Quaid-i-Azam University

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Quaid-i-Azam University

Established:	1965
Type:	Education and Research
Students:	2400
Location:	Islamabad, Pakistan
Campus:	Urban
Affiliations:	Higher Education Commission
Website:	www.qau.edu.pk

Quaid-i-Azam University is a public university in Islamabad, Pakistan.

One of the largest public sector universities in Pakistan, it was founded as the University of Islamabad in 1965. It was later renamed in 1976 as Quaid-i-Azam University after the honorific title of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and its first Governor General at the time of his century celebrations.

The university's Department of International Relations is highly regarded among the academic circles of Pakistan^{[citation needed]} and is dedicated wholly and solely to the study of international affairs.

Quaid-i Azam University has established research collaboration with a number of foreign universities in the United States, Europe and South Asia, and is rated as one of the top public institutions of higher education in Pakistan. According to the 2006 ranking of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam University is ranked first in the general category.^[1] As per rankings of OIC universities, QAU stood second in ranking among Muslim countries universities. More than 80% of the teachers hold doctoral degrees and have overseas experience^{[citation needed]}.

Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties, namely Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Faculty of Medical Sciences. The quality of the scientific research made at the university is questionable from an international perspective since there is no library - but two mosques (and another under construction).

[edit] Notable alumni

Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Dr. Zafar Iqbal Cheema, Strategic studies Expert
Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, strategic studies expert
Riffat Hussain, strategic studies expert
Naveed Iqbal, Ph.D., first scientist who quantified the evolution of micro and macro crystallization in liquid metals during freezing using Synchrotron, at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Prof. Dr. M. Mazhar, Ph.D., Chairman Chemistry Department, One of the best researcher in the field of Chemistry specially in the Material Chemistry
Muhammad Qasim Zaman, scholar of Islam and Comparative Religion, Princeton University
Talat Hussain, news anchor and host
Dr Tasawar Hayat, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Member University Syndicate, National Distinguished Professor of HEC, Youngest Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Qaiser Mushtaq, Professor and ex-chairman of Mathematics, President Pakistan Mathematical Society
Sabina Sheikh, Ph.D., RAC, Scientist, Regulatory Affairs Expert, NJ USA.
Abdul Ghaffar, Lecturer at University of Engineering and Technology Lahore ^[2]. PhD Scholar at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ^[3].
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Prof. of Physics
Naela Chohan, Pakistani diplomat and renowned feminist artist
Abrar-ul-Haq, famous Punjabi and Urdu pop singer