Ghazi University

Ghazi University (Urdu: غازی یونیورسٹی‎) is a university in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. The university was established in 2012 at the initiative of the Chief Minister of the Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif.^[1]

History

In 1998, the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad opened its sub-campus as a college of agriculture at Ders Ghazi Khan. In 2004, Bahauddin Zakariya University also established its sub-campus there. On July 11, 2014 the College of Agriculture DG Khan, BZU Sub-campus, Postgraduate Degree College and Ghazi Medical College were given the status of Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan.^{[2] [3]}

Administration

The university has an administration office at City Campus. The main administrative body is vice-Chancellor Committee composed of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal and Prof. Dr. Shafqat Nawaz.

Departments

There are five faculties and 21 departments of Ghazi University:^[4]

• Department of Agricultural Sciences
• Department of Arts
• Department of Education
• Department of Management Science
• Department of Medical
• Department of Science
• Department of Business administration

Programs are: BS (Hons) MBA, BBA (morning and evening), MBA Executive, MBA-IT, MCS, MSc Economics and MA English.

The campus has added a program of MSc Sociology. The Medical Science department has 50 teachers and 2500 students. Ghazi Khan Medical College ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Facilities

The university has 1,189 acres of land in front of Airport. There are 185 classrooms, a 71-room administration block, five libraries, 39 laboratories, five hostels and seven sports grounds. There are 137,000 books and 464 journals in the five libraries.

The university has 5,500 students.

See also

• ITU Lahore

References