List of universities in Pakistan

{{Infobox education in country|agency image=115px|country name=Pakistan|enroll post-secondary=14.85%{{cite web|url=http://www.moe.gov.pk/Pakistan%20Education%20Statistics%2007-08.pdf|title=Ministry of Education, Pakistan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002183659/http://www.moe.gov.pk/Pakistan%20Education%20Statistics%2007-08.pdf|archive-date=2 October 2011}}|enroll primary=67.57%|enroll secondary=43.82%|literacy men=68%|literacy total=62.85%|literacy year=2023 Census{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_national.pdf |access-date=2 Aug 2024 |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}|primary languages=English, Urdu|literacy women=52.84%|leader titles=Minister of Education|leader names=Rana Tanveer Hussain|system type=State, federal and private|enroll total=32.33% of population|leader title 2= Secretary of Education|leader names 2=Mr. Nadeem Mahbub|leader title 3= Chairman HEC|leader names 3=Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed}}{{Short description|Universities in Pakistan}}

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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.{{cite web|title=HEC Ordinance, 2002|url=http://www.hec.gov.pk/MediaPublication/HECPublication/Documents/455_HECOrdinance.pdf|access-date=11 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017045657/http://www.hec.gov.pk/MediaPublication/HECPublication/Documents/455_HECOrdinance.pdf|archive-date=17 October 2011}} 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. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/2011/02/28/towards-e-learning/|title=Towards e-learning|first=From|last=InpaperMagazine|date=February 28, 2011|website=DAWN.COM}} Following public and private higher education institutions are active in the country:File:Punjab University.jpg, established 1882, is one of the oldest modern universities in Pakistan.]]