Bahawalpur is a typical inland city of Pakistan. It almost marks the central point between Khyber and Karachi. It is located on a fertile tract of Satluj River, having an average height of 384 feet above the mean sea level. The southeastern part of the city is marked with tracts of sandy desert with shifting sand dunes. Yet it has been beautified with massive man made landscaping & trees plantation. Thus the greenery and beautiful landscaping of the university comes as no surprise.
The land of Bahawalpur occupies a unique position in all fields of knowledge, especially in religious and spiritual domains. High ranking scholars, intellectuals and saints have been engaged in imparting knowledge and wisdom.

After attaining the status of a full fledged University in March 1975, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur continued its slow but steady growth in academic and professional fields. The earlier three campuses of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur offer a unique learning environment, with modern facilities and services to support the learning. The university has 53 disciplines of academics & research and is rapidly pursuing new cerebral openings for studious institutional growth.

An excellent faculty committed to quality teaching and research, a flexible curriculum responsive to the changing needs of industry, excellent computer facilities, state-of-the-art infrastructure, and a well-stocked library contributes to the excellence of our undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs.

It is a matter of great satisfaction that now the priorities have been redefined with education on the top of the developmental strategy. There is no paucity of funds for any institution, rather faster and timely utilization is the issue. The most precious asset of any educational institution is the quality of resource persons. For attracting and retaining competent staff, reward system is being rationalized. In this respect revision of pay scales, contractual appointments and tenure track system have been introduced. The hallmark of new strategy is quality research, which is being encouraged and rewarded.

I am confident that our website will give you an enjoyable experience and will help you in making important decisions about joining and creating a relationship with this significant seat of learning in Southern Punjab.

We would also like to hear from you and for this we encourage you to communicate with us through the officials whose contacts are listed on the website. I hope you find this site useful and look forward to welcoming you to The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, either at Bahawalpur or at its sub-campus recently made operational at Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalnagar.

Prof. Dr. Belal A. Khan
Vice Chancellor