University of the Punjab, Jhelum

The University of the Punjab, Jhelum (also referred to as Punjab University, Jhelum campus or PUJC) (Urdu: جامعہ پنجاب، جہلم‎) is a public research university in Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan. PU Jhelum is the third-oldest of the five University of the Punjab campuses.

Aerial view of University of the Punjab, Jhelum Campus
University of the Punjab, Jhelum Campus

University of the Punjab, Jhelum
PUJC
جامعہ پنجاب، جہلم
Motto
Urdu: ایمان ، اتحاد ، نظم‎
(Iman, Ittehad, Tanzeem)
Motto in English
Faith, Unity, Discipline
TypePublic
Vice-ChancellorDr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar (SI)
Location
Jhelum
,
Punjab
,
Pakistan
CampusSuburb
81 kanals (10.03 acres)
AthleticsCricket
AffiliationsHEC
University of the Punjab
Websitepujc.edu.pk

Departments

PUJC have five departments for undergraduate and graduate programs which are the Department of Administrative Science, Department of Business Administration, Department of Commerce, Department of Information Technology and the Department of Law. There is special need more departments, such as botany, physics, education, Urdu, pharmacy, geography, mathematics, and agriculture, at MS and PhD levels and in the near future these programs will be launched.

Faculty
  • Faculty of Law

LLB

  • Faculty of business administration

BBA

  • Faculty of Computing and Information Technology

BSCS

  • Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences

B.com , BS Management

Research and collaborations

The University of the Punjab has collaborated with different universities globally and has articulation agreements with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University and San José State University in the United States. It also has agreements with the University of Manchester, University of Luton, University of Bedfordshire, University of Birmingham, University of Surrey, University of Bradford, University of Cambridge, University of Derby, and University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. In China, Punjab University has collaborations with Beijing University of Chemical Technology, City University of Hong Kong, Wuhan University School of Foreign Languages and Literature, University People's Republic of China, Sichuan University, and Zhengzhou Medical University and in Iran with Markaz Nashr-e-Miras-e-Maktoob, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, University of Tehran, and Tarbiat Modares University.

Notable alumni
Main article: List of University of the Punjab people

University of the Punjab alumni include two Nobel Laureates, Har Gobind Khorana (1968 - Medicine), and Abdus Salam (1979 - Physics). Other famous alumni are Satish Dhawan(ISRO), nuclear physicist Ishfaq Ahmad, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, human rights activist Asma Jahangir, poet and mystic Omer Tarin, relativistic astrophysicist and cosmologist Muhammad Sharif (cosmologist) and others .

References


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