RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Medical University (RMU) once again stayed at the top in medical universities of Pakistan in Times Higher Education (THE) ranking of universities for the year 2025.

In the recently announced THE Impact Rankings 2025, which evaluated 2,526 universities from 130 countries based on their performance against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Rawalpindi Medical University (RMU) once again demonstrated its exceptional commitment to sustainable development.

RMU has secured a position of 601 globally band overall and achieved the 1st position in Punjab and 2nd among all public and private medical universities in Pakistan. Notably, RMU ranked 1st in Pakistan (public and private) for Gender Equality, with a distinguished global position of 74th, showcasing its strong dedication to gender empowerment, inclusive policies, and female leadership.

RMU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Muhammad Umar expressed satisfaction with the university’s achievements. He emphasised that despite being young university had already established its position among the top-ranking institutions worldwide. This success is attributed to the exceptional efforts of the faculty and students.

“These results are a testament to RMU’s visionary leadership, innovative academic strategies, and continued commitment to global health and equity,” he said. “There are more than 16 public sector medical universities in the country. Seven are in Punjab only. Time Higher Education Impact is a credible ranking system in the world,” he said.

He said that RMU is a very young medical university established in 2017, and was accredited in 2020 by HEC & PMDC. “In a short span of five years, RMU was ranked the top university in Punjab & Pakistan by Times Higher Education Impact Ranking twice,” he said.

He said that RMU had designed the latest modular curriculum, teaching strategies and Assessment models according to the World Federation of Medical Education ( WFME) and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) USA standards. “We have more than 30 master’s and PhD programmes for researchers, which puts RMU at the top,” he said.

Published in Dawn, June 22nd, 2025