List of universities in Pakistan

The University of the Punjab, established 1882 in Lahore, is the oldest University of Pakistan.

This is a list of higher education institutions in Pakistan. In Pakistan, up till 2002, Universities were recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) which draws its powers from The University Grants Commission Act, 1974. The Act was repealed in 2002 by the Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002 and since then, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) is responsible for higher education policy, quality assurance, degree recognition, development of new institutions and uplift of existing institutions in Pakistan. Pakistan has both private and public universities, many of which are supported by the Government of Pakistan and the Provincial governments. Apart from these there are private universities supported by various bodies and societies. Pakistan produces about 445,000 university graduates and 10,000 computer science graduates per year.

HEC recognises 132 institutions of which 73 are public universities and 59 are private universities. There are 127 Universities in total that are fully functional though.

Islamabad Capital Territory

Quaid-i-Azam University entrance

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

University	Location(s)	Type	Established	Specialization	Website
Riphah International University	Islamabad	Private	2002	Medical and Engineering	[1]
CASE University	Islamabad	Private	2003	Engineering and Business Manegement	[2]
Allama Iqbal Open University	Islamabad	Public	1974	Distance Education	[3]
Bahria University	Islamabad	Public/Naval	2000	General	[4]
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology	Islamabad	Public	2000	Information Technology	[5]
Iqra University, Islamabad Campus	Islamabad	Private	1998	General	[6]
Federal Urdu University	Islamabad	Public	2002	General	[7]
Institute of Space Technology	Islamabad	Public	2002	Space Technology	[8]
International Islamic University	Islamabad	Public	1980	General	[9]
National Defence University, Pakistan	Islamabad	Public	2007	Military	[10]
National University of Modern Languages	Islamabad	Public	2000	Languages	[11]
National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan	Islamabad	Public	1991	Science & technology	[12]
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics	Islamabad	Public	1967	Economics and Business	[13]
Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Islamabad	Public	1967	Engineering	[14]
Quaid-i-Azam University	Islamabad	Public	1965	General	[15]
Foundation University, Islamabad	Islamabad	Private	2002	General	[16]
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences	Islamabad	Private	2000	Information Technology	[17]
Air University	Islamabad	Public	2002	Engineering and Business Management	[18]
University of Lahore, Islamabad Campus]]	Islamabad	Private	1998	General	[19]
Hamdard University, Islamabad Campus	Islamabad	Private	1991	General	[20]

Balochistan

University	Location(s)	Type	Established	Specialization	Website
Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar	Khuzdar	Public	1987	Engineering	[21]
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences	Quetta	Public	2002	I.T., Engineering and Management Sciences	[22]
Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences	Quetta	Public	1972	Medical Sciences	[23]
Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Science	Lasbella	Public	2005	Agricultural Sciences	[24]
Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University	Quetta	Public	2004	General	[25]
University of Balochistan	Quetta	Public	1971	General	[26]
Al-Hamd Islamic University	Quetta	Private		General	[27]
Iqra University	Quetta	Private	1998	General	[28]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Islamia College University

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

University of Malakand, Chakdara

University	Location(s)	Type	Established	Specialization	Website
Abdul Wali Khan University	Mardan	Public		General	[29]
Frontier Women University	Peshawar	Public		General	[30]
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology	Abbottabad	Public	2001	Science and Technology	[31]
Gomal University	Dera Ismail Khan	Public	1974	General	[32]
Hazara University	Mansehra	Public	2002	General	[33]
Institute of Management Sciences	Peshawar	Public		Management Sciences	[34]
Islamia College University	Peshawar	Public	1913 (2008*)	General	[35]
Khyber Medical University	Peshawar	Public	2007	Medical Sciences	[36]
Kohat University of Science and Technology	Kohat	Public	2001	Science & technology	[37]
University of Engineering and Technology (Peshawar)	Peshawar	Public	1980	Engineering & technology	[38]
Agricultural University (Peshawar)	Peshawar	Public	1981	Agricultural Sciences	[39]
Pakistan Military Academy	Kakul, Abbotabad	Military	1947	War Studies
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University	Sharingal, Upper Dir	Public	2009	General	[40]
Swat University	Swat, Saidu Sharif	Public	2009	General	[41]
University of Malakand	Chakdara	Public	2001	General	[42]
University of Peshawar	Peshawar	Public	1950	General	[43]
University of Science and Technology, Bannu	Bannu	Public	2001	Science & technology	[44]
Abasyn University	Peshawar	Private	2007	General	[45]
CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences	Peshawar	Private		Science & technology	[46]
City University of Science and Information Technology	Peshawar	Private		Science & technology	[47]
Gandhara University	Peshawar	Private	2002	Medical Sciences	[48]
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology	Topi, Swabi	Private	1988	Engineering Technology	[49]
Northern University	Nowshehra	Private			[50]
Preston University	Kohat	Private	1984		[51]
Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology	Dera Ismail Khan	Private			[52]
Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology	Peshawar	Private	2001		[53]

* Granted University Status.

Punjab

Government College University, Lahore

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila

University	Location(s)	Type	Established	Specialization	Website
NFC Institute of Engineering & Technological Training	Multan	Public	1993	Engineering	[54]
Bahauddin Zakariya University	Multan	Public	1975	General	[55]
National College of Business Administration & Economics	Lahore	Private	1994		[56]
HITEC University of Engineering and Management Sciences,Taxila	Taxila	Private	2007		[57]
Virtual University of Pakistan	Lahore	Public	2002	Information & communication technologies	[58]
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences	Lahore	Public	1882 (2002*)	Veterinary	[59]
University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila	Taxila	Public	1975	Engineering	[60]
University of Sargodha	Sargodha	Public	1946	General	[61]
University of the Punjab	Lahore	Public	1882	General	[62]
University of Health Sciences, Lahore	Lahore	Public	2002	Medical Sciences	[63]
University of Gujrat	Gujrat	Public	2004	General	[64]
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore	Lahore	Public	1921	Engineering & technology	[65]
University of Education	Lahore	Public	2002	Education	[66]
University of Arid Agriculture	Rawalpindi	Public	1970	Agricultural Sciences	[67]
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Public	1961	General	[68]
National Textile University	Faisalabad	Public	1959		[69]
National College of Arts	Lahore	Public	1875	General	[70]
Lahore College for Women University	Lahore	Public	1922	General	[71]
Kinnaird College	Lahore	Public	1913	General	[72]
King Edward Medical University	Lahore	Public	1860 (2005*)	Medical Sciences	[73]
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	Public	1975	General	[74]
Government College University, Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Public	1990	General	[75]
Government College University	Lahore	Public	1864 (2002*)	General	[76]
Fatima Jinnah Women University	Rawalpindi	Public	1998	General	[77]
Bahauddin Zakariya University	Multan	Public	1975	General	[78]
Institute of Engineering & Fertilizer Research	Faisalabad	Public	1986		[79]
University of Munawwar-ul-Islam Gujrat	Gujrat	Private	1988	General	[80]
University College Lahore	Lahore	Private	1994	General	[81]
University of Lahore	Lahore	Private	1999	General	[82]
University of Wah	Wah Cantonment	Private	2005	General	[83]
University of Management and Technology (Pakistan)	Lahore	Private	1990	Management & technology	[84]
University of South Asia	Lahore	Private	1988	General	[85]
University of Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Private	2002	General	[86]
University of Central Punjab	Lahore	Private	1999	General	[87]
Minhaj International University	Lahore	Private	1984	General	[88]
Lahore University of Management Sciences	Lahore	Private	1984	General	[89]
Lahore School of Economics	Lahore	Private	1993	General	[90]
Institute of Management Sciences, Lahore	Lahore	Private	1987	Management Sciences	[91]
University of Lahore	Lahore	Private	1999	General	[92]
Imperial College of Business Studies	Lahore	Private	1991	Business Studies	[93]
Hajvery University	Lahore	Private	2002	General	[94]
GIFT University	Gujranwala	Private	2002	General	[95]
Forman Christian College	Lahore	Private (non-profit)	1864	General	[96]

* Granted University Status.

Sindh

Department of Economics, University of Karachi

Aga Khan University

IQRA University Main Campus

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology

University	Location(s)	Type	Established	Specialization	Website
Bahria University	Karachi	Public/Naval	2000	General	[97]
Dawood College of Engineering and Technology	Karachi	Public	1962 (2007)*	Engineering	[98]
Dow University of Health Sciences	Karachi	Public	2003	Medical Sciences	[99]
Federal Urdu University	Karachi	Public	2002	General	[100]
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi	Karachi	Public	1955	Business Studies	[101]
Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan	Karachi	Public	1951	Accountancy	[102]
Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences	Jamshoro	Public	1881 (2002)*	Medical Sciences	[103]
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology	Jamshoro	Public	1963	Engineering	[104]
NED University of Engineering and Technology	Karachi	Public	1921 (1977)*	Engineering	[105]
Pakistan Naval Academy	Karachi	Public	1970		[106]
Pakistan Navy Engineering College	Karachi	Public	1966	Engineering	[107]
Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology	Nawabshah	Public	1974	Engineering	[108]
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University	Larkana	Public	2008	Medical Sciences	[109]
Shah Abdul Latif University	Khairpur	Public	1974	General	[110]
Sindh Agriculture University	Tandojam	Public	1977	Agricultural sciences and technology	[111]
Sukkur Institute of Business Administration	Sukkur	Public	1994	Business and IT	[112]
University of Sindh	Jamshoro	Public	1947	General	[113]
University of Karachi	Karachi	Public	1951	General	[114]
Aga Khan University	Karachi	Private	1983	Medical Sciences	[115]
Baqai Medical University	Karachi	Private	1989	Medical Sciences	[116]
Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education	Karachi	Private		General	[117]
Greenwich University	Karachi	Private		General	[118]
Hamdard University	Karachi	Private	1991	General	[119]
Indus Institute of Higher Education	Karachi	Private		General	[120]
Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture	Karachi	Private	1989	Arts & Architecture	[121]
Institute of Business and Technology (Biztek)	Karachi	Private	2001	Business	[122]
Institute of Business Management	Karachi	Private		Business Management & technology	[123]
Iqra University	Karachi	Private	1998	Business Administration, Computer Science, Fashion & Textile Designing, Media Sciences, Electronic Engineering and Telecommunication.	[124]
Isra University	Hyderabad	Private	1997	General	[125]
Jinnah University for Women	Karachi	Private	1998	General	[126]
Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology	Karachi	Private	1997	General	[127]
KASB Institute of Technology	Karachi	Private			[128]
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University	Karachi	Private	1998	General	[129]
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences	Karachi	Private	2000	Information technology sciences	[130]
Newports Institute of Communications & Economics	Karachi	Private	1999	Management, Technology and Economics	[131]
Preston Institute of Management, Science and Technology	Karachi	Private		Management, Technology and Business Studies	[132]
Preston University, Pakistan	Karachi	Private	1984	General	[133]
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology	Karachi	Private	1995	General	[134]
Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology	Karachi	Private	1993	Engineering	[135]
Textile Institute of Pakistan	Karachi	Private	1994	Textile & Apparel (Design/Science/Business)	[136]
Ziauddin Medical University	Karachi	Private	1995	Medical Sciences	[137]
University of East	Hyderabad	Private			[138]

* Granted University Status.

Azad Kashmir

Mirpur University of Science and Technology

University	Location(s)	Type	Established	Specialization	Website
Mirpur University of Science and Technology	Mirpur	Public	1980	Engineering	[139]
University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir	Muzaffarabad	Public	1980	General	[140]
Al-Khair University	Mirpur	Private	1994	General	[141]
Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University	Nerian Sharif	Public	2000	General	[142]

Gilgit-Baltistan

University	Location(s)	Type	Established	Specialization	Website
Karakoram International University	Gilgit	Public	2002	General	[143]

See also

• Education in Pakistan
• Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
• Pakistan Academy of Sciences

References

TagsEngine Pakistani Universities

External links

• HEC Official Website - List of Universities in Pakistan
• Notes, Guesspapers, Reseult updates, Study forum