Quaid-i-Azam University
Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad (; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to the study of postgraduate education but expanded and established as Qaid e Azam university in 1973 to an interdisciplinary university offering undergraduate and postgraduate education. (https://hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/Islamabad/Quaid-i-Azam-University.aspx) Overview. The university has, as of 2015, grown into the largest varsity in Islamabad with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students. The university is on a 1700 acres (or 6.9 km²) campus  on the foothills of the Margalla. Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and highest ranked public universities. In 2020, it is ranked between 510-520 overall whilst in Physics, Mathematics and agriculture departments ranked 225th, 225th and 125th respectively worldwide, in emerging economics it's ranked below 100 which is probably a prestige, and also ranked 111th in Asia by the "QS World University Rankings" while its regional publications ranked QAU among 120 in Asia in 2013. The "Times Higher Education World University Rankings" ranked QAU between 401-500 globally and  top 75 in Asia in its 2020 lists. The university has intellectual interaction with international institutes, including the United Nations, University of Tokyo and the ICTP. It is one of the most popular universities in the country and 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 Professor Muhammad Ali. History. 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 as well. Quaid-i-Azam University has four different faculties and  38 departments, institutes, schools and centers. Faculties and departments. Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties: Central Library. 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. OPAC. Provides bibliographic information of print books available in main and seminar libraries of the University E-Resources. Access E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented and research. Seminar libraries. The main library has its six sub libraries in various departments of the University. Electronic thesis/ D-Space. 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 librarian. Ask your question from Chief Librarian via  e-mail. HEC digital library. Access to E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented, research and many many more. E-library. The E-library is the sub office of DRSM. which provides various services to faculty and students. E-library quick links. The section consists of Useful links for Plagiarism, Research Articles and E-Books. Rankings and reputation. Quaid-i-Azam University was ranked 378 in the world by the "QS World University Rankings" of 2022 and 91 in Asia. For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science category  in 2010. The university was overall ranked between 100-200 among the QS world top universities in 2007 and 2009. According to the latest 2019 ranking of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam University is ranked first in the general category. According to Times Higher Education Latest Rankings 2022, QAU is the only Pakistani University to be ranked among the world top 401 to 500 universities.