Bahauddin Zakariya University

Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU, Urdu: بہاؤالدین زکریا یونیورسٹی) is a public university in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, and one of the largest degree-awarding institutions in the southern part of the province, serving the districts around Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan.巴哈德丁扎卡里亚大学（BZU，乌尔都语：بہاؤالدین زکریا یونیورسٹی）是巴基斯坦旁遮普省木尔坦的一所公立大学，也是该省南部规模最大的学位授予高校之一，主要服务木尔坦与德拉加齐汗一带的县域，是该地区重要的高等教育中心。

Founded in 1975 as Multan University and renamed in 1979 in honour of a Sufi saint, it teaches more than sixty subjects and enrolled roughly 25,160 students in 2024, about half of them women.该校创办于 1975 年，初名木尔坦大学，1979 年为纪念一位苏菲圣人而更名；它开设逾六十个学科，2024 年在校学生约 25,160 人，其中约半数为女性，办学规模在本地区位居前列。

History

• Bahauddin Zakariya University was founded in 1975 as Multan University, beginning its operations in rented buildings with only eight departments and a small teaching staff.巴哈德丁扎卡里亚大学创办于 1975 年，初名木尔坦大学，最初在租借的建筑中办学，仅设八个系，师资规模也相当有限。
• In 1979 the university was renamed in honour of the Sufi saint Baha-ud-din Zakariya, whose shrine in Multan has drawn pilgrims for centuries and remains a city landmark.1979 年该校为纪念苏菲圣人巴哈德丁·扎卡里亚而更名，其位于木尔坦的陵墓数百年来吸引着众多朝圣者前来瞻仰，至今仍是该城最重要的地标之一。
• It is a public sector degree-awarding university and today ranks as the second largest university in Punjab after the University of the Punjab, the province's oldest institution.该校是一所公立学位授予大学，如今是旁遮普省仅次于旁遮普大学的第二大高校，其规模在该省名列前茅，仅次于该省历史最悠久的旁遮普大学。
• By the 2020s the university's original eight departments had grown into more than forty departments, institutes and constituent colleges spread across its many faculties.到 2020 年代，该校最初的八个系已发展为横跨多个学院的四十余个系、研究所与附属学院，学科体系日益庞大，覆盖人文、理学与工程等多个领域。
• The College of Agriculture was established in 1989 to train manpower capable of solving the agricultural problems of the cotton-growing south of Punjab.农学院于 1989 年设立，旨在培养能够解决旁遮普南部产棉区农业问题的人才，直接服务地方经济与农村发展，是该校历史较久的应用型学院之一。
• The College of Engineering and Technology followed in 1994, forming with the College of Agriculture an integral part of the university's long-term expansion plan.工程技术学院于 1994 年成立，与农学院共同构成该校长期扩张计划的重要组成部分，二者相辅相成、并重发展，成为该校工科与应用学科的支柱。
• The Department of Commerce began teaching in November 1996, and Bachelor of Business Administration classes started in the Department of Business Administration in October of the same year.商学系于 1996 年 11 月开始授课，同年 10 月工商管理系也开设了工商管理学士课程，该校的商科教育由此正式起步，此后逐渐成为其热门学科之一。
• A Bachelor of Computer Science programme was introduced in the Department of Computer Science in November 1996, responding to the region's growing need for computing skills.计算机科学系于 1996 年 11 月开设计算机科学学士项目，回应了本地区对计算机技能人才日益增长的需求，标志着该校信息技术教育的开端。
• The Information Technology Centre was established in July 1999 to support the university's electronic services and to strengthen computing in teaching and administration.信息技术中心于 1999 年 7 月成立，支持该校的电子服务，并加强教学与行政管理中的信息化建设，为全校提供网络与计算服务。
• A Master of Computer Science programme had been running since 2003, and telecommunication systems classes began in January 2004 at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.计算机科学硕士项目自 2003 年起开设，电信系统课程则于 2004 年 1 月启动，覆盖本科与研究生两个层次，工科门类继续扩充。
• In the autumn of 2004 the university added engineering programmes in mechanical, computer, textile, agricultural and architectural fields, broadening its engineering provision.2004 年秋季，该校新增机械、计算机、纺织、农业与建筑工程等专业，工程教育体系趋于完善，门类更为齐全，满足地方工业发展的人才需求。
• A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering was launched in November 2024, extending the university's engineering portfolio further into modern technical fields.电气工程理学士项目于 2024 年 11 月开班，进一步拓展了该校的工程专业版图，紧跟现代技术产业的发展需求与就业趋势。
• The university previously maintained sub-campuses in Sahiwal, Layyah and Dera Ghazi Khan, each of which later became an independent university in its own district.该校此前在萨希瓦尔、拉雅与德拉加齐汗设有分校区，这些校区后来均在各县独立为大学，成为当地的高教重镇，可见其办学的辐射能力。
• Those former sub-campuses grew into the University of Sahiwal, the University of Layyah and Ghazi University respectively, spreading the university's academic legacy.这些原分校区分别发展为萨希瓦尔大学、拉雅大学与加齐大学，延续了该校在旁遮普南部的办学传统与学术影响，形成区域高校网络。
• The university now maintains sub-campuses at Vehari and Lodhran to extend its teaching into the surrounding districts of southern Punjab.该校如今在维哈里与洛德兰设有分校区，将教学进一步延伸到旁遮普南部的周边县域，扩大当地学生的受教育机会。
• As an affiliating body the university oversees seventy-nine affiliated colleges, including long-established institutions such as Government Emerson College Multan.作为附属机构，该校管辖 79 所附属学院，其中包括木尔坦政府爱默生学院等历史悠久、声誉卓著的院校，对区域高教质量负有督导之责。
• The Department of Urdu was established concurrently with the university in 1975, when postgraduate Urdu classes were shifted from Government College, Multan.乌尔都语系于 1975 年与学校同步设立，当时木尔坦政府学院的研究生乌尔都语课程转入该校，延续了原有的学术传统与师资脉络。
• Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah served as the founder chairman of the Department of Urdu in the university's earliest years, shaping its language and literature teaching.赛义德·伊夫蒂哈尔·侯赛因·沙阿在该校建校初期担任乌尔都语系首任系主任，为该系的语言文学教学奠定基础，并培养了一批学者与作家。
• The university fulfils the triple function of teaching, affiliation and acting as an examining body for the southern region of Punjab.该校对旁遮普南部地区承担教学、附属与考试机构三重职能，在地方高等教育体系中举足轻重，负责区域内多所学院的考试与学位事务。
• Its jurisdiction covers the civil administrative divisions of Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan, serving a largely rural population across a wide area.其管辖范围涵盖木尔坦与德拉加齐汗两个行政区，服务对象以广大农村人口为主，办学使命因此偏向地方经济与社会发展。
• All degrees awarded by the university are recognised by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, and engineering and pharmacy degrees are approved by their respective professional councils.该校授予的所有学位均获巴基斯坦高等教育委员会认可，工程与药学学位还分别通过其专业委员会认证，毕业生执业资格在全国范围内均被承认。
• The university grew from a small provincial institution into a major comprehensive university of southern Punjab between 1975 and the 2020s.从 1975 年到 2020 年代，该校从小型地方院校成长为旁遮普南部重要的综合性大学，办学层次显著提升，学科门类与在校生规模都成倍增长。
• Its name honours a fourteenth-century Sufi saint of Multan whose shrine remains a landmark of the city and a focus of its religious life.其校名纪念木尔坦一位十四世纪苏菲圣人，他的陵墓至今仍是该城的地标与宗教生活的中心，具有深厚的文化意义，也寄托着学校的办学精神。

Academics

• The university is organised into faculties covering arts and social sciences, science, Islamic studies and languages, commerce and law, pharmacy, veterinary science, engineering and agriculture.该校设有文理、理学、伊斯兰研究与语言、商学与法学、药学、兽医学、工程以及农业等多个学院，学科门类齐全，兼顾传统与现代。
• It offers degrees in more than sixty major and minor subjects, ranging from biochemistry and pharmacy to engineering, law, arts, agriculture and the oriental languages.该校开设逾六十个主修与辅修学科，涵盖生物化学、药学、工程、法学、文学、农学以及东方语言等领域，选择范围相当广泛。
• The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences includes schools of economics, education, criminology, history, political science and international relations.文理学院下设经济学、教育学、犯罪学、历史学、政治学与国际关系等院系，人文社科门类较为齐全，重视理论与实践的结合。
• The Faculty of Science houses institutes of physics, chemistry, botany, zoology and molecular biology and biotechnology, supported by laboratories and research centres.理学院设有物理、化学、植物学、动物学以及分子生物学与生物技术等研究所，并配有实验室与研究中心，科研平台较为完备。
• The Faculty of Islamic Studies and Languages includes departments of Arabic, English, Islamic Studies and Urdu, together with the Saraiki Area Study Centre.伊斯兰研究与语言学院设有阿拉伯语、英语、伊斯兰研究与乌尔都语等系，并附设萨拉伊基地区研究中心，兼顾语言教学与区域文化研究。
• The Faculty of Commerce, Law and Business Administration contains the Institute of Management Sciences, the Alfalah Institute of Banking and Finance, and Gilani Law College.商学、法学与工商管理学院下设管理科学研究所、阿尔法拉银行与金融研究所以及吉拉尼法学院，商法与金融实力突出，是该校的热门学院。
• The Faculty of Veterinary Sciences is divided into departments of pathobiology, biosciences, clinical sciences, and livestock and poultry production.兽医学院分为病理生物学、生物科学、临床科学以及畜牧与家禽生产等系，直接服务农牧产业，并承担动物疫病防治的研究工作。
• The Faculty of Engineering and Technology includes civil, electrical, mechanical, computer and architectural engineering, and a college of textile engineering.工程技术学院涵盖土木、电气、机械、计算机与建筑工程，并设有纺织工程学院，工科门类相当齐全，与本地工业需求高度契合。
• The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, known as FAST, teaches soil science, agronomy, entomology, plant breeding and horticulture.农业科学与技术学院简称 FAST，开设土壤学、农艺学、昆虫学、植物育种与园艺学等专业，与地方农业紧密结合，培养实用型人才。
• The Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition covers human nutrition, food science and technology, and food safety and quality management.食品科学与营养学院涵盖人类营养、食品科学与技术以及食品安全与质量管理等方向，紧贴产业需求，回应公众对食品安全的关注。
• The Multan College of Arts operates within the university as a specialist institution for the visual and performing arts.木尔坦艺术学院作为专门机构设于该校之内，承担视觉与表演艺术的教学与研究，是该校在人文艺术领域的特色窗口。
• The university employed 599 faculty members in 2024, of whom 333 held doctoral degrees, giving it a well-qualified academic staff.2024 年该校有教师 599 人，其中 333 人拥有博士学位，师资学历结构较好，教学科研能力较强，能够支撑多层次的人才培养，体现了较强的师资实力。
• It enrolled around 25,160 students in 2024, about half of them women, spread across its faculties and constituent colleges.2024 年该校在校学生约 25,160 人，其中约半数为女性，分布于各学院与附属学院之中，教育覆盖面广，性别结构也较为均衡，体现了教育机会的普惠。
• More than sixty subjects are taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across the university's faculties and constituent colleges.该校各学院与附属学院在本科与研究生层面开设逾六十个学科，人才培养层次完整、覆盖面相当广泛，兼顾学术与应用两类取向。
• The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology provides eight major subjects for specialisation after two years of study.农业科学与技术学院在两年基础学习后提供八个专业方向供学生选择，致力于培养专精的农业人才，服务本地区的种植与畜牧经济。
• Postgraduate programmes lead to master's and doctoral degrees in the sciences, humanities, business and agriculture.研究生项目授予理学、人文学科、商学与农学等领域的硕士与博士学位，为地方培养高层次专业人才，并推动相关领域的学术研究。
• The university maintains a fleet of forty-two buses to carry students and staff between the campus and the city.该校配有 42 辆巴士组成的车队，在校园与市区之间接送学生与教职工，保障日常通勤需要，也方便家在周边县市的学生往返。
• Engineering degrees are recognised by the Pakistan Engineering Council and pharmacy degrees by the Pakistan Pharmacy Council.其工程学位获巴基斯坦工程委员会认可，药学学位获巴基斯坦药学会认可，毕业生可凭此取得执业资格，就业渠道更为通畅，深受考生欢迎。

Campus

• The main campus of Bahauddin Zakariya University is spread over 960 acres some ten kilometres from the centre of Multan.巴哈德丁扎卡里亚大学主校区占地 960 英亩，距木尔坦市中心约十公里，规模相当开阔，为教学、科研与住宿提供了充足空间，也便于日后扩建。
• The campus lies on the edge of Multan in Punjab, at approximately 30.20 degrees north and 71.48 degrees east.校区位于旁遮普省木尔坦城郊，约处北纬 30.20 度、东经 71.48 度，地势平坦、地块完整，便于校园的规划与扩建。
• Its back gate is about six kilometres from Chowk Kamharanwala, a well-known junction on the road into the city.其后门距霍尔卡姆哈拉瓦拉约六公里，那是通往市区道路上的知名路口，交通较为便利，校车与私家车往来频繁。
• The site houses the faculties, the central library, student hostels, sports grounds and residential accommodation for staff.校园内设有各学院、中央图书馆、学生宿舍、运动场地以及教职工宿舍，功能配套较为完备，基本满足师生的学习与生活需要。
• The university provides separate residential hostels for men and women, with eight halls for male students and seven for female students.该校为男女学生分别提供宿舍，其中男生宿舍八栋、女生宿舍七栋，实行分区管理，生活便利，也照顾到本地的文化传统。
• The male hostels are named Abubaker Hall, Umar Hall, Usman Hall, Ali Hall, Hamza Hall, Qasim Hall, Mohsin Hall and Abdul Sattar Edhi Hall.男生宿舍分别为阿布巴克尔楼、欧麦尔楼、奥斯曼楼、阿里楼、哈姆扎楼、卡西姆楼、穆赫辛楼与阿卜杜勒·萨塔尔·埃迪楼，均以受人敬重的人物命名。
• The seven female hostels are Fatima Hall, Marium Hall, Ayesha Hall, Amna Hall, Zainab Hall, Khadija Hall and Hajira Hall.七栋女生宿舍分别为法蒂玛楼、玛丽亚姆楼、阿伊莎楼、阿姆娜楼、宰纳卜楼、赫蒂彻楼与哈吉拉楼，均以受人尊敬的女性命名，环境安全安静。
• Multan, the university's home, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on the subcontinent and a major cotton and mango centre.该校所在的木尔坦是南亚次大陆最古老的宜居城市之一，也是重要的棉花与芒果集散中心，商业气氛浓厚，历史文化底蕴深厚。
• The campus is connected to the city by a network of roads, and university buses run daily between the hostels and the faculties.校园通过公路网与市区相连，校车每日往返于宿舍区与各学院之间，方便师生出行，节省通勤时间，也加强了校园与城市的联系。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Bahauddin Zakariya University is placed in the 1001-1200 band, a shared range.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，巴哈德丁扎卡里亚大学位列第 1001-1200 位（并列区间），这一区间涵盖全球众多院校，显示其作为发展中地区综合性大学的国际位置。
• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it is ranked in the 701-800 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位列第 701-800 位，是其在各项国际榜单中表现相对较好的一项。
• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking it is placed 795th in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位居全球第 795 位，进入全球前八百名之列。
• It did not appear in the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，这一点与巴基斯坦多数高校在该榜单上的表现大体一致，其学术榜单表现也因此受到一定限制。
• In 2019 the university was ranked eighth nationally in the General Universities category by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.2019 年，该校在巴基斯坦高等教育委员会「综合类大学」排名中位列全国第八，是其在官方国内排名中的最好成绩之一。
• OpenAlex records about 20,671 scholarly works and 728,562 citations associated with the university's researchers.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校研究人员累计约有 20,671 篇学术成果与 728,562 次被引，反映其在农业、科学等领域的科研体量与影响力。
• The university is one of the largest public institutions of southern Punjab and a major employer in the Multan region.该校是旁遮普南部规模最大的公立院校之一，也是木尔坦地区的主要雇主之一，对地方经济、就业与人才培养贡献显著。
• Its agricultural and veterinary faculties are closely tied to the cotton, wheat and mango economy of the region.其农学与兽医学院与当地的棉花、小麦与芒果经济紧密相连，直接为区域农业发展提供人才与技术支持，服务本地的种植与养殖产业，研究贴近农户的实际需求。
• The Times Higher Education ranking places it within the top 1200 universities worldwide, reflecting its growing research profile.泰晤士高等教育的排名将其列入全球前 1200 所大学，反映其科研影响力与学术产出在过去十年稳步上升，国际可见度随之提高。
• The university's growth in engineering, pharmacy and computing has strengthened its national reputation over the past decade.过去十年该校在工程、药学与计算机领域的持续拓展，明显提升了其在全国的声誉与竞争力，学科布局也日益贴近现代产业需求。

Student life

• The university does not have a widely publicised formal motto, expressing its identity instead through service to southern Punjab.该校没有广为人知的正式校训，其身份主要通过服务旁遮普南部来表达，强调地方担当与务实的办学取向。
• Residential halls, each named after a revered figure in Islamic history, form the centre of student life on campus.各栋宿舍均以伊斯兰历史上受人尊敬的人物命名，构成校园学生生活的中心，凝聚感较强，也延续了本地的文化传统，形成独特的住宿文化。
• Male students live in eight halls including Abubaker Hall and Umar Hall, while female students occupy seven halls such as Fatima Hall and Ayesha Hall.男生住在阿布巴克尔楼、欧麦尔楼等八栋宿舍，女生则住在法蒂玛楼、阿伊莎楼等七栋宿舍，管理分明，生活秩序井然。
• Sports grounds on campus host cricket, hockey, football and athletics competitions between the faculties.校园运动场地举办板球、曲棍球、足球与田径等院际比赛，体育氛围浓厚，参与面广，是学生课余生活的重要部分。
• The university organises cultural and literary events that celebrate the Saraiki language and the heritage of Multan.该校举办文化与文学活动，弘扬萨拉伊基语言与木尔坦的地方传统，传承区域文化，也增强学生的文化认同感。
• Student societies in debate, the sciences and the arts are active across the faculties and constituent colleges.辩论、科学与艺术等学生社团在各学院与附属学院中广泛活动，丰富学生的课余生活，并锻炼其组织与表达能力。
• The university's location in Multan gives students access to the city's shrines, bazaars and cultural festivals.该校地处木尔坦，使学生得以接触城中的圣陵、集市与文化节庆，生活体验独特而丰富，也便于开展社会实践。
• Graduation ceremonies each year bring families from across southern Punjab to the campus.每年的毕业典礼都吸引旁遮普南部各地的家庭来到校园，共庆学成之时，场面隆重，也成为学校与地方社会联系的纽带。
• The Department of Sports Sciences supports training and research in physical education and athletics.体育科学系支持体育教育与田径方向的训练与研究，助力学生德智体全面发展，并为地方培养体育师资与教练，同时鼓励学生参与各类体育赛事。
• Student life is shaped by the region's strong Sufi traditions, with the shrine of Baha-ud-din Zakariya nearby.该地区浓厚的苏菲传统塑造了学生的生活方式，巴哈德丁·扎卡里亚的陵墓就在附近，其文化影响渗透到校园日常之中。

Notable people

• Baha-ud-din Zakariya, the thirteenth-century Sufi saint after whom the university is named, founded the Suhrawardiyya order in Multan.十三世纪苏菲圣人巴哈德丁·扎卡里亚是该校的命名来源，他在木尔坦创立了苏赫拉瓦迪教团，其影响遍及南亚，陵墓至今仍是当地重要的宗教与历史遗迹。
• Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah was the founding chairman of the university's Department of Urdu in the 1970s.赛义德·伊夫蒂哈尔·侯赛因·沙阿在 1970 年代担任该校乌尔都语系首任系主任，是该系的奠基者之一，为该系的语言文学教学打下基础。
• Muhammad Zubair Iqbal serves as the vice chancellor of the university in the 2020s.穆罕默德·祖拜尔·伊克巴尔在 2020 年代担任该校副校长（校长），主持学校行政工作，并推动学科建设与校园扩建，是学校近年的主要领导者。
• Rubina Feroze Bhatti, a human rights activist and award-winning campaigner, is an alumna of the university.人权活动家、屡获殊荣的社会倡导者鲁比娜·费罗兹·巴蒂是该校校友，她长期投身社会公益与教育平等事业，并因推动妇女权益而多次获得国际奖项。
• Sardar Usman Buzdar, a former Chief Minister of Punjab, studied at the university.旁遮普省前首席部长萨达尔·乌斯曼·布兹达尔曾在该校就读，是该校最为人熟知的政界校友之一，其政治生涯与旁遮普南部关系密切。
• Abida Hussain, a former federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, is counted among its graduates.巴基斯坦前粮食与农业部长阿比达·侯赛因被列为该校毕业生，其后长期活跃于国家政坛，并在农业与粮食政策领域拥有丰富经验。
• Saima Akram Chaudhry, a novelist and drama writer, graduated from the university.小说家兼电视剧编剧赛玛·阿克拉姆·乔杜里毕业于该校，在乌尔都语文艺界颇有影响，其剧作在巴基斯坦电视荧屏上广受欢迎。
• Gharida Farooqi, a prominent television news anchor, is also an alumna.知名电视新闻主播加丽达·法鲁基同样是该校校友，是巴基斯坦家喻户晓的媒体人物，长期主持时事与公共议题节目。
• Ali Akbar Natiq, a poet and short-story writer in Urdu, studied at the university.乌尔都语诗人兼短篇小说作家阿里·阿克巴尔·纳提克曾在该校求学，其作品以现实题材见长，广受文学评论界好评。
• Zafarullah Khan, a lawyer and legal commentator, is a graduate of the university.律师兼法律评论员扎法鲁拉·汗是该校的毕业生，经常在媒体上就法律与宪法议题发声，是当地颇具影响力的法律人士。
• Rauf Kalasra, an investigative journalist, is listed among its notable alumni.调查记者拉乌夫·卡拉斯拉被列为该校知名校友之一，以深度报道与社会调查见长，在巴基斯坦新闻界有较高知名度，其报道多次引发公众对地方治理的关注。
• Kashif Javed, a senior finance executive, is another graduate of the institution.高级财务主管卡希夫·贾韦德也是该校的毕业生之一，活跃于企业财务领域，是该校商界校友的代表人物之一，在企业财务与资本运作方面经验丰富。
• Its graduates serve in the civil service, the armed forces, education and agriculture across Pakistan.该校毕业生遍布巴基斯坦的公务员体系、军队、教育界与农业部门，其中不少人进入中央与地方政府任职，社会影响广泛而深远。