | Public | |
64 Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship | Karachi | 2021 | General | Private | |
65 Hyderabad Institute for Technical & Management Scineces | Hyderabad | 2023 | General | Public | |
66 City University of Health Sciences | Karachi | 1991 | Medical | Public | |
67 Karachi Institute of Technology & Entrepreneurship | Karachi | 2013[13] | General | Private | |
68 Emaan Institute of Management and Sciences | Karachi | 2018 | General | Private | |
69 Malir University of Science and Technology | Karachi | 2017 | General | Private | |
70 Karachi Institute of Power Engineering (KINPOE)-College of PIEAS | Karachi | 1993 | Hawksbay Road, Karachi, Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS) | Nuclear Power Engineering & Technology | Public |
71University of Larkano | Larkana | 2024[14] | Bill passed on 26 July 23 in Sindh Assembly | General | Public |
72University of Mirpurkhas | Mirpurkhas[15] | purposed[16] | Bill passed on 26 July 23 in Sindh Assembly
(Sindh University campus upgraded to full fledged University) |
General | |
73University of Thar | Tharparkar@Mithi | purposed[17] | May be the Campus of University of Sindh/University of Mirpurkhas[18] | General
( Later may be full fledged university) |
University | Location | Established | Campuses | Specialization | Type |
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1Mirpur University of Science and Technology | Mirpur | 2008 | Bhimber | General | Public |
2University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir | Muzaffarabad | 1980 | Neelam, Jhelum Valley | General | Public |
3University of Poonch | Rawalakot | 2014 | Sudhanoti, Haveli | General | Public |
4Al-Khair University | Mirpur | 1994 | General | Private | |
5Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University | Nerian Sharif | 2000 | General | Private | |
6Women University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Bagh | Bagh | 2013 | General | Public | |
7University of Kotli | Kotli | 2014 | General | Public |
University | Location | Established | Campuses | Specialization | Type |
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1Karakoram International University | Gilgit | 2002 | Hunza Valley, Ghizar, Chilas | General | Public |
2Baltistan University | Skardu | 2017 | General | Public |