University of Karachi
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Nickname | UoK, KU |
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Affiliations | Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) Pakistan Engineering Council Pharmacy Council of Pakistan Pakistan Bar Council |
Website | uok |
The University of Karachi (
With a total student body of 41,000 full-time students and a campus size spanning over 1200
In 2008, the university was named for the first time by
History
At the time of
For the first two years, the University of Karachi remained an examination university for the affiliated colleges. Over the years, the enrollment expanded rapidly. Karachi University first intake was 50 students, the university now has 53
Master Plan
From 1950s, Michael Ecochard designed the Karachi University master plan and campus buildings.[15][16]
Past appointed Vice-Chancellors
Vice-Chancellors | Department Faculty | Tenure Starting-date | Tenure completed-date |
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Prof. Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem[18] | Political Science |
23 June 1951 | 22 Jun 1957 |
Prof. Basheer Ahmad Hashmi[18] | 23 June 1957 | 22 June 1961 | |
Prof. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi[18] | History | 23 June 1961 | 2 August 1971 |
Prof. Mahmud Hussain[18] |
English Literature | 3 August 1971 | 9 April 1975 |
Prof. Saleemuzzaman Siddiqui (Interim)[18] |
Chemistry | 10 April 1975 | 16 January 1976 |
Prof. Ehsan Rasheed[18] | Economics | 7 January 1976 | 31 August 1979 |
Prof. S. Masum Ali Tirmizi[18] | Physics | 1 September 1979 | 31 August 1983 |
Prof. Jameel Jalibi[18] |
Urdu literature | 1 September 1983 | 31 August 1987 |
Prof. Manzooruddin Ahmad[18] | Philosophy | 1 September 1987 | 7 July 1990 |
Prof. S. Irtafaq Ali[18] | Botany | 8 July 1990 | 6 July 1994 |
Prof. Abdul Wahab (educationist) (Acting)[18] | Institute of Business Administration, Karachi | 6 July 1994 | 4 April 1995 |
Prof. Abdul Wahab (educationist)[18] | Institute of Business Administration, Karachi | 5 April 1995 | 9 November 1996 |
Prof. Hafeez A. Pasha[18] |
Economics | 10 November 1996 | 24 July 1997 |
Prof. Zafar H. Zaidi[18] | 25 July 1997 | 7 January 2001 | |
Prof. Zafar Saeed Saify (Interim)[18] | 12 January 2001 | 28 February 2001 | |
Prof. Zafar Saeed Saify[18] | 1 March 2001 | 5 January 2004 | |
Prof. Pirzada Qasim[18] | Neuroscience | 6 January 2004 | 9 February 2012 |
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qaiser[18] | Botany | 10 February 2012 | 24 January 2017[19] |
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan[19] | Botany | 24 January 2017 | 4 May 2019[20] |
Prof. Dr. Khalid M. Iraqi (Interim) | Public Administration | 16 May 2019[21] | 1 March 2022 |
Prof. Dr. Nasira Khatoon (Interim) | Zoology | 2 March 2022 | 28 July 2022 |
Prof. Dr. Khalid M. Iraqi | Public Administration | 29 July 2022 | Incumbent |
Campus
The university campus area is over 1,279 acres (5.18 km2) of land, situated 12 km away from the city center of Karachi. The university has about four percent of International students who come from 23 different countries in the regions of Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East (West Asia) and Europe. The university has a high standard of teaching, with many professors being well-known scholars and academics of international repute. In a short span of 40 years, the university has risen to acquire a high status in the field of education in Pakistan as well as in the region.
On November 27, 2023, the Bohra community leader Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin inaugurated a new state-of-the-art facility for law students on the Karachi University (KU) campus.[22] The new School of Law building, spread over 45,000 square feet, features an Islamic ethos of positive change through education. With its large capacity, the building will allow a greater number of graduate and postgraduate students to pursue multiple law programs.[23]
Academic emphasis
The most prestigious research center of the university is the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences which has over 500 students enrolled for PhD in organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular medicine, genomics, nanotechnology and other fields. The Husein Ebrahim Jamal Research Institute of Chemistry, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Development and the Jamil-ur-Rahman Center for Genome Research are an integral part of this multi-disciplinary research center.[24] It was selected as the UNESCO Center of Excellence in 2016.[25] The university's physics and statistics departments are claimed to be well known departments and its research output plays a vital role in the development of science and technology in the country.[26][27]
Furthermore, the department of mathematical sciences is one of the largest departments in the Faculty of Science, which has a three-floor building consisting of an electronic laboratory for computational mathematics.[28][29]
The department of architecture has produced award-winning designers, architects and artists, who are making their mark in the professional world.[30]
Library system
The University of Karachi's library, known as "Dr. Mahmud Hussain Library", has houses well over 400,000 volumes dating back to the 1600s, for researchers as well as for use by students of advanced studies and faculty members.
Previously called the Karachi University Library, it was renamed the Dr. Mahmud Hussain Library by unanimous resolution of the Karachi University Syndicate on 12 April 1976— the first death anniversary of Prof. Dr.
Karachi University Press
The university publishes books, texts, periodicals and other academic materials in-house through the Bureau of Composition, Compilation and Translation (BCC&T).
Faculties and departments
The University of Karachi has 9 faculties:[33]
Faculty | The listed active Academic department(s) and the academic Chair(s) of the University of Karachi (KU) |
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Faculty of Social Sciences |
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Faculty of Engineering |
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Faculty of Management &
Administrative Sciences[34] |
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Faculty of Engineering |
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Faculty of Education |
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Faculty of Islamic studies |
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Faculty of Law |
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Faculty of Medicine | |
Faculty of Pharmacy |
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Faculty of Science |
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Research institutes and centres
- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Applied Economics Research Centre
- Area Study Center for Europe
- Center for Digital Forensic Science and Technology
- Center of Excellence for Women Study
- Center of Excellence in Marine Biology
- Center for Molecular Genetics
- Centre for Plant Conservation
- Confucius Institute
- Hussain Ebrahim Jamal Research Institute of Chemistry
- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine
- Jamil-ur-Rahman Center for Genome Research[36]
- Dr. A.Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
- Dr. A.Q. Khan Research Laboratories
- Institute of Clinical Psychology
- Institute of Environmental Studies
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department of Main Communication Network[37]
- Institute of Marine Science
- National Institute of Virology
- M.A.H.Q Biological Research Centre
- National Center for Proteomics
- National Nematological Research Centre
- Pakistan Study Center
- Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre
- Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics
- Institute for Sustainable Halophyte Utilization
- Marine Reference & Research Collection Center
- Umaer Basha Institute of Technology
- Sardar Yasin Malik Professional Development Centre
- H H Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin Building—School of Law[38]
Alumnus and people
Since its establishment in 1951, the university has attracted prominent scholars and renowned educationist as its faculty members, researchers and associated scholars. Scholars and educationists such as
Gallery
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Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre
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Offices of the Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Way to Arts Lobby
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Applied Economics Research Centre, KU
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Commerce Building
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Department of Applied Chemistry
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Department of Food Science & Technology,
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Arts Lobby
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Silver Jubilee Gate of Karachi University
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Karachi University Botanic Garden Entrance
Incidents
On, April 26, 2022, four people including three Chinese nationals, were killed and four others were injured in a suicide attack outside the Confucius Institute located within the University of Karachi.[40] A female suicide bomber was spotted in the attack footage, who was sent by a militant separatist group BLA Baloch Liberation Army operating from Balochistan.[41]
See also
- List of universities in Karachi
- List of universities in Pakistan
- Pakistan Educational Research Network
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