Ghazi University Explained

Ghazi University
Native Name:Ghazi University Dg khan
Other Name:غازی یونیورسٹی
Motto:Education for every one
Established:2012
Type:Public
Affiliation:Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Endowment:Punjab funds
Chancellor:Governor of the Punjab
Vice Chancellor:Mr.Muhammad Tufail
Academic Staff:500+
Administrative Staff:20+
Students:10000
Undergrad:8000
Postgrad:2000
Address:City Campus, College Chowk
City:Dera Ghazi Khan-32200
Province:Punjab
Country:Pakistan
Language:English Medium
Colours:Blue,White
Website:https://www.gudgk.edu.pk/

Ghazi University (Urdu: غازی یونیورسٹی) is a university in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. The university was established in 2012 at the initiative of the Chief Minister of the Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif.[1] It is named after Baloch mercenary Ghazi Khan.

The university is situated in the center of city near pull daat and college chowk. There are two buildings of this university. One is at college chowk where students are recently studying and other is at Airport road. The campus at College road is called City Campus and the Campus at Airport road is called airport campus. The Airport campus is under construction.

History

In 1998, the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad opened its sub-campus as a college of agriculture at Dera Ghazi Khan. In 2004, Bahauddin Zakariya University also established its sub-campus there. On 11 July 2014 the College of Agriculture DG Khan, BZU Sub-campus, Postgraduate Degree College and Ghazi Medical College were given the status of Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan.[2] [3]

Administration

The university has an administration office at City Campus.

Departments

Currently there are four faculties and 21 departments working at Ghazi University:[4]

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Management and Social Sciences

Faculty of Science

Admissions: Online Admission system http://admission.gudgk.edu.pk/GhaziLoginfront.php

Programs are:BS (Hons) MBA, BBA (morning and evening), MBA Executive, MBA-IT, MCS, MSc Economics and MA English.

The campus has added a program of MSc Sociology. The Medical Science department has 50 teachers and 2,500 students.Ghazi Khan Medical College[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Facilities

The university has 1,189 acres of land in front of Airport. There are 185 classrooms, a 71-room administration block, five libraries, 39 laboratories, five hostels and seven sports grounds. There are more than 137,000 books and 464 journals in the five libraries.

The university has 6,500 students.

Notes and References

  1. News: Punjab Assembly: Ghazi University Bill among eight passed . . 4 January 2012 . 16 March 2012 .
  2. GoP. 2014. Merging notification
  3. Web site: :: Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan :: . 23 May 2015 . 19 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619123116/http://www.ghaziuniversity.edu.pk/page.php?pageid=NTY= . dead .
  4. Web site: Faculties and Departments Ghazi University. gudgk.edu.pk. 2015-09-24.
  5. Web site: :: Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan :: . 23 May 2015 . 19 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619122952/http://www.ghaziuniversity.edu.pk/faculty.php?pageid=MQ. dead .
  6. Web site: :: Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan :: . 23 May 2015 . 19 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619122957/http://www.ghaziuniversity.edu.pk/faculty.php?pageid=MTA= . dead .
  7. Web site: :: Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan :: . 23 May 2015 . 19 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619123007/http://www.ghaziuniversity.edu.pk/faculty.php?pageid=MTU= . dead .
  8. Web site: :: Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan :: . 23 May 2015 . 19 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619123002/http://www.ghaziuniversity.edu.pk/faculty.php?pageid=MTM= . dead .
  9. Web site: :: Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan :: . 23 May 2015 . 19 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619123012/http://www.ghaziuniversity.edu.pk/faculty.php?pageid=Mw. dead .
  10. Web site: :: Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan :: . 23 May 2015 . 19 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619123017/http://www.ghaziuniversity.edu.pk/faculty.php?pageid=NA. dead .