Higher education in Pakistan is the systematic process of students continuing their education beyond

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

, 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. In Pakistan, the higher education system includes the

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, private and

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universities accredited by the HEC. Since

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, 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. As of 2024, There are 262 universities providing higher education in Pakistan which produce about 445,000 graduates and 50,000 computer science graduates annually. Following public and private higher education institutions are active in the country:

Islamabad

Balochistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Punjab

Sindh

Azad Kashmir

Gilgit-Baltistan

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University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (UoP) is a public university, public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1882, its international influence has made it one of the most prestigious universities in South As ...

, established in 1882 in Lahore, is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in Pakistan. File:Peshawar University Oval Eye View.jpg, University of Peshawar File:Islamia College Peshawar 2.jpg, Islamia College University File:Agricultural unive fsd.jpg, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad File:FAST Islamabad.jpg, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences File:Air University Main Campus, Islamabad.jpg, Air University Pakistan File:Government College University, Lahore2.jpg,

Government College University, Lahore The Government College University (colloquially known as GCU; Punjabi, Urdu: ) is a public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded as Government College, Lahore, in 1864 under British administration, it became a university i ...

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Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (; ; commonly referred as GIKI) is a private research university located in Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. The institute has a campus that is located in the vicinity ...

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Universities A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...