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Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), founded as the University of Islamabad, is a
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Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...
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Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to postgraduate study, but later expanded to an
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university offering both undergraduate and postgraduate education. The university became known by its current name in 1976.


Overview

, QAU has grown into the largest university in
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with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students. The university is on a 1700 acre (6.9 km2) campus on the foothills of the Margalla. Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and highest-ranked universities. The university has interacted with international institutions, including the
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and the ICTP. It counts several public figures and intellectuals among its current and former faculty, researchers, or alumni since its establishment, including Maleeha Lodhi, Nasim Zehra, Shamshad Akhtar, Suhail Zubairy, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Farzana Aslam, Tasneem Zehra and Salma Zahid. The university is currently led by Dr. Niaz Ahmed Akhtar, and has four different faculties and 38 departments, institutes, schools and centers.


History

The University of Islamabad was established on 22 July 1967 by the
Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan () (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, con ...
. It was renamed as Quaid-i-Azam University in honor of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, in 1976, the centennial of his birth. However, the spelling of the university's name was kept different ("i" was used instead of "e" for the ezāfe that links the two words in Jinnah's title "Quaid-e-Azam"). The university offered teaching and research programs for
PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...
and MPhil degrees upon its founding and later offered
Master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...
programs. The university now also offers undergraduate programs in both evening and morning shifts.


Faculties and departments

Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes, and schools work under these faculties.


Faculty of

Natural Sciences Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...

* Department of
Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...
* Department of
Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...
(Ranked 201st Worldwide) * Department of
Earth Sciences Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spheres ...
* Department of
Electronics Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...
* Institute of
Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...
(Ranked 201st Worldwide) * Department of
Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
(Ranked 225th Worldwide) * Department of
Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...
(Ranked 225th Worldwide) * Department of
Statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ...


Faculty of

Social Sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

* School of Law * Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences (QASMS) * Department of
Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...
* School of
Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...
* Department of
Linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...
* Department of Defence & Strategic Studies * School of
Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
* Department of
History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...
* School of Politics and International Relations * Taxila institute of Asian civilizations * Department of
Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...


Faculty of

Biological Sciences Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution of ...

* National Center for
Bioinformatics Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field of science that develops methods and Bioinformatics software, software tools for understanding biological data, especially when the data sets are large and complex. Bioinformatics uses biology, ...
* Department of
Animal Sciences Animal science is described as "studying the biology of animals that are under the control of humankind". It can also be described as the production and management of farm animals. Historically, the degree was called animal husbandry and the ...
* Department of
Biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...
* Department of
Microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...
* Department of Plant Sciences (Ranked 125th Worldwide) * Department of Environmental Sciences * QAU School of
Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...
* Department of
Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...
* Department of
Biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...


Faculty of

Medical Science Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pra ...

* Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital Rawalpindi * Army Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute * Health Services Academy, Islamabad * Federal Medical & Dental College * Quaid e Azam Postgraduate Medical College, PIMS


Institutes

* Institute of Information & Technology * National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR) Center for Excellence * Saulat Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research * Center of Excellence in Gender Studies * National Institute of Psychology * National Institute of Pakistan Studies * Area Study Centre for
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, North & South America ; Chairs * Quaid-i-Azam Chair * Benzair Bhutto Chair * Rumi Chair


Central Library

The university has central library (CL), named as DR. Raziuddin Siddiqi memorial library situated at the centre of the university campus and having total covered area is approximately 102,500 sq. ft. On 06-02-1999, the Central Library (CL) was renamed the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Mermorial (DRSM) Library in honour of Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi's illustrious and meritorious achievements as the founding Vice Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University. University offers DRSM Library services for faculty and students of the university.


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Provides bibliographic information of print books available in main and seminar libraries of the university


E-Resources

Access
E-books An ebook (short for electronic book), also spelled as e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. A ...
, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented and research.


Seminar libraries

The main library has its six sub libraries in various departments of the university.


Electronic thesis/ D-Space

The link consists of Electronic version of all thesis produced in the QAU by students of Master, M.Phil. and Ph.D. The resource on this link is under development phase.


Ask librarian

Ask your question from Chief Librarian via e-mail.


HEC digital library

Access to E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented, research and many many more.


E-library

The E-library is the sub office of DRSM. which provides various services to faculty and students.


E-library quick links

The section consists of Useful links for Plagiarism, Research Articles and E-Books.


Rankings and reputation

In the 2024 ''QS World University Rankings'', the university was ranked 315th globally and 86th in Asia. The physics department is ranked 201st250th, the mathematics department is ranked 150th200th, the agriculture department is ranked 201st250th. In the 2010 rankings, the university was ranked 6th in the natural science category, and was ranked 100th200th in the 2007 and 2009 rankings. Into the 2019
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan The Higher Education Commission (colloquially known as HEC) is a statutory, statutory body formed by the Government of Pakistan which was established in 2002 under the Chairmanship of Atta-ur-Rahman (chemist), Atta-ur-Rahman. Its main functions ...
rankings, the university was ranked 1st in the general category. In the 2023 ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', QAU was ranked 401st500th.


Notable alumni and faculty

# Sajad Haider # Abdul Rashid Ghazi # Aasim Sajjad Akhtar # Abrar ul Haq # Hamza Ali Abbasi # Ahmed Hassan Dani # Akbar S. Ahmed # Alamgir Hashmi # Ansar Pervaiz # Arshad Sharif #
Asghar Qadir Asghar Qadir ( born 23 July 1946) ''HI'', ''SI'', ''FPAS'', is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist, specialised in mathematical physics and physical cosmology. Nowadays, he is widely considered one of the top mathematician ...
# Fayyazuddin # Ismat Beg # Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad # Irshad Hussain # Hareem Farooq # Ilhan Niaz # Khadija Mushtaq # Maliha Lodhi # Marriyum Aurangzeb # Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi # Muhammad Sharif # Muhammad Suhail Zubairy # Muhammad Imran Qadir # Nasim Zehra # Nargis Sethi # Nisar Ali Khan # Pervaiz Iqbal CheemaRenowned academic Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema passes away
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 16 February 2019, Retrieved 13 February 2020 # Pervez Hoodbhoy # Qaiser Mushtaq # Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry # Rana Mubashir # Zafarullah Khan # Raziuddin Siddiqui # Shamshad Akhtar # Shireen Mazari # Tahir Amin # Tasneem M. Shah # Zia Mian # Brigadier Anis Ahmed File:Abrar-ul-Haq 2014-05-10.jpg, Abrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani musician and politician. File:Khalid Wynne (close-up).jpg, General Khalid Shameem Wynne was a retired Pakistani four-star general and former Chief of the General Staff. File:SajadHaider1965.png, Sajad Haider was a former
Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when re ...
officer. File:US Navy 090720-N-8053S-068 French Rear Adm. Alain Hinden, left, shakes hands with Pakistan Navy Rear Adm. Muhammad Zakaullah at the Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 change of command ceremony.jpg, Muhammad Zakaullah was the former Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan), Chief of Naval Staff. File:Sartaj Aziz (cropped).jpg, Sartaj Aziz was a Pakistani economist and a strategist who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs. File:NewestPic.jpg, Ismat Beg is a mathematician, known for his work on multiple-criteria decision analysis and the fixed point (mathematics), fixed point. File:Shamshad Akhtar - World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2010.jpg, Shamshad Akhtar served as the vice president of the World Bank. File:Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan-US talks 2001.jpg, Dr. Maliha Lodhi is a leading Pakistani diplomat. File:Dr a qadir.JPG,
Asghar Qadir Asghar Qadir ( born 23 July 1946) ''HI'', ''SI'', ''FPAS'', is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist, specialised in mathematical physics and physical cosmology. Nowadays, he is widely considered one of the top mathematician ...
is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist. File:Naelachohan1982.jpg, Naela Chohan is a Pakistani diplomat and women rights activist. File:Nasim Zehera interviewing Mike Mullen in 2010 (cropped).jpg, Nasim Zehra is a leading journalist. File:Zahid headshot.jpg, Salma Zahid is a Member of Parliament of Canada. File:Dr.Hussain.png, Irshad Hussain is a Pakistani chemist and Nanomaterials scientist. File:Ayesha Siddiqa (cropped).jpg, Ayesha Siddiqa is a Pakistani military scientist.


See also

* List of Islamic educational institutions


Notes


References


External links

* of Quaid-i-Azam University {{DEFAULTSORT:Quaid-I-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University, Universities and colleges in Islamabad Capital Territory Public universities and colleges in Pakistan 1967 establishments in Pakistan Educational institutions established in 1967 Memorials to Muhammad Ali Jinnah