As per details, the UAF is standing at the third number in Pakistan and it is at the top in research in the country, according to the said ranking. UAF is used to take positions in the different national/International World Universities Rankings and Awards including Shanghai University Ranking, QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, National Taiwan World University Ranking, UI Green Metic World University Ranking, Information Technology Ranking (ITUR), HEC Ranking, Islamic Development Bank Award (Saudi Arabia) and got prominent positions and even improved its scores years after years.
According to QS World University Ranking, the UAF has emerged as the only University of the country who made its space in top 100 universities of the World in any subject category. As per Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017, UAF out of 500 universities has made it to the top 130 universities of the world in agriculture sciences. The UAF, out of 500 Global Universities has been ranked 73rd best Universities of the world in agriculture sciences by National Taiwan University Ranking 2018.