After 156 Years of its wonderful history, the Government College, Lahore was raised to the status of a

University in 2002. It was renamed as the GC University Lahore. The academic life here has been re-shaped in
accordance with its new challenges and we hope to fulfill the expectations that go with a University. The GCU is
committed to act as a promoter of quality education for all.

This Institution is one of the oldest seats of learning in the Muslim world. As a seat of higher learning GC University
blends grand old traditions and modern educational standards to meet the ideals set by persons like Dr. Leitner,
philosopher the poet, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal and the Noble Laureate, Dr. Abdus Salam.

We have redesigned our syllabi and courses to prepare the young minds for productive careers. The University
offers B.A/B.Sc. (4-year Hon.), M.A, M.Sc. (in some selected disciplines), M.B.A., M.Phil, and PhD programmes in
all major disciplines. We also take steps to sensitize our students about the meaning of the University Motto:
"Courage to Know." We try to make the students inquisitive, thoughtful and independent in pursuit of knowledge.
Special measures are taken through discussions, co-curricular activities, writing of term papers and dissertations
to make the learners confident in their understanding of innovative themes and topics. Every student is thus
brought into the mainstream of the grand academic culture of the GC University. During their stay, the students
are bound to benefit from the academic, intellectual and cultural environment of this celebrated educational
institution.

Physical Infrastructure/Sports Facilities Information

College to University

Opening of the College (Affiliation with Calcutta University)

Punjab University was established with the efforts of the Principal of GC. Thereafter, GC was affiliated with Punjab University.
Awarded Autonomy in Financial and Administrative Affairs.

Granted Degree Awarding Status

GC Elevated to a University.

Description of Structure Area Unit of Area

Total Land Area 56 Acres

Total Covered Area 827000 Square Feet

Total Administrative Area 27800 Square Feet

Total Class Room Area 54000 Square Feet

Total Class Rooms 95 Square Feet

Land Area New Hostel 138600 Square Feet

Constructed Area New Hostel 126380 Square Feet

Constructed Area For Students of New Hostel 110364 Square Feet

Constructed Area For Staff of New Hostel 16016 Square Feet

Land Area Girls Hostel 33516 Square Feet

Constructed Area Girls Hostel 43505 Square Feet

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Constructed Area For Students of Girls Hostel 38743 Square Feet

Constructed Area For Staff of Girls Hostel 4762 Square Feet

Land Area Iqbal Hostel 85437 Square Feet

Constructed Area of Iqbal Hostel 46969 Square Feet

Constructed Area For Students of Iqbal Hostel 35562 Square Feet

Constructed Area For Staff of Iqbal Hostel 11407 Square Feet

Land Area Quaid E Azam Hostel 47589 Square Feet

Constructed Area Of Quaid E Azam Hostel 77142 Square Feet

Constructed Area For Students Of Quaid Hostel 63526 Square Feet

Constructed Area For Staff of Quaid Hostel 13616 Square Feet

Total Land Area of All Hostels 305142 Square Feet

Total Constructed Area of All Hostels 293996 Square Feet

Area Of Usable Play Grounds 2270354 Square Feet

Constructed Area of Sports Facilitates (Gymnasium) 23976 Square Feet

Department's Laborator and Area Information

Sr. No Departments Number of Labs Covered Area Unit

1 Center of Advanced Studies in Physics 10 19600 Sq. Feet
2 Chemistry 36 34555 Sq. Feet
3 Economics 11 35800 Sq. Feet
4 Fine Arts 4 12000 Sq. Feet
5 Geography 1 400 Sq. Feet
6 History 1 7000 Sq. Feet
7 Management Studies Department 1 10800 Sq. Feet
8 Persian 13 35816 Sq. Feet
9 Physics 2 10360 Sq. Feet
10 Psychology 1 10800 Sq. Feet
11 SDSC 9 20778 Sq. Feet
12 Zoology 9 18600 Sq. Feet
Total 98 216509

Positions of GCU in the Intermediate Examination Results of BISE Lahore

Year Overall Pass % in the GCU Overall Pass % of the Board Top Positions
1999 91.00 41.50 11
2000 90.12 50.87 08
2001 88.77 53.19 11
2002 81.23 49.42 10
2003 92.00 53.42 14
2004 92.31 52.18 08
2005 93.79 62.56 08
2006 96.82 67.26 07
2007 97.07 72.67 08
2008 95.19 51.54 09
2009 95.10 53.95 07
2010 95.73 51.96 12
2011 94.49 46.66 10
2012 96.69 56.85 08
2013 94.54 49.29 10

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 2014 93.07 70.01 11
2015 93.34 60.61 06
2016 94.71 60.85 07

2017 94.79 62.48 02

2018 94.78 63.15 07
(20-07-2018)

Programmes Offered

Sr. No. Programmes Offered

1 F.A./F.Sc.
2 B.A./B.Sc.(Hons)/BS(CS)/B.Sc.

3 M.A./M.Sc./MBA/EMBA/M.Sc
4 M. Phil

5 Ph.D.

6 Certificates/Postgraduate Diploma

Admission

Students are admitted in Intermediate and B.A./B.Sc. on the basis of academic record and on the basis of the
extra-curricular merit.
Foreign students are admitted on the basis of the recommendation of the Federal Government of Pakistan.

Admission to M.A./M.Sc and M.Phil/PhD depends on academic record as well as test & interview scores. F.A.
/F.Sc admissions are normally held in July/August while B.A./B.Sc admissions take place in August/September
and M.A./M.Sc. during September/October. The admissions in PhD programmes are advertised separately.

GCU Student's Strength

Sr. No. Level Male Female Total

1 CERTIFICATE 64 22 86

2 PGD/DIPLOMA 27 23 50

3 INTERMEDIATE 2463 0 2463

4 GRADUATION 3633 2198 5831

5 MASTERS 255 163 418

6 M.PHIL/MS/MBA 532 762 1294

7 PHD 280 240 520

TOTAL 7254 3408 10662

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Departments/Schools/Centres/Institutes/Study Programmes

Languages,
Mathematical and Physical Islamic &
Chemistry and Life Sciences Arts & Social Sciences Oriental Engineering
Sciences
Learning
Biotechnology Computer Science Commerce & Finance English Electrical
Botany Environmental BCom French* Engineering
Chemistry Science Business Islamic Urdu
Microbiology Geography Accounting & Studies Arabic*
Psychology Mathematics Finance Persian

Clinical Psychology Physics Banking & Punjabi

Unit Electronics Financial Economics
Industrial/Organizational Economics
Statistics ESME
Psy. Management
Physical Education & Education*
Sports Sciences Fine Arts
Zoology History
Law*
Management Studies
Mass
Communications*
Philosophy & IDC
Political Science
Sociology

HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH PROGRAMMES / SUBJECTS

MS / M. Phil

Applied Physics, Banking & Financial Economics, Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry,

Clinical Psychology, Computer Science, Economics, Electrical Engineering, English
Literature, Entrepreneurship & SME Management, Environmental Science, Forensic
Chemistry, Geography, History, Industrial / Organizational Psychology, Islamic Studies,
Mathematics, Microbiology, One Year Top Up (Clinical Psychology), Persian,
Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Statistics, Urdu, Zoology

Ph.D

1.Applied Physics, 2.Botany, 3. Biotechnology, 4.Chemistry, 5.Clinical Psychology,

6.Economics, 7.English, 8.Environmental Science, 9.History, 10.Mathematics (ASSMS),
11.Persian, 12.Physics, 13.Political Science, 14.Psychology, 15.Urdu, 16.Zoology

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Quality Teaching & Research

GC University, Lahore has played a truly pioneering role in promoting

research and inquiry in the country, particularly in the disciplines of physical
and biological sciences. The university has a reputation of academic
excellence based on an impressive record of achievement in teaching and
research. The research carried out by GCU scholars in various departments
has been acknowledged internationally. The University has produced two
Nobel Laureates: Dr. Hargobind Khorana (in the field of Chemistry) and Dr. Abdul Salam (in the
field of Physics). We also have a number of foreign visiting professors in different disciplines and their presence
on our campus has reinvigorated academic programmes and strengthened research activities.

Research Facilities

All departments are well equipped with the necessary equipments/

instruments required for research work. For example Centre
for advanced Studies in Physics (CASP) has the latest labs,
including Laser lab, Material lab, Accelerator lab, Nano Technology lab, Plasma
Focus lab, and Computer labs. Internet facility, multimedia, overhead projectors, a
vast collection of books, journals, professional periodicals and digital library,
research labs and seminar rooms are available in various departments to enhance
the productivity of our young scholars by providing them an academically rich environment.

FACILITIES/SERVICES
Career Guidance and Placement Centre

The Career Guidance and Placement Centre (CG&PC) office is led by a trained and
full time Clinical Psychologist and aims at providing assistance and guidance to the
students for helping them in making their career choices, academic planning and to
explore future professions and placement opportunities based on their personal
needs and current opportunities. The Centre is committed to offer complete
individualized assistance and support to students and to ensure that each student
possesses the necessary skills needed for career decision making and employment
success. CG&PC is readily available to all the bonafide students of GC University,
Lahore within office hours (09:00 am to 02:00 pm) 6 days a week. All services
provided to individuals are confidential.

Libraries

GC University Lahore Library came into existence in 1872. Mr.

Sardari Lal was deputed to hold its charge. Muhammad
Asadullah Khan joined in 1916 as the first qualified librarian.The
British Government honored him with the title of Khan
Bahadur in 1935.

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A proper library with an office and a reading room was
established in 1937 in memory of Mian Fazl-i-Hussain, a
renowned educationist. Mrs. Farkhanda Lodhi, recipient of the
Pride of Performance from the Government of Pakistan was
associated with the library during 1993-1998. The library
building was once again expanded in 1964.

In 1999, the Postgraduate Library was established to enhance

library activities. Recently another library namely Life Sciences
Library was established by merging Botany, Zoology and
Institute of Biotechnology departmental libraries. All the libraries fulfill the information needs of the University
students, teachers and researchers through out the year. The total area of the all the GCU Libraries is more
than 35000 sq. feet which is capable of accommodating 700 students at a time.

The Library has continuously been improved not only in the

collection of books, but also as an instrument for the assistance of
study and research. At present, it has a total numbers of 335732
(till June 2016) books including precious personal collections. The
detail is as under:-

The convergence of data processing techniques and

telecommunications has provided enormous opportunities for
processing, storing and disseminating information. IT has changed
the way we have been communicating, interacting, and has
enabled us to access the required pieces of information globally.

The University Library is striving to respond to technological challenges. We have developed GC University
Library's website. These library pages introduce online recourses
web pages to complement rapidly growing variety of online
collections. GCU Library covers all disciplines taught in the GC
University, Lahore. It is also worth mentioning that it is the first
ever Virtual Library at any University in Pakistan launched in 2001.
The GCU Lahore contributed the first ever digital book from
Pakistan to the World Digital Library in 2010, a cooperative project
of the Library of Congress and the United Nations Educational
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Library
maintains automated English catalogue containing bibliographic
information of the books and journals etc in the library. Database
that is under LMS software is searchable on internal OPACs and Internet also. The Library has developed online
resources section on Library web site to facilitate the users to access the different electronic resources.

The Library's website is a one-stop information solution. It

provides links to almost all academic Disciplines. The library is now
accessible on the GC University network, free of cost. It is
providing access to more than 20,000 full text scholarly journals
available though HEC digital library. Some important databases
are JSTOR, Project MUSE, Science Direct, Springer Link, Edinburgh
University Press, EMERALD, IEEEXPLORE, Taylor & Francis, Wiley
Inter Science, CUP etc.

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 Multimedia section provides access to CD-ROMs, microfilms, audio and video cassettes etc. The CD-ROMs
terminals are often busy due to heavy use and it is necessary to book a time.
Not all terminals are connected to the printer and it is advisable to bring /CD-ROM so that information may be
downloaded. It is located near the circulation counter of the Postgraduate Library.

The library takes pride in the personal collection of Prof. Sufi Tabassum, Prof. Qayyum
Nazar, Mr. Ashfaq Ahmed, Mirza Maqbool Baig Badakshani, Dr. Ibadat Barailvi, Dr.
Waheed Qureshi, Dr, Razi Wasti, Syed Waqar Azeem, Dr. Muhammad Ajmal, Iftikhar
Jalib, Dr. Sohail Ahmad Khan, Prof. Zaheer Ahmad Siddiqui, Dr. Khalid Aftab and others.
The use of these collections is restricted only in the library premises.

Besides above personal collections, a special collection has been developed in 1998.
This includes very old and rare books on various subjects in English, Arabic, Persian and
Urdu. These publications have been arranged
and placed in a separate room in the Central Library.

These publications have been arranged and placed in a separate room in the Central Library. The readers are
allowed to utilize collections within the library premises. However these books are not issued. An index with
library reference pages of valuable collection of former Indian Govt. documents, reports, gazettes, gazetteers
and university calendars is arranged subject wise. These documents can only be consulted within the library. The
complete and latest information of theses/ dissertations of M.A./ M.Sc./ M.Phil./ Ph.D.
is available by department wise in the circulation section of the Central library.

The professional staff of the library includes Chief Librarian, Senior Librarians and Librarians. Presently the library
has seven library professionals besides IT professionals and non-professional staff.

GCU Libraries provide its members with an environment that is

conducive not only to academic but also climatic change. We
manage cleanliness, prompt accessibility as well as healthy air-
conditioning. The key objective of these continuous library efforts
is to enhance its hard and eresources and also to improve its
services by capitalizing the options extended by the traditional,
professional and recent IT applications in the libraries. This will
enhance our archive and current collection potential and will
certainly help faculty boost research activities. It provides one
window instant access to huge amounts of data and information
remotely. It will save a lot of time and energy of information
seekers. This is purely GC University Library product focused to serve the Ravians, people of Pakistan, and
International researchers.

Computerization and Networking Facilities

1. PERN-Pakistan Educational Research Network, a high speed Internet bandwidth of 2 Mbps has been provided to
the GCU.

2. This high speed Internet is being distributed among 400 users in the university including teachers, administrators
and the students. This facility will be extended to 600 users very soon.

3. Around 4 KM fiber optic cable has been laid down to link all the departments of GCU with each other. Through
this project our different campuses i.e. CASP, SMS, Hostels and all Academic Administrative departments are
connected to each other through wireless network.

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Science Facilities

Computer Center, Statistics, Physics, Psychology Laboratories, Lecture Theatres, Multipurpose Auditoriums,
Zoological & Botanical Museums, Botanical Garden, Departmental Libraries, Research Journals.

Theatre & Arts Facilities

A full time program officer. Regular weekly musical concerts, Dramatic Society, Debating, Literary, Scientific &
Photographic Societies.

Academic and Research Links with Other Universities/Institutions

GCU has expanded the horizon of its educational system. GCU's spirit of co-operative
development allows affiliations and collaborations with the internationally well-reputed
Universities. GC University, Lahore has developed academic links with foreign and
Pakistani Universities, research and strategic organizations, industries, and multinational
organizations.
This has provided access to valuable financial, technical, and managerial resources besides strengthening the
University research programmes. GC University, Lahore plans to further widen the links with universities and
research organizations across countries in true spirit and demand of the 21st Century. Recently GCU has
established departmental links to sign historic memorandums of understanding (MoU) with local and
international Universities.

Students' Centers

Student Service Centre, Health care, Cafeterias, Societies

Sports
Gymnasium/Sports Hall, Inter-College sports for men, Tennis, Cricket, Hockey, Table Tennis, Swimming, Track and
Field events.

Hostel Facilities
The University has four hostels for the accommodation of the University students, three for boys and one for
girls.

Financial Aid to Foreign Students

The Government of Pakistan provides financial assistance to such foreign students who wish to study in the
country are require financial assistance, under a regular program.

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