The Times Higher Education (THE) 2025 World University Rankings include 47 Pakistani universities in an annual review.

According to the rankings, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad is ranked between 401 and 500, with a number of other universities following in order of 601 to 800.

Air University Islamabad, Capital University of Science and Technology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Government College University Faisalabad, National University of Sciences and Technology Islamabad, Sukkur IBA University, University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, and University of Malakand Dir Lower are a few of these.

International Islamic University Islamabad, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Lahore University of Management Sciences, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, University of Central Punjab Lahore, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, University of Gujrat, University of Lahore, University of Management and Technology Lahore, University of the Punjab Lahore, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology Rahim Yar Khan, and University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore are ranked between 801 and 1000.

There are five universities in the 1501+ range, twelve between 1001 and 1200, and eight between 1201 and 1500. An additional 48 universities are identified as "reporters," indicating that they fulfilled the requirements but did not meet the eligibility criteria.

A decline in reputation and international outlook has caused Australia's top five universities to fall in the rankings, while three new countries—Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—have joined the top 200, indicating the rise of emerging markets in higher education.

The 2025 rankings comprise more than 2,000 institutions from 115 countries and territories, with Oxford holding the top spot for the ninth consecutive year thanks to improvements in industry engagement and teaching.

MIT has also moved up to second place, overtaking Stanford, which has fallen to sixth.

Based on the most recent WUR 3.0 methodology, which employs 18 carefully calibrated indicators to evaluate institutions across five major areas—teaching, research environment, research quality, industry engagement, and international outlook—the 2025 rankings include 2,092 ranked universities, including 185 new entries from the previous year.

A total of 472,694 data points were gathered from 2,860 institutions that submitted data.