The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan

The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan
Motto Urdu: ایمان ، اتحاد ، تنظیم‎
(Iman, Ittehad, Tanzeem)
Motto in English
 Faith, Unity, Discipline
Type Public
Established 1925 as Jammia Abbasia[1]
Academic staff
 730[1]
Students 30,000 (on campus)[1]
Location Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, BahawalNagar, Punjab, Pakistan
Campus Urban
Colours Blue, Bronze, Red            
Nickname IUB
Mascot Abbasian
Affiliations Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Engineering Council
Website www.iub.edu.pk

The Islmia University of Bahawalpur (informally IUB), is a public research university located in the downtown area of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the one of the oldest and one of the largest public university in Pakistan.[1] With multiple campuses in Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, and Bahawalnagar, Uch Sharif (a nearby ancient town) had one of the largest universities in the world where scholars from all over the world used to come for studies. As a continuation of this tradition a religious University (Jamia Abbasia) was established in Bahawalpur in 1925, following the academic pursuits of Jamia Al-Azhar, Egypt. The renowned scholars spread the beacon of Islam by teaching Tafseer of Quran, Hadith, Fiqh, and History along with other contemporary subjects. In view of the changing scenario, Jamia Abbasia was declared as a general University in 1975, and was renamed as The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Initially, it started functioning at Abbasia and Khawaja Fareed Campuses with ten Departments. In order to construct a modern and self-contained campus, 1250 acres of land was allotted to the University on Hasilpur Road about eight kilometers away from the city centre.

The university offers a wide range of undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral programmes and various institutes in Punjab are affiliated with the University.[2]

Approximately 30,000[1] enrolled students are currently attending the university, the IUB has total of 45 faculties within which there are 75 academic departments, research centers, and institutes.[1] The Islamia University has ranked Eight amongst large-sized multiple faculty universities by the HEC in 2012.[3] There are also two Nobel Laureates amongst the university's alumni and former staff.[1] Additionally, the university is also a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom.[4]

Faculties

There are 13 faculties in the University with 10 constituent colleges, over 73 departments, centres, and institutes. It has over 808 permanent faculty members involved in teaching/research and over 36,000 on campus students.:[5]

Constituent Colleges

Research and collaborations

The university has collaborated with different universities globally and has articulation agreements with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University and San José State University in the United States. It also has agreements with the University of Manchester, University of Luton, University of Bedfordshire, University of Birmingham, University of Surrey, University of Bradford, University of Cambridge, University of Derby, and University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. In China, Punjab University has collaborations with Beijing University of Chemical Technology, City University of Hong Kong, Wuhan University School of Foreign Languages and Literature, University People’s Republic of China, Sichuan University, and Zhengzhou Medical University and in Iran with Markaz Nashr-e-Miras-e-Maktoob, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, University of Tehran, and Tarbiat Modares University.

Notable alumni

A number of key people from various disciplines of life have studied at the university. Ashfaq

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Introduction". The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Affiliation". PU. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "HEC Pakistan Rankings by research quality". Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "ACU members". ACU Members,. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "University of the Punjab official website". Pu.edu.pk. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
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