The Islamia University of Bahawalpur,Pakistan

The Islamia University of Bahawalpur  is a public sector university in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, which was originally established by His Highness Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi - V as the Jamia Abbasia in 1925. Jamia Abbasia was upgraded to Jamia Islamia in 1963. The Jamia Islamia was converted into a Chartered University as “The Islamia University of Bahawalpur” in 1975, by the Provincial Assembly of Punjab under “ The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Act 1975” . The University has five campuses. Abbasia Campus, Baghdad-ul-Jadeed Campus, and Khawaja Fareed Campus are located in Bahawalpur and two sub-campuses are situated in Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan. To align with the modern needs and changing world, recently, the number of departments has increased from 26 to 129, offering more than 300 disciplines. At present around 1800 teachers including 550 PhDs are serving to provide the latest and quality education. Apart from conventional disciplines of religious affairs, languages, social and basic sciences, are being imparted in the areas of Allied Health Sciences, Agriculture, Business Administration, Computing, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Information Technology, Law, Pharmacy, Sports and Veterinary Sciences. The Islamia University Bahawalpur has various notable academicians, journalists, jurists, lawyers, literary figures, politicians, and sports people, among others as its alumni. The University values quality teaching and research compatible with national needs focusing on THE IUB core values –Tolerance, Honesty, Eco-friendly, Innovative, Understanding, and being Beneficial.

The modern form of Jamia Islamia today exists as the best-emerging university with the title of “The Islamia University of Bahawalpur”. In Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings-202, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur has been declared as 1001+ best in the world, 1 st  in Pakistani universities in three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 3 rd  in “No Poverty”, 5 th  in “Affordable and Clean Energy”. In UI Green Matric World University Ranking-2020, the university ranked 25 among 53 Pakistani universities and 637 th  at the world level amongst 1000 international universities. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur had been scored 100% in the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) Online Education Readiness Dashboard, ranked at 3 rd  position in Pakistan in 2019, in the annual research ranking of the world-renowned Nature Index, and at 11 th  position in the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) ranking of universities in 2016. The university currently has more than 1,800 faculty members serving full-time and part-time, which includes 550 PhDs. 126 teaching departments are offering almost 300 disciplines, providing the latest educational facilities for around 46,000 students. The semester system has been introduced in all departments to bring the teaching standard of the University in harmony with international standards along with the recommended latest syllabi of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. 13 faculties are functioning in IUB, which include the Faculty of Agriculture & Environment, Faculty of Arts and Languages, Faculty of Computing, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Faculty of Islamic Learning, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Management Sciences & Commerce, Faculty of Medicine & Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences. In addition, five constituent colleges are also functioning which include the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, College of Art and Design, College of Conventional Medicine, College of Engineering and Technology, and College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. The university campuses were set up at Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan in 2005, providing quality higher education to local students at their doorstep.