The Islamia University of Bahawalpur has designed its matrix to become Enterprise University for developing partnership with indigenous labour market and local community to improve economic growth and regeneration of social wealth.

The university has set itself to offer innovative programmes of applied nature that will satisfy the needs of students and employers in relation to the world of work. The University has premeditated that by the year 2015 it would play a leading role in the world of knowledge and will produce a sufficient number of professionals and social scientists for improving the quality of life across the board. Its mission is to produce a variety of scientists and researchers, responsive to national needs and priorities focusing more on issues relating to socio-economic development of Southern Punjab and national self-reliance.

The university has a long tradition of producing scholars in the field of technology. It has established a center of excellence that will produce enlightened thinkers equipped with religious as well as scientific vision to help promoting peace and harmony among societies.