University of Turbat

{{Short description|University in Balochistan, Pakistan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox university

| name = University of Turbat
{{nq|جامعہ تربت}}

| image = UOT-Logo.jpeg

|image_size =

| motto = Tradition, Innovation, Excellence

| established = {{Start date and age|df=28|2012}}

| type = Public university

| chancellor = Governor of Balochistan

| vice_chancellor = Prof. Dr. Jan Muhammad{{Cite web |url=http://www.uot.edu.pk/u/index.php/about/message-of-vice-chancellor |title=Message of Vice Chancellor - University of Turbat |access-date=2014-12-02 |archive-date=2014-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126035847/http://www.uot.edu.pk/u/index.php/about/message-of-vice-chancellor |url-status=dead }}

| city = Turbat-92600

| state = Balochistan

| country = Pakistan

| faculty =

| students = 3400

| campus =1

| affiliations = Higher Education Commission (Pakistan){{cite news|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/hecs-list-of-recognized-universities-and-degree-awarding-institutions/|newspaper=Daily Pakistan (newspaper)|title=(Higher Education Commission) HEC releases list of recognized degree awarding institutions|date=23 May 2016|access-date=4 July 2023}}
Pakistan Bar Council

| nickname = UOT

| website = {{URL|uot.edu.pk}}

}}

The University of Turbat (UOT; {{langx|ur|{{nq|جامعہ تربت}}}}; {{langx|bal|جامعہ تربت}}) is a public university situated in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/DAIs/HEC-recognized-Campuses.aspx|url-status=dead|title=HEC Recognized Campuses (scroll down to see listed University of Turbat under title Public Sector Universities in Balochistan)|website=Higher Education Commission of Pakistan website|archive-date=6 May 2021|access-date=4 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506225913/https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/DAIs/HEC-recognized-Campuses.aspx}}

University of Turbat is the second General University in public sector, chartered by the Government of Balochistan by Act 2012 passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan in May, 2012. The main objective of the establishment of the University of Turbat in the Mekran region in Balochistan is to provide better opportunities of higher education to the students of Turbat (Kech) and adjoining districts of Panjgur, Gwadar and Awaran.

With the establishment of the University of Turbat, substantial number of students will be enrolled initially from different parts of province mainly from Mekran will have a direct effect on the social environment of the families of the students and indirectly to the society. With the introduction of market valued subjects, about 500 job opportunities annually would be created directly benefiting the social wellbeing of a segment of the population in the region.{{Cite web|url=http://uot.edu.pk/AboutUs|title = University of Turbat}} The first vice chancellor of the university was Prof. Dr. Abdul Razzaq Sabir (TI).