The University of Central Punjab ( ur, ) or UCP is a
private university
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located in Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road,
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan . One of the best university of Pakistan
Recognized university
University of Central Punjab is a part of the
Punjab Group of Colleges
The Punjab Group of Colleges (also known as The Punjab Group or PGC) has its roots in a Commerce College set up by Mian Amer Mahmood. The chairman of PGC network is Mian Amer Mahmood. Now the new Chairman of Punjab Group of college is Tayyab M ...
. It was chartered by
Government of the Punjab in 2002 and recognized by the
Higher Education Commission (Pakistan).
According to the HEC ranking 2013, its business school is on ninth ranking in Lahore.
History
On 15 August 1996, The Punjab Group of Colleges petitioned
Government of Punjab for the establishment of a university in the province. Punjab Institute of Computer Science (PICS), Punjab College of Commerce (PCC),
Punjab Law College
The University of Central Punjab ( ur, ) or UCP is a private university located in Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan . One of the best university of Pakistan
Recognized university
University of Central Punjab is a part o ...
(PLC) and Punjab College of Information Technology (PCIT) formed the core of the university at the time of establishment.
Following a restructuring in 2004, the PCBA and PICS operate under the Faculty of Management Studies and Faculty of Information Technology of the University of Central Punjab respectively. The Punjab Colleges of Commerce and the Punjab Law College respectively function under the Faculties of Commerce and of Law of the University of Central Punjab. The Faculty of Engineering (FOE) was introduced in 2002.
Campus
The university is located opposite
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre ( ur, , abbreviated as SKMCH&RC/SKMCH) is a cancer centre with locations in Lahore and Peshawar, Pakistan. It is the first project of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, a charitabl ...
on Khayaban-e-Jinnah road. It covers an area of 500,000 square feet. The campus was built in 2010 and consists of five blocks. There is an auditorium block consisting of 300 seats. It houses a number of facilities, both curricular and co-curricular in nature.
Library
The library of the university has an academic collection of more than 40,000 books from various disciplines being taught at the university. The collection in the library is arranged according to a specific classification scheme is known as
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme.
Academics
The university consists of the following faculties:
* Faculty of Engineering
* Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
* Faculty of Pharmacy
* Faculty of Law
* School of Media and Communication Studies
* Faculty of Life Sciences
* Faculty of Information Technology
See also
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah University
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The Mohammad Ali Jinnah University ( ur, ), abbreviated as MAJU) is a private university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Established in 1998, the university offers undergraduate and post-graduate programs with a strong emphasis on busin ...
, Karachi
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University of Central Punjab
The University of Central Punjab ( ur, ) or UCP is a private university located in Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan . One of the best university of Pakistan
Recognized university
University of Central Punjab is a part o ...
, Lahore
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Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad
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Allied Schools
References
External links
UCP official website*
Engineering universities and colleges in Pakistan
Universities and colleges in Lahore
Punjab Group of Colleges
Private universities and colleges in Punjab, Pakistan
2002 establishments in Pakistan
Educational institutions established in 2002
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