The University of Chakwal (UOC) is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

located in

Chakwal Chakwal ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city in Rawalpindi Division, Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 66th largest city of Pakistan by population. Chakwal is located 90 kilometres south-west of the federal capital, Islamabad and 270 kilomet ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Pakistan. It was established in January, 2020 through the University of Chakwal ACT 2019 (Punjab Act No. I of 2020). An exalted chapter was added in the history of Pakistan as well as the Chakwal district, when the incumbent Minister for Higher Education Department, Govt. of the Punjab, Raja Yassir Humayun, presented the bill of establishment of "University of Chakwal" in the Punjab Assembly which was approved unanimously by combining

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and Old Kachehri Balkasar Sub-campuses of

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. The University of Chakwal has four faculties; Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Computer Sciences & IT consisting of 21 departments. The existing batch 2015 of Electronics and Mechatronics Engineering studying under the University of Chakwal have been accredited by Pakistan Engineering Council under level II ( Washington Accord). tem #19 The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Chakwal will offer Bachelor's of

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and

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& Gas, while Faculties of

Arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both hi ...

, Basic

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s and

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Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

offer degree programs in various disciplines. The university was originally planned to be called North Punjab University with an estimated budget of Rs. 1000 Million. The name of University of Chakwal was previously allocated to a private institute that was established in 2015. The university was planned to offered 4-years Bachelor's degree in basic sciences, social sciences, management sciences and computer sciences. It was a project by the Horizon College Chakwal. It was the Chakwal's first private university located at the main Bhaun Road in Chakwal having four faculties; Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences and Faculty of Computer Sciences which consisted of 18 departments. In May 2017, Higher Education Commission cancelled the No Objective Certificate (NOC) granted to Private University of Chakwal. In May 2017, Higher Education Commission cancelled the No Objective Certificate (NOC) granted to Private University of Chakwal. On 17 January 2020, University of Chakwal Act 2019 came into force establishing Public sector University of Chakwal.

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External links

UOC official website
Public universities in Punjab, Pakistan Public universities and colleges in Punjab, Pakistan 2020 establishments in Pakistan Educational institutions established in 2020 Chakwal District