COMSATS University Islamabad

COMSATS University Islamabad

v Introduction

The COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), at one time called COMSATS Institute of data Technology (CIIT), maybe a public university in The Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is a multi-campus university with its principal seat  situated in capital of Pakistan.

v Overview

The university was established by the Commission on Science and Technology for property Development within the South (COMSATS) in 1998, while its first charter was granted by the Government of Pakistan in August 2000. Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi was the Founder curate of the university and continuing to serve the university until March 2017. Prof. Dr. Raheel Qamar assumed charge of the workplace of curate in March 2017.It was envisioned as Pakistan’s first exclusive Institute of Information Technology. Previously, its name was COMSATS Institute of data Technology (CIIT), which was transformed into a full fledged university called the COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) by an Act of Parliament in April 2018.

The university was graded among high 250 Asian Universities by QS University Rankings in 2014  and across the nation it's graded top-most in pc Sciences and IT class and first overall within the country consistent with NatureIndex. It is also a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities Its main campus, located in Islamabad, has over 8,500 students and 30,000 more students in its 6 satellite campuses. Its student body additionally includes international students from over nine countries. It has eighteen departments that combined provide 97 degree programs and has since origin created over 250 PhDs. It has also established the country's first ever Student Startup Business Center (SSBC) to support and promote entrepreneurship and innovation in its educational surroundings.

v Campuses

COMSATS university is a multi-campus university. Apart from the most field in Islamabad, the university additionally has sub-campuses placed in metropolis, Attock, Vehari, Abbottabad, Wah and Sahiwal.

v Islamabad

The main field in capital of Pakistan was established in 1998. During the first year of its establishment, the institute offered only a few certificate courses and a postgraduate diploma in computer studies with a single class room and limited resources. Islamabad campus is situated at Chak Shahzad, Islamabad. Currently, quite eight,055 students are enrolled in various degree programs at this campus.

v Abbottabad

The Abbottabad field became useful in July 2001 and therefore the initial school term started in Sept 2001. This field is ideally located within the locality of Pakistan academy, Kakul. The field is constructed on 308 Kanals of land chartered  by the Pakistan Army at Toba Camp. The abandoned army barracks were reborn into a living field inside a brief amount of 2 months by the university team. The first school term started with a student strength of 121 and solely 3 undergrad programs.

v Attock

Attock campus was established in 2004. There are 4 departments,9 undergraduate and 6 graduate programs are offered, more than 2,650 students are enrolled, qualified faculty strength of 179 including 55 PhDs. More than 500 research papers are published.

v Vehari

Established in 2008, Vehari campus started with 45 students enrolled in one program and now it has more than 2,385 students, more than 180 faculty members, 14 programs and three functional academic blocks.

v Lahore

The metropolis field is found on Defence Road, Off Raiwind Road and is at a 30-minute drive from the main city. This campus was established in January 2002.

Wah

The gap of COMSATS University within the historical and industrial city of Wah was a joint effort of the university and West Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) that is found in Wah camp. The university management started field at Wah in an exceedingly record amount of seventy days. The then Minister for Science and Technology and Chancellor of the university formally inaugurated the Institute on September 14, 2001. Initially, Wah field started its operation within the little guest house of POF. In 2003, 2 purpose-made educational blocks were two-handed over to the university on future lease amount by POF. Wah field extended its educational facilities by getting land contiguous to the present field in 2012 measurement ninety-six Kanals. The field has additionally noninheritable twenty Acres of land close to Brahma Bahtar Interchange on M1 state highway to satisfy its future educational needs.

v Sahiwal

Sahiwal field located at Sahiwal was formally inaugurated in Gregorian calendar month 2007. It has seven educational departments and ten different services departments. It has 3800 students from different departments.

v Virtual Campus

CUI virtual field was established in July 2008 and began its regular operate in Gregorian calendar month 2012. The campus was established in offices, laboratories and studios located in Islamabad having approximately 20,000 sq. ft. covered area. State-of-the-art servers, dedicated PERN bandwidth, as well as latest audiovisual equipment, was acquired to set up laboratories, studios and data Centre. Virtual campus started its first academic session in Fall 2012 offering four undergraduate level degree programs in computer science and management science subjects.