Department of Botany

Department of Botany has long standing commitment to produce quality graduates and students are getting prestigious position at National and International levels. The BS Program in Botany has been started since 2007 in different semesters. The department is currently offering undergraduate and post graduate levels in the morning as well as evening sessions to cater the human resource requirements for teaching and research in the fields of education, agriculture, environmental NGOs, pharmaceutics and other industries. 
The department is known for quality education in Southern Punjab, with excellent academic reputation. Many of the past students are now working in the field of education, research, pharmaceuticals, business management and administration. On the completion of degree, the students will be specialized in one of the fields of Botany that include Applied Botany, Stress Physiology, Plant Physiology, Plant Ecology, Mycology & Plant Pathology, Psychology & Marine Botany and Plant Taxonomy. The department is well equipped with the research laboratories which are well recognized for MS and PhD Programs. The faculty members have developed a large and productive research and teaching group in plant sciences. Members of the faculty are working in many specialized fields of plant sciences and are endeavoring to enhance knowledge of the plant world. Currently several research projects are in progress.
Specialization in different branches of plant sciences offered by the Department is helpful in getting jobs in teaching in various colleges and universities and in environmental NGOs like WWF and IUCN and in agriculture-based organizations. Most of the graduated students are now serving on teaching, research and administrative posts in public and private sector as well.