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Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad

Quaid-i-Azam UniversityTemplate:Efn (commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Google Maps">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to the study of postgraduate education, but later expanded to an interdisciplinary university offering undergraduate and postgraduate education, and established as Quaid-i-Azam University in 1976.<ref name="Qau press">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

OverviewEdit

Template:As of, QAU has grown into the largest university in Islamabad with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students.<ref name="Qau press" /> The university is on a 1700 acres (or 6.9 km2) campus on the foothills of the Margalla.<ref name="Dawn news, 2013">Template:Cite news</ref> Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and highest-ranked public universities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the QS ranking 2024: QAU is ranked 315th globally. The Physics department is ranked 201-250. The Mathematics department is ranked 150-200. The Agriculture department is ranked 201-250. In Emerging Economics, QAU is ranked 401-450. QAU is ranked 86th in Asia.

The university has intellectual interaction with international institutes, including the United Nations, University of Tokyo and the ICTP.<ref name="Qau press" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It counts several public figures and intellectuals among its current and former faculty, researchers, or alumni since its establishment. They include Maleeha Lodhi, Nasim Zehra, Shamshad Akhtar, Suhail Zubairy, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Farzana Aslam, Tasneem Zehra and Salma Zahid. The university is currently led by Dr. Niaz Ahmed Akhtar.

HistoryEdit

The University of Islamabad was established on 22 July 1967 by the Government of Pakistan. It was renamed as Quaid-i-Azam University in honor of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan in 1976 - which was the year of his birth centenary. However, the spelling of the university's name were kept different i.e. "i" was used instead of "e" for Ezāfe that links the two words in Jinnah's title Quaid-e-Azam.

The university offered teaching and research programs for PhD and MPhil degrees in the beginning and later offered Masters programs. The university now offers undergraduate programs in both evening and morning shifts batches.

Quaid-i-Azam University has four different faculties and 38 departments, institutes, schools and centers.

Faculties and departmentsEdit

Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties: Template:Div col

Faculty of Natural SciencesEdit

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The university was renamed in honor of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948), founder of Pakistan.
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Dr. Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui Memorial Library (Main Library) at Quaid-i-Azam University

Faculty of Social SciencesEdit

  • School of Law
  • Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences (QASMS)
  • Department of Anthropology
  • School of Sociology
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Department of Defence & Strategic Studies
  • School of Economics
  • Department of History
  • School of Politics and International Relations
  • Taxila institute of Asian civilizations
  • Department of Psychology

Faculty of Biological SciencesEdit

Faculty of Medical ScienceEdit

InstitutesEdit

  • Institute of Information & Technology
  • National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR) Center for Excellence
  • Saulat Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research
  • Center of Excellence in Gender Studies
  • National Institute of Psychology
  • National Institute of Pakistan Studies
  • Area Study Centre for Africa, North & South America
Chairs
  • Quaid-i-Azam Chair
  • Benzair Bhutto Chair
  • Rumi Chair

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Central LibraryEdit

The university has central library (CL), named as DR. Raziuddin Siddiqi memorial library situated at the centre of the university campus and having total covered area is approximately 102,500 sq. ft. On 06-02-1999, the Central Library (CL) was renamed the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Mermorial (DRSM) Library in honour of Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi's illustrious and meritorious achievements as the founding Vice Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University. University offers DRSM Library services for faculty and students of the university.

OPACEdit

Provides bibliographic information of print books available in main and seminar libraries of the university

E-ResourcesEdit

Access E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented and research.

Seminar librariesEdit

The main library has its six sub libraries in various departments of the university.

Electronic thesis/ D-SpaceEdit

The link consists of Electronic version of all thesis produced in the QAU by students of Master, M.Phil. and Ph.D. The resource on this link is under development phase.

Ask librarianEdit

Ask your question from Chief Librarian via e-mail.

HEC digital libraryEdit

Access to E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented, research and many many more.

E-libraryEdit

The E-library is the sub office of DRSM. which provides various services to faculty and students.

E-library quick linksEdit

The section consists of Useful links for Plagiarism, Research Articles and E-Books.

Rankings and reputationEdit

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Quaid-i-Azam University was ranked 378 in the world by the QS World University Rankings of 2022<ref name=Rankings/> and 91 in Asia.<ref name=Rankings/>

For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science category in 2010.<ref name=TOP>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The university was overall ranked between 100 and 200 among the QS world top universities in 2007 and 2009.<ref name=TOP/> According to the 2019 ranking of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam University is ranked first in the general category.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to Times Higher Education Latest Rankings 2023, QAU is ranked among the world top 401 to 500 universities.

Notable alumni and facultyEdit

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  1. Sajad Haider
  2. Abdul Rashid Ghazi
  3. Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
  4. Abrar ul Haq<ref>Profile of Abrar ul Haq on Forum Pakistan website Template:Webarchive Published 26 February 2010, Retrieved 12 February 2020</ref>
  5. Hamza Ali Abbasi
  6. Ahmed Hassan Dani
  7. Akbar S. Ahmed
  8. Alamgir Hashmi
  9. Ansar Pervaiz
  10. Arshad Sharif
  11. Asghar Qadir<ref name=ccis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  1. Fayyazuddin
  2. Ismat Beg
  3. Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad
  4. Irshad Hussain
  5. Hareem Farooq
  6. Ilhan Niaz
  7. Khadija Mushtaq
  8. Maliha Lodhi
  9. Marriyum Aurangzeb<ref>Maryam Aurangzeb to take oath as State Minister for Information today The News International (newspaper), Published 1 November 2016, Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref>
  10. Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi
  11. Muhammad Sharif
  12. Muhammad Suhail Zubairy
  13. Muhammad Imran Qadir
  14. Nasim Zehra
  15. Nargis Sethi
  16. Nisar Ali Khan
  17. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema<ref>Renowned academic Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema passes away The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 16 February 2019, Retrieved 13 February 2020</ref>
  18. Pervez Hoodbhoy
  19. Qaiser Mushtaq
  20. Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry
  21. Rana Mubashir
  22. Zafarullah Khan
  23. Raziuddin Siddiqui
  24. Shamshad Akhtar
  25. Shireen Mazari
  26. Tahir Amin
  27. Tasneem M. Shah<ref name=ccis/>
  28. Zia Mian
  29. Brigadier Anis Ahmed Template:Div col end

See alsoEdit

NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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