About the University:

In 1906, the foundations of an agricultural college were laid with the name “Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute” in Lyallpur. In 1961, this college was raised to university level, resulting into the establishment of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.

Introduction:

Air University was founded in the year 2002. It has been federally chartered as an autonomous degree awarding university. The main campus is in Islamabad, while another campus is situated in Multan. The university was set up by the Pakistan Air Force. It is affiliated and recognized by the HEC and PEC

Allama Iqbal Open University also recognized as AIOU is one the largest university in the world with students 1, 121, 000 which are enrolled in 2010. This is the first open university of Asia. AIOU is the exclusive university of Pakistan due to its system, approach and overall structures. The main campus of this university is located in Islamabad. This is a distance education university with a large network expanded all over Pakistan and abroad providing education in Pakistan as well as in Middle East. AIOU provide degree from basic to bachelors, masters and also doctorate status.

The word university is referred as an institution for higher education & the research and development which provide degrees on various subjects such as engineering, commerce, medical and other specialization. University provides degree on bachelor status, master status and also the PHD status. The word university was extract from the word universitas which literal meaning is the group or cluster of scholars. All over the world there are thousands of different universities providing degree on various subjects. In Pakistan, one of the best universities of the world is located. Virtual university is also the one situated in different cities of Pakistan providing education to the people at quite cheap rate but of high quality.

There are uncountable universities in the world but not all of them are recognized in the world. There are some prestigious universities in which studying are an honor. A person who gets a degree from any of those prestigious universities feel extremely proud and degree from these universities also matter a lot everywhere in this world. One of the famous universities among these honorable universities is Punjab University. It is situated in Lahore which is a city of Pakistan and lies in the province of Punjab. It’s the biggest and the oldest Pakistani university that was established in 1882. It is among the top ranked universities of Pakistan.

The higher education commission which was the remarkable step by Pakistan Government in the last decade is the active body for development of research, education and technology in the country. The higher education commission was formed with the idea to promote higher education, encourage young generation in order to prepare them for the upcoming challenges and the leaders of tomorrow and to improve the current situation of government sector institutes and organization by providing more opportunities for research and studies.