Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and highest ranked public universities.Globally, it is has been consistently ranked among the top 700 varisity's in the world by the QS World University Rankings while it's regional publications ranked QAU among 120 in Asia in 2013.While the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it between 501-600 globally and top 120 in Asia in 2014.