The University of the Punjab (Urdu, Punjabi: جامعہ پنجاب), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan.[1]
There are 45,678 students (27,907 morning students, 16,552 evening students and 1,219 diploma students). The university has 13 faculties of which there are 83 academic departments, research centres, and institutes.[1] Punjab University has ranked first among large-sized multiple faculty universities by the HEC in 2012.[8] There are also two Nobel Laureates among the university's alumni and former staff.[1] Additionally, the university is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom.[9] In the recently issued rankings of Asian universities by QS World Universities Rankings, the university jumped from the 232nd to 193rd position, improving its position by 39 places. It ranks 251–300 in Agriculture and Forestry, 501–550 in Physics & Astronomy and 501–550 in Chemistry according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019. In 2022-2023 edition, it ranked 801 worldwide.[10]
The University of Punjab[11] was given its initial impetus in 1854 by Wood's despatch. The Institute of Administrative Sciences was created in 1962. Many major institutions that were previously affiliated to the university have become independent universities, such as Government College University, Lahore and Medical and Engineering Colleges. [12][13]
The fate of the university after the partition of India in 1947, was deliberated at the Punjab Partition Committee, with representatives from East Punjab advocating for a division of the university. The senate of the university voted to split the university, and the matter reached the Partition Council at the centre, but a decision could not be made.[18] The government in East Punjab was compelled to establish a new university, which eventually became the Panjab University in Chandigarh.[19]
Campus
Allama Iqbal Campus in Lahore
The university is divided into campuses across Punjab with one summer campus located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:[5]
Allama Iqbal Campus: also known as the old campus, located in the centre of Lahore, it is named after the great South Asian thinker and mystic poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal. The campus houses the Senate, the Syndicate, the Selection Board and the Advanced Studies & Research Board are generally held there.[20]
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Location in Lahore (Quaid-i-Azam Campus)
Quaid-i-Azam Campus: also known as the new campus, is named after the founder of Pakistan and is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to the south of the Allama Iqbal Campus. Spread over an area of 1,800 acres (7 km2). The campus is the centre of academic and administrative activities of the university. A canal divides the academic blocks from the student lodgings.[21]
Gujranwala Campus: the faculties of Commerce, Economics and Management Sciences, Banking & Finance, Law, English, and Information Technology all conduct teaching in the campus. In addition to degree programs, campus provides short courses, facilitated by e-Rozgar program of Punjab Information Technology Board .[22][23]
Khanspur Campus: the summer campus is located at a height of about 7,000 ft (2,100 m) in the Himalayan range near Ayubia. The campus, in addition to providing research facilities, is used as a recreational center for the faculty and the students.
Jhelum Campus: having opened in 2012,[24] it offers studies relating to the faculties of Commerce, Economics and Management Sciences, Law and Computer Science.[25]
University of the Punjab is ranked 801 - 1000 Internationally in the QS World University Rankings for the year 2023[28] and 5th nationally. It is also ranked #145 in Asian universities by QS Rankings.[29]
Faculties
There are 13 faculties with 10 constituent colleges, 73 departments, centres, and institutes. It has 1006 full-time and 300 part-time faculty members involved in teaching/research and over 6,000 non-teaching/supporting staff with 45,678 on campus students (27,907 Morning students, 16,552 Evening students and 1,219 Diploma students) :[30]
The library is one of the largest libraries among the universities of Pakistan. The library has more than 500,000 books, magazines and periodicals, in nine national and international languages, in print and on CD, DVD, microfilm, microfiche, video and audio cassette, and manuscript.[31] Punjab University Library has a two-storey building with a total area of 102,000 square feet. There are reading halls on the ground and first floors with a seating capacity of 2500 readers. The library has an internet lab. In the library there is a computerised "MLIMs" catalogue for searching material.[32]
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This article is about university in Pakistan For university in India see Panjab University For other uses see Punjab University The University of the Punjab Urdu Punjabi جامعہ پنجاب also referred to as Punjab University is a public research coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore Pakistan Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan 1 University of the Punjabجامعہ پنجابCoat of armsLatin Universitas PunjabMottoایمان اتحاد تنظیم Iman Ittehad Tanzeem Motto in EnglishFaith Unity DisciplineTypePublic Research Coeducational Higher education institutionEstablished14 October 1882 140 years ago 14 October 1882 1 Academic affiliationsList Pakistan Engineering CouncilPharmacy Council of PakistanPakistan Bar CouncilPakistan Council for Architects and Town PlannersAssociation of Commonwealth Universities of the United KingdomChancellorBaligh ur RahmanVice ChancellorKhalid Mahmood 2 3 Academic staff1006 full time and 300 part time faculty members 1 Students45 678 on campus students 27 907 morning students 16 552 evening students and 1 219 diploma students 363 416 off campus 4 LocationCanal Rd Quaid i Azam Campus Lahore Punjab PakistanCampusUrbanList MainQuaid e Azam New Campus Established 1958 1 781 acres 721 hectares Satellite Allama Iqbal Old Campus Established 1882 50 acres 20 hectares Khanspur Campus Established 1964 11980 Sq Yards Gujranwala Campus Estab 2006 81 05 Kanals Jehlum Campus Established 2011 259 Kanals and 17 Marlas Colours Blue Bronze Red Websitewww wbr pu wbr edu wbr pkWith multiple campuses in Gujranwala Jhelum and Khanspur the university was formally established by the British Government after convening the first meeting for establishing higher education institutions in October 1882 at Simla 5 Punjab University was the fourth university to be established by the British colonial authorities in the Indian subcontinent the first three universities were established in other parts of British India 6 7 There are 45 678 students 27 907 morning students 16 552 evening students and 1 219 diploma students The university has 13 faculties of which there are 83 academic departments research centres and institutes 1 Punjab University has ranked first among large sized multiple faculty universities by the HEC in 2012 8 There are also two Nobel Laureates among the university s alumni and former staff 1 Additionally the university is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom 9 In the recently issued rankings of Asian universities by QS World Universities Rankings the university jumped from the 232nd to 193rd position improving its position by 39 places It ranks 251 300 in Agriculture and Forestry 501 550 in Physics amp Astronomy and 501 550 in Chemistry according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019 In 2022 2023 edition it ranked 801 worldwide 10 Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 Academics 3 1 Rankings 3 2 Faculties 3 3 Constituent colleges 3 4 Library 4 Notable alumni 4 1 Nobel Laureate 4 2 Politicians 4 3 Scientists 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe University of Punjab 11 was given its initial impetus in 1854 by Wood s despatch The Institute of Administrative Sciences was created in 1962 Many major institutions that were previously affiliated to the university have become independent universities such as Government College University Lahore and Medical and Engineering Colleges 12 13 On 1 January 1864 Government College University Lahore was established The Lieutenant Governor of Punjab Donald Friell McLeod appointed Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner as principal of Government College University Lahore On 12 March 1868 a resolution was adopted at a public meeting in Lahore to establish University of the Punjab at Lahore On 8 December 1869 Punjab University College was established in Lahore and on 14 October 1882 University of the Punjab was established 14 15 Prof Arthur Compton who discovered Compton effect used to be an appointed lecturer in the university and its affiliated campus Government College University Lahore he received the Nobel Prize in 1927 16 17 The fate of the university after the partition of India in 1947 was deliberated at the Punjab Partition Committee with representatives from East Punjab advocating for a division of the university The senate of the university voted to split the university and the matter reached the Partition Council at the centre but a decision could not be made 18 The government in East Punjab was compelled to establish a new university which eventually became the Panjab University in Chandigarh 19 Campus Edit Allama Iqbal Campus in Lahore The university is divided into campuses across Punjab with one summer campus located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5 Allama Iqbal Campus also known as the old campus located in the centre of Lahore it is named after the great South Asian thinker and mystic poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal The campus houses the Senate the Syndicate the Selection Board and the Advanced Studies amp Research Board are generally held there 20 PUclass notpageimage Location in Lahore Quaid i Azam Campus Quaid i Azam Campus also known as the new campus is named after the founder of Pakistan and is located 12 kilometres 7 5 mi to the south of the Allama Iqbal Campus Spread over an area of 1 800 acres 7 km2 The campus is the centre of academic and administrative activities of the university A canal divides the academic blocks from the student lodgings 21 Gujranwala Campus the faculties of Commerce Economics and Management Sciences Banking amp Finance Law English and Information Technology all conduct teaching in the campus In addition to degree programs campus provides short courses facilitated by e Rozgar program of Punjab Information Technology Board 22 23 Khanspur Campus the summer campus is located at a height of about 7 000 ft 2 100 m in the Himalayan range near Ayubia The campus in addition to providing research facilities is used as a recreational center for the faculty and the students Jhelum Campus having opened in 2012 24 it offers studies relating to the faculties of Commerce Economics and Management Sciences Law and Computer Science 25 Academics EditRankings Edit University rankingsGlobal OverallQS World 26 801 1000 2023 Regional OverallQS Asia 27 145 2022 University of the Punjab is ranked 801 1000 Internationally in the QS World University Rankings for the year 2023 28 and 5th nationally It is also ranked 145 in Asian universities by QS Rankings 29 Faculties Edit There are 13 faculties with 10 constituent colleges 73 departments centres and institutes It has 1006 full time and 300 part time faculty members involved in teaching research and over 6 000 non teaching supporting staff with 45 678 on campus students 27 907 Morning students 16 552 Evening students and 1 219 Diploma students 30 Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences Faculty of Commerce Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences Faculty of Education Faculty of Engineering amp Technology Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty of Islamic Studies Faculty of Law Faculty of Life Sciences Faculty of Oriental Learning Faculty of Pharmacy Faculty of Science Punjab University Mosque Constituent colleges Edit College of Art and Design Hailey College of Banking amp Finance Hailey College of Commerce University College of Pharmacy Punjab University Law College Punjab University College of Information Technology College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences College of Engineering amp Emerging computing College of Earth and Environmental Sciences University Oriental College lahoreLibrary Edit The library is one of the largest libraries among the universities of Pakistan The library has more than 500 000 books magazines and periodicals in nine national and international languages in print and on CD DVD microfilm microfiche video and audio cassette and manuscript 31 Punjab University Library has a two storey building with a total area of 102 000 square feet There are reading halls on the ground and first floors with a seating capacity of 2500 readers The library has an internet lab In the library there is a computerised MLIMs catalogue for searching material 32 Notable alumni EditMain article List of University of the Punjab people Muhammad Iqbal among the first modern Muslim philosophers the intellectual father of Pakistan Abdus Salam was the first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 Nobel Laureate Edit Har Gobind Khorana Nobel laureate 1968 Medicine Abdus Salam Nobel laureate 1979 Physics Politicians Edit Muhammad Iqbal Urdu poet philosopher and politician Choudhry Rahmat Ali Founder of the Pakistan Movement creator of the name Pakistan I K Gujral 12th Prime Minister of India Yashwant Singh Parmar founder of the Himachal Pradesh state in India Syed Ali Shah Geelani Leader Kashmiri Hurriyat Chairman All Party Hurriyat Conference Chairman Tehreek e Hurriyat Former member Jamat ul islami Jammu amp Kashmir Yousaf Raza Gillani Pakistani politician and former Prime Minister during 2008 2012 Asma Jahangir Human rights activist and lawyer co founder of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Liaqat Baloch Pakistani Islamic Activist 1975 1979 Jamaat e Islami Scientists Edit Ishfaq Ahmad Theoretical and Nuclear physicist chairman of PAEC during the first atomic tests in Pakistan in 1998 Satish Dhawan Rocket scientist Chairman of ISRO Director of IISc Yash Pal Educationist and space scientist known for cosmic ray research and popularizing science education in India Muhammad Sharif Relativistic astrophysicist and cosmologist Bilal U Haq marine geoscientist and laureate of France s Prestwich Prize in geology Muhammad Tahir Ul Qadri Pakistani Canadian Scholar F C Kohli Father of the Indian IT Industry Sartaj Aziz Pakistani economist strategist and former NSA Niaz Ahmad Akhtar SI Former Vice Chancellor University of the Punjab Shoaib Mansoor Pakistani movie director Wasiullah Khan Pakistani American founder of the East West University in Chicago M D Tahir 1942 2008 a prominent Pakistani lawyer Manzoor Mirza 1939 2016 economist Ather Shah Khan Jaidi comedian writer Tajammal Hussain Anjum Writer columnist and publisherReferences Edit a b c d e Introduction University of Punjab Retrieved 26 May 2013 University of the Punjab pu edu pk In brief The Nation 1 June 2018 Retrieved 12 February 2019 Fact Books PDF a b PU campuses University of the Punjab Retrieved 26 May 2013 A History of the University of the Panjab World Digital Library Retrieved 26 May 2013 Affiliation PU Retrieved 9 September 2013 HEC Pakistan Rankings by research quality Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Archived from the original on 13 November 2013 Retrieved 26 May 2013 ACU members ACU Members Retrieved 9 September 2013 Top Universities QS World University Rankings 2022 Retrieved 21 October 2022 The University of the Punjab Educationist Premiere Education Newspaper of Pakistan Educational amp Career Counseling Portal for Pakistani Students Lal Chaman 26 March 2017 Panjab University Journey and evolution The Tribune Retrieved 15 March 2023 Bangash Yaqoob Khan Virdee Pippa October 2022 Partitioning the University of the Panjab 1947 The Indian Economic amp Social History Review 59 4 423 445 doi 10 1177 00194646221130414 hdl 2086 22269 ISSN 0019 4646 S2CID 253263019 via SAGE Journals Our lost heritage II The Friday Times Naya Daur 24 May 2019 University of the Punjab Adexen com Bangash Yaqoob 6 January 2019 The Punjab University and Partition II The News International Retrieved 28 March 2022 Lal Chaman Panjab University Journey and evolution The Tribune Chandigarh Retrieved 27 June 2021 Allama Iqbal Campus University of the Punjab Retrieved 22 November 2012 Quaid i Azam Campus University of the Punjab Retrieved 22 November 2012 Gujranwala Campus University of the Punjab Retrieved 22 November 2012 Campus University of the Punjab Gujranwala Short Courses pugc edu pk Retrieved 30 July 2022 Punjab University opens Jhelum Campus pu edu pk Retrieved 3 October 2017 Jhelum Campus University of the Punjab Retrieved 22 November 2012 Top Universities QS World University Rankings 2023 Retrieved 22 October 2022 QS Asia University Rankings 2022 Retrieved 22 October 2022 Top Universities QS World University Rankings 2023 Retrieved 22 October 2022 QS Asia University Rankings 2022 Retrieved 22 October 2022 University of the Punjab official website Pu edu pk Retrieved 1 November 2012 Punjab University Library Introduction pu edu pk Retrieved 3 October 2017 Punjab University Library History and Introduction Pulibrary edu pk Retrieved 23 October 2011 External links EditOfficial website Wikimedia Commons has media related to Punjab University Lahore Coordinates 31 17 34 N 74 10 29 E 31 29278 N 74 17472 E 31 29278 74 17472 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University of the Punjab amp oldid 1150905103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
