University of the Punjab
Established	1882
Type	Education and Research
Chancellor	Khalid Maqbool
Students	27,000
Location	Lahore and Gujranwala, Pakistan
Campus	1800 acres (Quaid-i-Azam Campus, LHR)
Website	www.pu.edu.pk

University of the Punjab (abbreviated as PU) (Urdu: جامعه پنجاب), colloquially known as Punjab University, is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The University of the Punjab is the oldest, largest, and one of the best universities in Pakistan. The University of the Punjab was formally established with the convening of the first meeting of its Senate on October 14, 1882 at Simla. It was the fourth University to be established by the British colonial authorities on the Indian Subcontinent. The first three universities were established by the British rulers at their initial strongholds of Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The University of the Punjab came into existence as a result of a long drawn struggle of the people of Punjab after the Indian War of Independence in 1857. Contrary to the three previously established universities, which were only examining institutions, the University of the Punjab was both teaching as well as examining body right from the beginning. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Lieutenant Gen. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Lahore (Urdu: لاہور, Punjabi: لہور, pronounced ) is the capital of the province of Punjab, and is the second most densely populated city in Pakistan. ... Gujranwala (Urdu: گوجرانوالہ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan with a city population of 1,132,509 (1998 census). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Urdu ( , , trans. ... Lahore (Urdu: لاہور, Punjabi: لہور, pronounced ) is the capital of the province of Punjab, and is the second most densely populated city in Pakistan. ... This article is about the Pakistani province. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Shimla Shimla (शिमला) is the capital of Himachal Pradesh and a hill station in North India. ... The flag of British India British India, circa 1860 The British Raj (Raj in Hindi meaning Rule; from Sanskrit Rajya) was the British rule between 1858 and 1947 of the Indian Subcontinent, which included the present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Burma (Myanmar), whereby these lands were under the colonial... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... , “Madras” redirects here. ... , “Calcutta” redirects here. ... 1857–1858 was a period of armed uprising and rebellions in northern and central India against British colonial rule on the subcontinent. ...

Campuses

The Campuses of PU are;

• Allama Iqbal Campus: Also known as the Old Campus, it is named after the great South Asian thinker and mystic poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal. The building speaks aloud of Islamic architectural design and is located in the middle of the bustling city of Lahore.

• Quaid-i-Azam Campus: Also known as the New Campus, it is named after the name of the father of the Nation and is located 12 kilometers to the South of Allama Iqbal Campus. Spread over an area of 1800 acres of lush green landscape, this campus is the centre of academic and administrative activities of the University. A canal dividing the academic blocks from the student lodgings adds to the beauty of the campus.

• Gujranwala Campus: The campus has four disciplines i.e. Business Administration, Commerce, Law and Information Technology. Few more disciplines will be added in near future.

• Khanaspur Campus: The summer campus at Khanaspur is located at a height of about 7,000 ft. in the Himalayan range near Ayubia. This Campus, in addition to providing research facilities, is also used as a recreational centre for the faculty and the students.

It is the country's leading university, offering a very broad program of studies at the Degree, Diploma, Postgraduate, M.Phil, and Ph.D. levels. Being the most prestigious, largest and highest seat of learning in Pakistan, the University has more than 640 faculty members, over 24,000 on-campus students and above 434 affiliated colleges and 10 constituent colleges.

The University has a highly qualified teaching faculty that provides instruction to students in the fields of Arts, Science & Technology, and provides guidance to undertake research in agriculture, industry and allied subjects for developing new products. At present over 800 students are registered in the Ph.D. programs of various disciplines under the regular Ph.D. scheme. The University endeavours to produce at least 100 Ph.Ds every year.

There are 14 Faculties in the University having Different Departments^[1]

• Arts and Humanities
• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Commerce
• Computer Sciences
• Economics and Management Sciences
• Education
• Engineering & Technology
• Islamic Studies
• Law
• Life-Sciences
• Medicine & Dentistry
• Oriental Learning
• Pharmacy
• Science

Nobel Laureate

It is a prestige for the University of the Punjab that Dr. Abdul Salam, a Pakistani theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his work in Electro-Weak Theory which is the mathematical and conceptual synthesis of the Electromagnetic and Weak interactions, did his Masters from the University of the Punjab.

IT Restructuring

In the last four years, University of the Punjab has spent a large amount to develop the IT Infrastructure and serve the students in the best and latest possible ways. At the moment, University has 9 MB bandwidth for students, faculty and Researchers which is the largest bandwidth amongst any Public Sector University in Pakistan.The University of the Punjab has the largest Fibre Optic Cables Local Area Network involving more than 35 KM single and multimode fibre optic cable as backbone and more than 2,000 nodes, which connects all existing departments and hostels with each other. To manage all the activities of the overall I.T. Infrastructure like Network Development, expansion and maintenance, providing maintenance/troubleshooting services (Network, Hardware and software) to all departments, Software Development, Database management & Website Development,online Announcement of Examination Results,24-hour Internet facility, the University of the Punjab has full-fledged service department in Quaid-i-Azam Campus, namely the Information Technology Centre. It is working for the growth and smooth progress for the evolution of new I.T. Developments.

References

1. ^ University of the Punjab- official website