The University of Karachi was established through parliament as a Federal University in 1951. On 23 October 1950 the Karachi University Act was passed and after an amendment in 1951 it was enacted. For the first two years, the University of Karachi remained as an examination University for the affiliated colleges. In 1953 it started its teaching and research activities at two faculties of Arts and
Science. Opened with an intake of 50 students, the university now has 53 Departments and 20 Research Centers and Institutes, under faculties of Arts, Science, Islamic Studies, Engineering, Law, Pharmacy, Management and Administrative Sciences and Medicine. The enrolment of regular students at the campus is around 28,000. There are about 1000 faculty members and more than 3000 supporting staff. On 18 January 1960 the university was shifted to the new campus on a plot of 1,279 acres (5.18 km) located on the Country Club Road (now University Road), under the vice-chancellorship of Prof. Dr. Basheer Ahmad Hashmi, 23 June 1957 - 22 June 1961. Library
The Dr. Mahmud Hussain Library is a three-storey structure, established in 1952. The library was in another building before moving to the present building. The library houses 350,000 volumes, some of them dating back to the 17th century. The library is home to the personal book collection of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Teachers from over 100 affiliated colleges frequent the university, along with scholars from 19 research institutions. A loan and resource sharing system exists with other academic entities in the Karachi area. A digital library enables the scholars and students to access online books and journals. 25 librarians, 10 assistant librarians, and around 90 nonprofessional staff help maintain the library. The building includes six reading rooms for general purposes and six for research. Karachi University Press
Karachi University Press publishes university books and other materials. Faculties
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Islamic Studies
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Science
Departments of University of Karachi
The University of Karachi departments include:
Faculty of Arts
Department of Arabic
Department of Criminology
Department of Persian
Department of Bengali
Department of Economics
Department of Education
Department of English
Department of General History
Department of International Relations
Department of Islamic History
Department of Library & Information Science
Department of Mass Communication
Department of Philosophy
Department of Political Science
Department of Psychology
Department of Sindhi
Department of Sociology
Department of Social Works
Department of Special Education
Department of Urdu
Department of Visual Studies
Faculty of Islamic Studies
Department of Islamic Learning
Department of Quran-o-Sunnah
Department of Usul-ud-Din
Sirah Chair
Faculty of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Department of Pharmaceutics
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacognosy
Faculty of Science
Department of Agriculture
Department of Applied Chemistry
Department of Applied Physics
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Bio-Technology
Department of Botany
Department of Chemical Technology and Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Department of Computer Science (UBIT)
Department of Food Science and Technology
Department of Genetics
Department of Geology
Department of Geography
Department of Health and Physical Education
Department of Mathematics
Department of MIBM (Evening Programme)
Department of Microbiology
Department of Petroleum Technology
Department of Physics
Department of Physiology
Department of Statistics
Department of Zoology
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
BE (Chemical Technology)
BE (Polymer And Process),Plastics Technology Center, Korangi Industrial Area,Karachi
Faculty of Law
Sindh Muslim Law College
Islamia Law College
Faculty of Management &
Administrative Sciences
Karachi University Business School
Department of Commerce
Department of Public Administration
Faculty of Medicine
Karachi Medical & Dental College
MS (Surgery)
MD (Medicine)
Research institutes and centres
Applied Economics Research Centre
Area Study Center for Europe
Center of Excellence for Women Study
Center of Excellence in Marine Biology
Center for Molecular Genetics
H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine
Dr. A.Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Institute of Clinical Psychology
Institute of Environmental Studies
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Institute of Marine Science
National Center for Proteomics
National Nematological Research Centre
Pakistan Study Center
Sheikh Zayed Islamic Research Centre
Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics
Institute for Sustainable Halophyte Utilization
Marine Reference & Research Collection Center
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Zoology
Department of Computer Science
Affiliated Medical,Engineering Universities & Educational colleges
Main article: List of institutes and colleges affiliated with University of Karachi
Former vice chancellors
Prof. A. B. Haleem, 23 June 1951 - 22 June 1957
Prof. Dr. Basheer Ahmad Hashmi, 23 June 1957 - 22 June 1961
Prof. Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, 23 June 1961 - 2 August 1971
Prof. Dr. Mahmud Hussain, 3 August 1971 - 9 April 1975
Prof. Dr. Saleemuzzaman Siddiqui (Acting), 10 April 1975 - 16 January 1976
Prof. Dr. Ehsan Rasheed, 7 January 1976 - 31 August 1979
Prof. Dr. S. Masum Ali Tirmizi, 1 September 1979 - 31 August 1983
Prof. Dr. Jameel Jalibi, 1 September 1983 - 31 August 1987
Prof. Dr. Manzoor uddin Ahmad, 1 September 1987 - 7 July 1990
Prof. Irtafaq Ali, 8 July 1990 - 6 July 1994
Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahab (Acting), 6 July 1994 - 4 April 1995
Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahab, 5 April 1995 - 9 November 1996
Prof. Dr. Hafeez A. Pasha, 10 November 1996 - 24 July 1997
Prof. Dr. Zafar H. Zaidi, 25 July 1997 - 7 January 2001
Prof. Dr. Zafar Saeed Saify (Acting), 12 January 2001 - 28 February 2001
Prof. Dr. Zafar Saeed Saify, 1 March 2001 - 5 January 2004
Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, 6 January 2004–present
Alumni
Main article: List of University of Karachi alumni
See also
Portal icon Karachi portal
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Pakistan Educational Research Network
References
^ Introduction - Karachi University
^ - Ranking of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Recognized Universities in Pakistan
^ THE - QS World University Rankings 2009 - top universities
^ http://www.uok.edu.pk/aboutku.php History of Karachi University
^ http://www.uok.edu.pk/aboutku.php History
^ http://www.uok.edu.pk/library/ History of Library
^ http://www.uok.edu.pk/library/ Library
^ UOK Faculties accessdate=15 April 2011
External links
Official website
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