University of Punjab, Lahore

The University of the Punjab, Lahore is the oldest university of Pakistan established in 1882.  It is one of the largest university offering degree programmes in varied disciplines and fields. 

The University is having following four campuses:

1. Allama Iqbal Campus (old campus in main city of Lahore)
   
2. Quaid-i-Azam Campus (new campus)
   
3. Khanaspur Campus  (recreational campus located at Khanspur, Ayubia)
   
4. Gujranwala Campus [with four disciplines i.e. Business Administration, Commerce, Law and Information Technology]
   

The University of the Punjab has 9 constituent colleges, 64 Departments/Centres/Institutes, and 434 affiliated colleges. It has 623 permanent faculty members involved in teaching/research and over 24105 on campus students. The university has following faculties:

1. Faculty of Arts and Humanities
   
2. Faculty of Quality & Technology Management
   
3. Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences
   
4. Faculty of Commerce
   
5. Faculty of Computer Sciences
   
6. Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences
   
7. Faculty of Education
   
8. Faculty of Engineering & Technology
   
9. Faculty of Islamic Studies
   
10. Faculty of Aeronautical & Space Science
    
11. Faculty of Law
    
12. Faculty of Life-Sciences
    
13. Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (to be discontinued soon, all facilities to be transferred to the University of Health Sciences)
    
14. Faculty of Oriental Learning
    
15. Faculty of Pharmacy
    
16. Faculty of Science
    
17. Faculty of IT
    

 

Two alumni of the university were awarded Nobel Prizes.  Har Gobind Khorana, an Indian-American researcher, received Nobel Prize in 1968 for his work on interpretation of genetic code and its function in protein synthesis [discipline of Physiology/Medicine]. Mr. Khorana passed his B.Sc. and M.Sc from University of Punjab in 1943 and 1945.  Other Nobel Laureate is Abdus Salam, who received his Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his work in Electroweak theory.  Dr Abdus Salam received his M.A. in Mathematics from university in 1946.

 

Postal Address of university campuses are:

-  Allama Iqbal Campus, P.O. Box No.54000, Lahore
-   Quaid-e- Azam (new campus), P.O. Box No.54590, Lahore
-   Gujranwala Campus: Near Ali Pur Chowk, Rawalpindi Bypass, Gujranwala

         

          Website : www.pu.edu.pk