Quaid-i-Azam University

The Quaid-i-Azam University is a public research university located in Islamabad, Pakistan.Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to the study of postgraduate education but expanded through the 1980s to an interdisciplinarity university offering both under and post graduate education. The university has, as of 2015, grown into the largest varsity in Islamabad with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students. The university is located on a 1700 acres campus on the foothills of the Margalla.Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan’s largest and highest ranked public universities.