The United Kingdom has announced it will start offering work visas to graduates from the world’s top universities, aiming to attract the “best and brightest” workers.
Under the scheme announced on Monday, graduates with a bachelor’s or master’s degree from the top 50 universities abroad can apply for a two-year work visa, and those with doctorates can apply for a three-year visa.
They will be allowed to bring family members with them and be able to switch to longer-term employment visas, the government said.
Under the new scheme, applicants must have been awarded degrees no more than five years before the date of application.
Eligible universities must appear in the top 50 rankings of at least two of the following: the Times Higher Education world university rankings, the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the Quacquarelli Symonds world university rankings.
Pakistan has made its seven universities a part of the list of top universities across the world in 2022. According to a recent report, the list produced by the QS Subject Rankings, the list of the best world universities, seven Pakistani universities rank among the top 500 in different subject areas.
The names of these world-famous universities are NUST, COMSATS, Punjab University, LUMS, Quaid-i-Azam University, Aga Khan, and UET. All of these are the institutes where most of the students of Pakistan want to secure admission. Almost every university has tens of thousands of students studying at a time.
