History
Islamia University began as Jamia Abbasia, a religious university established in Bahawalpur in 1925 following the academic pursuits ofOverview
The university started at the Abbasia and Khawaja Fareed campuses with ten departments. Later, 1280 acres of land was allotted to the university on Hasilpur Road about eight kilometers away from the city centre which became the Baghdad-ul-Jadeed campus. It consists 126 teaching departments offering 300 disciplines. In 2015, it was ranked 11th in the general (large) category of universities.Faculties
The Islamia University Bahawalpur has currently fifteen functional faculties which are listed as, * Faculty of Law * Faculty of Education * Faculty of Chemical & Biological Sciences * Faculty of Physical & Mathematical Sciences * Faculty of Management Sciences and Commerce * Faculty of Computing * Faculty of Social sciences * Faculty of Pharmacy * Faculty of Islamic Learning * Faculty of Arts and Languages * Faculty of Engineering * Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences * Faculty of Agriculture and Environment * Faculty of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences * Faculty of Online and Distance EducationSub campuses
Islamia University added two more campuses in 2005: One covering eastern side of Bahawalpur Division (in Bahawalnagar; known as IUB Bahawalnagar Campus) and the other one to cover western side of Bahawalpur Division (in Rahim Yar Khan; known as IUB - Rahim Yar Khan Campus or IUB - RYK Campus).List of Vice-Chancellors of The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Notable alumni
* Allah Wasaya, Pakistani Islamic scholar * Shahid Hussain Bhatti, Pakistani politician * Javed Chaudhry, Pakistani journalist *References
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