Ghazi University

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]

History

In 1998, the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad opened its sub-campus as a college of agriculture at Ders Ghazi Khan. In 2004, Bahauddin Zakariya University also established its sub-campus there. On July 11, 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

There are five faculties and 21 departments of Ghazi University:^[4]

• Department of Agricultural Sciences
• Department of Arts
• Department of Education
• Department of Management Science
• Department of Medical
• Department of Science
• Department of Business administration

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 2500 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 137,000 books and 464 journals in the five libraries.

The university has 5,500 students.

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