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University of the Punjab

{{Short description|Public research university in Lahore, Pakistan}}

{{About|university in Pakistan|university in India|Panjab University|other uses|Punjab University (disambiguation){{!}}Punjab University}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{infobox university

| name = University of the Punjab

| other_name = Punjab University

| image = University of the Punjab logo.png

| image_size = 150px

| caption = Coat of arms

| former_names =

| motto = جس، شکشا،چنگھی
(Jass, Shiksha, Changeyai)

| mottoeng = Faith, Education, Discipline

| type = Public research university

| founders = Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner

| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|14 October 1882}}{{cite web|title=Hailey College of Commerce|url=http://pu.edu.pk/home/department/22/Hailey-College-of-Commerce|publisher=University of Punjab|access-date=26 May 2013}}

| academic_affiliations = {{collapsible list|bullets=true|contents=|

Pakistan Engineering Council|

Pharmacy Council of Pakistan|

Pakistan Bar Council|

Pakistan Council for Architects and Town Planners|

Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom}}

| chancellor = Sardar Harjit Ali Shah

| vice_chancellor = Dr. Muhammad Shah Dhillon{{cite web|url=http://pu.edu.pk/|title=University of the Punjab|website=pu.edu.pk}}{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/01-Jun-2018/in-brief|title=In brief|date=1 June 2018|website=The Nation|access-date=12 February 2019}}

| faculty = 1006 full time and 300 part time faculty members

| students = 45,678 on campus students. (27,907 morning students, 16,552 evening students and 1,219 diploma students), 363,416 (off campus){{cite web|title=Fact Books|url=http://pu.edu.pk/images/Fact-Books/Fact-Book-2015.pdf}}

| city = Canal Road, Bhagat Singh Campus, Lahore

| province = Punjab

| country = Pakistan

| campus = {{collapsible list|bullets=true|contents=|Main
Quaid-e-Azam "New" Campus – Established 1958, {{convert|1781|acre|hectare}}| Satellite
Allama Iqbal "Old" Campus – Established 1882, {{convert|50|acre|hectare}}|Khanaspur Campus – Established 1964, {{convert|2.47|acre|hectare}}|Gujranwala Campus – Established 2006, {{convert|10|acre|hectare}}|Jhelum Campus – Established 2011, {{convert|32|acre|hectare}}}}

| colours = {{color box|#7CB9E8|Blue}} – {{color box|#665D1E|Bronze}} – {{color box|#CE2029|Red}}

| sports_nickname = Pioneers

| sports_free_label = Sports

| sports_free =

| logo = Punjab University Logo.jpg

| website = {{URL|https://pu.edu.pk}}

}}

File:Punjab University.jpg

The University of the Punjab (UoP) is a public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1882, its international influence has made it one of the most prestigious universities in South Asia; being the oldest and largest public sector one in the wider Punjab region, as well as in Pakistan.{{cite web|title=Introduction |url=https://pu.edu.pk/page/show/AboutUs.html |publisher=University of Punjab}}

The first meeting of the University's Senate was on 14 October 1882 at Simla, which marked the formal establishment of the university. Punjab University was the fourth university to be established by the British colonial authorities in the Indian subcontinent;{{cite web|title=Our History Our Pride |url=https://pu.edu.pk/page/show/historyandpride.html |publisher=University of Punjab}} the first three universities were established in other parts of British India.{{cite web|title=A History of the University of the Panjab|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4308/|publisher=World Digital Library|access-date=26 May 2013}}{{cite web|title=Affiliation|url=http://pu.edu.pk/affiliation|publisher=PU|access-date=9 September 2013}}

There are 45,678 students (27,907 morning students, 16,552 evening students and 1,219 diploma students). The university has 19 faculties of which there are 138 academic departments, research centres, and institutes. Punjab University has ranked first among large-sized multiple faculty universities by the HEC in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.hec.gov.pk/INSIDEHEC/DIVISIONS/QALI/OTHERS/RANKINGOFUNIVERSITIES/Pages/CategoryWise.aspx|title=HEC Pakistan Rankings by research quality|publisher=Higher Education Commission of Pakistan|access-date=26 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113082754/http://www.hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Pages/CategoryWise.aspx|archive-date=13 November 2013|url-status=dead}} There are also two Nobel Laureates among the university's alumni and former staff. Additionally, the university is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom.{{cite web|title=ACU members|url=https://www.acu.ac.uk/membership/acu-members/asia-central-south?country_id=172&items_perpage=20&pageID=2|publisher=ACU Members|access-date=9 September 2013|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203155/https://www.acu.ac.uk/membership/acu-members/asia-central-south?country_id=172&items_perpage=20&pageID=2|url-status=dead}} The university has campuses in Gujranwala, Jhelum, and Khanaspur.{{cite web|url=http://pu.edu.pk/page/show/Campuses.html|title=PU campuses|publisher=University of the Punjab|access-date=26 May 2013}}

History

The University of Punjab{{Cite web|url=http://www.pu.edu.pk/|title=The University of the Punjab}} 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.

{{cite web|url=http://www.educationist.com.pk/ |title=Educationist; 'Premiere Education Newspaper of Pakistan'}}{{cite web |url=https://www.careerkarwan.com/ |title=Educational & Career Counseling Portal for Pakistani Students' |access-date=5 October 2020 |archive-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829143126/https://www.careerkarwan.com/ |url-status=dead }}

=Pre Partition=

On 1 January 1864, Government College, Lahore, (now Government College University, Lahore) was established. The Lieutenant Governor of Punjab Donald Friell McLeod appointed Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner as principal of Government College Lahore (now 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.{{Cite web |last=Lal |first=Chaman |date=26 March 2017 |title=Panjab University: Journey and evolution |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/panjab-university-journey-and-evolution-382148 |access-date=15 March 2023 |website=The Tribune}}{{Cite journal |last1=Bangash |first1=Yaqoob Khan |last2=Virdee |first2=Pippa |date=October 2022 |title=Partitioning the University of the Panjab, 1947 |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00194646221130414 |journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review|volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=423–445 |doi=10.1177/00194646221130414 |hdl=2086/22269 |s2cid=253263019 |issn=0019-4646 |via=SAGE Journals|hdl-access=free }}

Prof. Arthur Compton, who discovered Compton effect used to be an appointed lecturer in the university. He received the Nobel Prize in 1927.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefridaytimes.com/our-lost-heritage-ii/ |title = Our lost heritage – II – The Friday Times – Naya Daur|date = 24 May 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.adexen.com/company/202791 |title = University of the Punjab, Adexen.com}}

=Founding Colleges=

After the resolution of 12 March (1868), in 1869 Punjab University College was established, consisting of Punjab University Law College and Oriental College, which are still the oldest departments and founding constituent colleges of Punjab University. Government College University was also made a part of University of the Punjab which was later separated and became an independent university in 2002.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

=Post Partition=

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.{{cite web|first=Yaqoob|last=Bangash|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/567010-punjab-university-partition-ii|title=The Punjab University and Partition-II|work=The News International|location=Pakistan|date=6 January 2019|accessdate=28 March 2022}} The government in East Punjab was compelled to establish a new university, which eventually became the Panjab University in Chandigarh.{{Cite web|last=Lal|first=Chaman|title=Panjab University: Journey and evolution|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/panjab-university-journey-and-evolution-382148|access-date=2021-06-27|work=The Tribune|location=India}}

Campus

File:Punjab university Art & Design Dept.jpg

The university is divided into campuses across Punjab with one summer campus located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:

  • Allama Iqbal Campus: also known as the old campus, located in the centre of Lahore, it is named after the 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.{{cite web|url=http://pu.edu.pk/home/campus/Allama%20Iqbal|title=Allama Iqbal Campus|publisher=University of the Punjab|access-date=22 November 2012}}

{{Location map

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  • Quaid-i-Azam Campus: also known as the new campus, is named after the founder of Pakistan and is located {{convert|12|km}} to the south of the Allama Iqbal Campus. Spread over an area of {{convert|1800|acre|km2|0}}. The campus is the centre of academic and administrative activities of the university. A canal divides the academic blocks from the student lodgings.{{cite web|url=http://pu.edu.pk/home/campus/Quaid-i-Azam|title=Quaid-i-Azam Campus|publisher=University of the Punjab|access-date=22 November 2012}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://pu.edu.pk/home/campus/Gujranwala|title=Gujranwala Campus|publisher=University of the Punjab|access-date=22 November 2012}}{{Cite web |last=Campus |first=University of the Punjab, Gujranwala |title=Short Courses |url=https://pugc.edu.pk/website/page/short-courses |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=pugc.edu.pk}}
  • Khanspur Campus: the summer campus is located at a height of about {{convert|7000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}} 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,{{cite web|title= Punjab University opens Jhelum Campus |url=http://pu.edu.pk/home/campus/Jhelum |website= pu.edu.pk |access-date=3 October 2017}} it offers studies relating to the faculties of Commerce, Economics and Management Sciences, Law and Computer Science.{{cite web|url=http://pu.edu.pk/home/campus/Jhelum|title=Jhelum Campus|publisher=University of the Punjab|access-date=22 November 2012}}

Academics

=Rankings=

{{Infobox university rankings

| ARWU_W = 701–800 |ARWU_W_year = 2023| ARWU_W_ref ={{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023|website=shanghairanking.com|access-date=24 February 2023}}

| QS_W = 741–750 | QS_W_year = 2024| QS_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-punjab|title=QS World University Rankings: University of the Punjab|date=29 June 2023|website=Top Universities|access-date=29 June 2023}}

| THE_W = 801–1000 |THE_W_year = 2024| THE_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-punjab|title=University of the Punjab|date=28 September 2023|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=28 September 2023}}

| USNWR_W = =1140 | USNWR_W_year = 2023 | USNWR_W_ref ={{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-punjab-529178|title=University of Punjab|author=U.S. News|access-date=27 February 2024}}

}}

University of the Punjab is ranked 570 Internationally in the QS World University Rankings for the year 2025{{Cite web | url=https://www.https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-punjab#:~:text=Rankings%20%26%20ratings,-RANKINGS&text=University%20of%20the%20Punjab%20is%20one%20of%20the%20top%20public,QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%202025. |access-date=20 July 2024 |title=Top Universities QS World University Rankings 2023}} and 2nd nationally. It is also ranked #18 in Asian universities by QS Rankings.{{Cite web |url=https://www.https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-punjab#:~:text=Rankings%20%26%20ratings,-RANKINGS&text=University%20of%20the%20Punjab%20is%20one%20of%20the%20top%20public,QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%202025. |access-date=20 July 2024 |title=Rankings & ratings}}

=Faculties=

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There are 19 faculties with 10 constituent colleges, 73 departments, centers, 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):{{cite web|url=http://www.pu.edu.pk/ |title=University of the Punjab official website |publisher=Pu.edu.pk |access-date=2012-11-01}}{{Failed verification|date=May 2024}}

  • Faculty of Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Faculty of Geo-Sciences
  • Faculty of Information & Media Studies
  • Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Commerce
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Engineering & Technology
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Islamic Studies
  • Faculty of Life-Sciences
  • Faculty of Oriental Learning
  • Faculty of Pharmacy
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Quality & Industrial Systems Engineering

File:Jamia Masjid Punjab University in a Marvelous scene..jpg

=Constituent colleges=

=Institutes=

  • Institute of Business Administration
  • Institute of Administrative Services
  • Institute of Business and Information Technology
  • Institute of Information Management
  • Institute of Botany
  • Institute of Zoology
  • Institute of Geography
  • Institute of Special Education
  • Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Institute of Applied Psychology
  • Institute of Social and Cultural Studies
  • Institute of Geology
  • Institute of Electrical Electronics and Computer Engineering
  • Institute of Polymer and Textile Engineering
  • Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology
  • Institute of Metallurgy and Material Engineering
  • Institute of English
  • Institute of Punjabi and Cultural Studies
  • Institute of Urdu Language and Literature

Facilities

=Library=

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.{{cite web|title= Punjab University Library Introduction |url=http://pu.edu.pk/home/department/1050/Punjab-University-Library--Main-Library- |website= pu.edu.pk |access-date=3 October 2017}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://pulibrary.edu.pk/ |title=Punjab University Library – History and Introduction |publisher=Pulibrary.edu.pk |access-date=2011-10-23}}

Notable alumni

{{main list|List of University of the Punjab people}}

File:Allama Iqbal.jpg, among the first modern Muslim philosophers, the intellectual father of Pakistan. ]]

File:Professor Abdus Salam.gif was the first Pakistani and first Muslim to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics 1979. ]]

=Nobel Laureate=

=Educationist=

=Politicians=

Raja Anwar [Pakistan people party founder] and [writer of {جھوٹے روپ کے درشن }]

=Scientists=

=Lawyers=

=Judges=

=Architects=

=Literature=

Noted PU faculty

(Most of the alumni listed above also served in the University of the Punjab faculty, so their names are not repeated here)

Vice Chancellors

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.pu.edu.pk Official website] of University of the Punjab

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