About Us
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University is chartered by the Government of Sindh as a comprehensive institution, authorized to award earned or honorary degrees at all levels, from Associate to Doctorate, in all disciplines, ranging from Accounting to Zoology. The University follows the American system of education. It fulfils all the pre-requisites and degree requirements comparable to any good accredited international university . A number of international academic evaluation agencies have evaluated our degrees as being equal to a degree awarded by any accredited international university. The dream to provide quality education to the youth of Pakistan is gradually being realized with the establishment of Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, which has two campuses, one at Karachi and the other at Islamabad.
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University has three focal points in its planning. The first of course is the range of programs. It has Departments of Computer Science, Electronics Engineering and Biosciences in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences; while in the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, there are Departments of Management Sciences, Economics and Social Sciences.
The programs are tailored not for the popular market but for the real need of our country’s economy and manpower development. The second focal point is training. In addition to pure academic programs, the University runs training programs, seminars and workshops for the benefit of industry, public sector and community at large. The university believes that this is its contribution to development of professional manpower, which is enriching society as a whole. Finally, the third focal point is the university's endeavors in Research. The University is deeply conscious of the fact that research and development are the main tools countries use to transform their developing economies into developed nations.
The University is investing heavily in facilities, technology and faculty development to promote Research in meaningful and purposeful areas. The University has started Doctoral level programs in Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering, and Management Sciences.
History
The Punjab Group of Colleges has been serving the community with quality education since 1985. Punjab College of Commerce was the first institution to be established by the Group at Lahore. The Group is continuing to expand its horizons by extending its network to several cities in the country.
Under the umbrella of the Punjab Group of Colleges, Punjab College of Business Administration (PCBA) and Punjab Institution of Computer Science (PICS) have emerged as highly specialized business and computer science institutions. Punjab Law College and Punjab College of Information Technology are also links in this rapidly expanding chain of colleges.
As a tribute to the Father of the Nation, the Group named its next ambitious project as Mohammad Ali Jinnah University. The University was granted its charter by the Government of Sindh in 1998 (Reference S.LEGIS:1(7)/98 dated July 01, 1998, which was finally promulgated in the year 2000 (Reference S.LEGIS:1(4)/2000 dated May 18, 2000. The Islamabad Campus was established after obtaining an NOC from UGC ref. 16-21/UGC-sec/98/1348 dated 17th August, 1998 and 16-21 UGC/AA & C/98/553 dated 29th November 2001 and NOC from HEC ref. 16-21/HEC/A&A/2003/649 dated 27th September 2003.
In recognition of its sterling services to the cause of excellence in education, the Group has been awarded yet another charter by the Government of Punjab to establish the University of Central Punjab.
Resource Academia was established in Islamabad after major success of the School in Lahore in 2003. This institution will provide quality education from preschool to grade VIII at the junior level, and from O level to A level at the senior level. The aim of the Group is to establish a nation-wide network of outstanding schools providing up-to-date knowledge to the coming generations.
The Group has established institutions providing an outstanding level of education from the pre-school level to the Ph. D level. The campuses are located at strategic locations in the major cities of Pakistan and provide education in a wide variety of disciplines at various levels.