Islamia University

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1 Islamia University Bahawalpur
- 1.1 History
  - 1.1.1 Further Development
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Islamia University Bahawalpur

Islamia University is a university in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. University has many faculties including Science, Arts, Languages, Social Sciences, Business and Information Technology.

[edit] History

Bahawalpur has always been a seat of higher learning. Uch Sharif (a nearby ancient town) had one of the largest universities in the world where scholars from all over the world used to come for studies. As a continuation of this tradition a religious university Jamia Abbasia was established at Bahawalpur in 1925, following the academic pursuits of Jamia Al-Azhar, Egypt. The renowned scholars spread the beacon of Islam by teaching Tafseer of Quran, Hadith, Fiqh, History along with other contemporary subjects.

In view of the changing scenario, Jamia Abbasia was declared as general university in 1975, and renamed as The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Initially it started functioning at Abbasia and Khawaja Fareed Campuses with ten departments. In order to construct a modern and self-contained campus, 1250 acres of land was allotted to the university on Hasilpur Road about five Kilometer away from the city centre.

[edit] Further Development

The sand dunes have been converted into well-built faculties, green lawns, hostels, residential colony, farms and orchards. It is known as Baghdad-ul- Jadeed Campus. The university started with ten departments but now this number has increased to 39 offering 53 disciplines. While planning to commence new departments and disciplines due consideration is given to market as well as area specific needs. Consequently, apart from conventional disciplines of religious Affairs, Languages and Basic Sciences; education is being imparted in the areas of Business Administration, Engineering, Agriculture, Veterinary Sciences, Computer, Law, Education, Fine Arts, Pharmacy and Sports Sciences etc. The university values quality education rather than quantity. Towards achievement of this end a team of highly qualified and committed faculty members has been developed. Moreover, research is being made corner stone of the educational philosophy.

In order to provide opportunities of higher education to the youth at their door step, two campuses were established at Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalnagar in 2005. Initially Departments of Management Sciences and Computer Science & Information Technology were established for which response was very encouraging. The departments of Commerce, Education and Educational Training are also being launched from 2006-07.