The
owned name in the educational circles of
n
holding PhD degrees from renowned institutions of
Located in the historical and culturally alive city of
of the academic activities. On account of its quality degrees, pleasant environment and low tuition fees the University remains the institution of first choice for admission seeking students.
Allama Iqbal Campus, named after the great South Asian thinker and mystic poet, with Islamic architectural design is in the middle of the bustling city of
Quaid-i-Azam Campus, after the name
of the father of the Nation, 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 and adds to the beauty of the campus.
The University has also a summer campus at Khanaspur, 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.
The University has also started Campus at
The University comprises of 4 Campuses, 13 Faculties, 9 constituent colleges, over 63 Departments, Centres, Institutes, and 500+ affiliated colleges. It has over 620 permanent faculty members involved in teaching/research and over 30,000 on campus students. Annually there are about 350 exams for 450,000 studen
ts.
KARACHI UNIVERSITY
established
through the parliament
as a
However, through
another act of the parliament in 1962 its
status was redefined as
university
of the
t
was passed and after an amendment in 1951 it w
as enacted and Prof A.B.A
Haleem was appointed
as its first Vice Chancellor. For the first
two years,
the
affiliated colleges. In the year 1953 it started its teaching and research
activities at two Faculties of Arts and Science. Opened with an initial
intake of 50 students, the university is now a sprawling structure of 53
Departments and 20 world class and highly reputable Research Centers
and Institutes, under eight faculties of Arts, science Islamic Studies
Pharmacy Commerce & Business Administration, Law, Education and
Medicine. At present the enrolment of a regular student at the Campus
is slightly over 24,000. There are about 700 teachers and more than
2500 supporting staff.
The University in the beginning was housed in small buildings was housed
in small buildings adjacent to the
expansion, it began to be felt that the space in which the university was
functioning was not enough for its needs.
Moreover the atmosphere of the congested and polluted area was not
conducive to higher education and research. Thus a plot a of a1279
acres of land was acquired on the
Road). On
campus. Thus began a new phase in the life of the university. The
day is still commemorated by various old students’ Association and
the University administration jointly.
educationists and scholars associated with this institution of higher
learning like, Dr. I. H. Qureshi, Dr. Mahmud Hussain, Dr. Salemuzzaman
Siddiqui, Dr. Afzal Hussain Qadri, Dr. M. M. Ahmed , Dr Mujtaba Karim,
Prof. M. Ilyas, Prof. Q. Fareed, Dr. Ibadur Rehman Khan, Prof Muntakhib
ul Haq, Prof. Memony, Dr. S. M. Yousuf, Dr. M.A Wali, Dr. Karawala.
The faculty was drawn not only from
educationists form
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