Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Student Branch
Bahauddin Zakariya University was founded in 1975 as Multan University, and is one of the largest universities in Punjab. It was renamed in honor of a Sufi saint Hazrat Baha-ud-din Zakariya (1171-1262). As a degree awarding government university, it offers degree courses in more than 60 majors, including pharmacy, engineering, humanities, business administration, law, art, music, IT, agriculture and languages. According to newly published 2016-2017,Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking System, Bahauddin Zakariya University is ranked within Top 800 most powerful universities worldwide. In 2014, The university was also ranked 8th nationally by General Universities Category of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC).
The Bahauddin Zakariya University is a general university, providing education in Arts and Science. Since agriculture is the mainstay of this region (the place and its environs produce the country’s best silver crop (cotton) and fruit crops like mangoes, citrus, and dates), it was considered expedient to train manpower for solving agriculture problems. Accordingly, a College of Agriculture was established in 1989. The College of Agriculture and its complement, an Engineering College, form an integral part of the University Plan. The College of Engineering & Technology was established in 1994. Department of Commerce was started in November 1996. BBA classes were started in the Department of Business Administration in October 1996. Bachelor of Computer Science was introduced in the Department of Computer Science in November 1996, though Masters in Computer Science (MCS) was already running since 1989. B.Sc. Electrical Engineering class was started in November 1997. Information Technology Centre was established in July 1999. BS and MSc. Telecommunication System was started in January 2004. B.Sc. Mechanical, Computer, Textile, Agricultural and Architectural Engineering classes were started in fall 2004. All degrees awarded by the university are recognized by HEC and PEC.
IEEE BZU student branch was established in 2015 and Farrukh Usman Mirza was its founding chair. it has a honor of having maximum memberships in a year (Number is not confirmed but it was more than 60). Rizwan Naqvi former IAS Chair IEEE UCET BZU was selected to represent in America at IEEE IAS Annual AGM. He represented his student branch effectively in Baltimore USA.
Dr. Abdul Sattar Malik
Executive Committee
