Quaid i Azam University

Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad (Urdu: commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a public research university 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 interdisciplinary university offering undergraduate and postgraduate 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 on a 1700 acres (or 6.9 km²) campus on the foothills of the Margalla.