COMSATS University Islamabad

COMSATS University Islamabad, known as CUI and formerly as the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, is a public multi-campus university in Pakistan whose principal seat is in Islamabad.COMSATS 信息技术学院（英文缩写 CUI，旧称 COMSATS 信息技术研究所）是巴基斯坦的一所公立多校区大学，主校区设于伊斯兰堡。

It was established in 1998 by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South and was chartered by the Government of Pakistan in August 2000, becoming a full university by an Act of Parliament in April 2018.该校由南方可持续发展科学技术委员会于1998年创办，2000年8月获巴基斯坦政府颁发特许状，并于2018年4月依议会法案升格为完整大学。

It operates eight campuses across Pakistan, enrolling more than 39,100 students taught by about 1,935 faculty members, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 639th in the world.该校在巴基斯坦各地运营八个校区，在校学生超过3.91万名，教学科研人员约1935名；在2027年QS世界大学排名中位列世界第639名。

History

• The university was established by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South in 1998, and was envisioned as Pakistan's first exclusive Institute of Information Technology.该校由南方可持续发展科学技术委员会于1998年创办，被设想为巴基斯坦第一所专门的信息技术学院。

• Its first charter was granted by the Government of Pakistan in August 2000, formalising its status as a degree-awarding institution.其首份特许状由巴基斯坦政府于2000年8月颁发，正式确立其可授予学位的地位。

• The Islamabad main campus was established in 1998, and in its first year it offered only a few certificate courses and a postgraduate diploma in computer studies, with a single classroom and limited resources.伊斯兰堡主校区于1998年设立，开办首年仅开设少量证书课程与一个计算机研究研究生文凭项目，只有一间教室和有限资源。

• The Abbottabad campus became functional in July 2001 through the initiative of its founder director Haroon-ur-Rasheed, and its first academic session began in September 2001 with 121 students and only three undergraduate programmes.阿伯塔巴德校区在创始主任哈龙·乌尔·拉希德的推动下于2001年7月运作，2001年9月迎来首个学年，仅有121名学生与三个本科项目。

• The Abbottabad campus is built on 308 kanals of land leased from the Pakistan Army's General Headquarters at Tobe Camp, with abandoned army barracks converted into a living campus within two months.阿伯塔巴德校区建于自巴基斯坦陆军总司令部租得的308坎纳土地上（托贝营区），废弃的军营在两个月内被改造成可用的校园。

• The Wah campus was inaugurated on 14 September 2001 by the then Minister for Science and Technology, who also served as the university's Chancellor, and began in a small guest house of Pakistan Ordnance Factories.瓦赫校区于2001年9月14日由时任科学技术部长兼该校校监正式揭幕，最初设于巴基斯坦军械厂的招待所内。

• The Lahore campus was established in January 2002 on Defence Road, about a thirty-minute drive from the city centre.拉合尔校区于2002年1月设立，位于国防路，距市中心约三十分钟车程。

• In 2003 Pakistan Ordnance Factories handed two purpose-built academic blocks at Wah to the university on a long-term lease.2003年巴基斯坦军械厂将瓦赫校区的两座专门建造的教学楼以长期租约移交给该校。

• The Attock campus was established in 2004, and now offers four departments with nine undergraduate and six graduate programmes.阿托克校区于2004年设立，现设四个系、九个本科与六个研究生项目。

• The Sahiwal campus was formally inaugurated in September 2007 and now has seven academic departments and about 3,800 students.萨希瓦尔校区于2007年9月正式揭幕，现有七个学术系与约3800名学生。

• The Vehari campus was established in 2008, starting with 45 students in one programme and growing to more than 2,432 students with 14 programmes.维哈里校区于2008年设立，最初仅一个项目、45名学生，如今已发展到14个项目、逾2432名学生。

• The virtual campus was established in July 2008 and began regular functions in January 2012, delivering computer science and management degrees online.虚拟校区于2008年7月设立，2012年1月开始常规运行，在线提供计算机科学与管理学学位。

• In 2012 the Wah campus bought 96 kanals of land next to its existing site, and later acquired 20 acres near the M1 motorway for future expansion.2012年瓦赫校区在现有校址旁购入96坎纳土地，此后又在 M1 高速公路附近购得20英亩土地以备未来扩建。

• The virtual campus was stalled in 2016 because Pakistan's Higher Education Commission had not adopted a virtual education policy.由于巴基斯坦高等教育委员会迟迟未出台虚拟教育政策，虚拟校区于2016年停摆。

• Palestine joined COMSATS as its 23rd member state in October 2015, reflecting the wider intergovernmental body behind the university's name.2015年10月巴勒斯坦作为第23个成员国加入 COMSATS，体现该校名称背后更广泛的政府间机构。

• S. M. Junaid Zaidi, the founder Rector, led the university until March 2017, guiding its expansion into multiple campuses.创始校长 S. M. Junaid Zaidi 领导该校直至2017年3月，主导其向多校区的扩张。

• After almost three years when the position of Rector was vacant, Muhammad Tabassum Afzal assumed charge in July 2020 to lead the university through its transition to full university status.在校长职位空缺近三年后，穆罕默德·塔巴苏姆·阿夫扎尔于2020年7月接任，带领该校完成向完整大学的转型。

• By an Act of Parliament in April 2018 the institution, long known as the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, was transformed into the COMSATS University Islamabad.2018年4月，依据议会法案，长期名为 COMSATS 信息技术研究所的该校被改制为 COMSATS 信息技术学院（COMSATS University Islamabad）。

• A governance review followed the transition, introducing a new governance structure with a Rector, Pro-Rectors, campus directors and a Senate.改制之后进行治理检讨，引入由校长、副校长、校区主任与评议会组成的新治理架构。

• The university is under the administration of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South, an intergovernmental organisation based in Islamabad.该校由总部设于伊斯兰堡的政府间机构——南方可持续发展科学技术委员会主管。

• The opening of its first satellite campus at Abbottabad in 2001 marked the beginning of the multi-campus model that now defines the institution.2001年其首个卫星校区阿伯塔巴德的启用，标志着如今界定该校的多校区模式的开端。

Academics

• COMSATS University Islamabad is organised into six faculties, namely Business Administration, Information Science and Technology, Engineering, Science, Health Sciences, and Architecture and Design.该校设六个学院，即工商管理学院、信息科学与技术学院、工程学院、理学院、健康科学学院以及建筑与设计学院。

• Across its campuses it offers more than 111 programmes, ranging from bachelor's and master's degrees to doctorates in engineering, science and management.其各校区合计开设超过111个项目，涵盖工程、理学与管理领域的学士、硕士学位直至博士。

• Its undergraduate portfolio includes computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, biotechnology, pharmacy, economics and business administration.其本科专业包括计算机科学、软件工程、电机工程、土木工程、生物技术、药学、经济学与工商管理。

• The Islamabad campus alone has 35 departments, more than 12,000 students and over 650 faculty members, making it the university's flagship seat.仅伊斯兰堡校区就设有35个系、逾1.2万名学生与650多名教职人员，是该校的旗舰校区。

• The Lahore campus covers 185 acres, employs 482 faculty members including 240 with doctorates, and offers 54 programmes, with 7,148 students enrolled.拉合尔校区占地185英亩，拥有482名教职人员（其中240人具博士学位），开设54个项目，在读学生7148名。

• The Attock campus enrols more than 2,650 students with a faculty of 179, including 55 doctorates, and has produced more than 500 research papers.阿托克校区在读学生逾2650名，教职人员179名（含55名博士），已发表500余篇研究论文。

• The Vehari campus employs more than 148 faculty members and operates three functional academic blocks.维哈里校区拥有148名以上教职人员，并运营三座在用的教学楼。

• Its six campuses include the graduate departments of chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, meteorology and earth sciences, with doctorates offered in several of them.其各校区设化学、物理、数学、统计、气象与地球科学等研究生系，其中若干系可授予博士学位。

• The university's research output has reached more than 28,324 publications, with 118 patents filed and more than 300 funded national and international projects.该校科研成果已达28324篇以上论文，申请专利118项，并有300余个获资助的国内外项目。

• It has, since its inception, produced more than 315 doctorates, and its graduate community numbers more than 114,417 alumni worldwide.自创办以来，该校已培养超过315名博士，其毕业生群体在全球已逾11.4417万人。

• The university established Pakistan's first Student Startup Business Center to support entrepreneurship and innovation among its students.该校建立了巴基斯坦首个学生创业商务中心，以支持学生的创业与创新。

• Its Centre for Career Development and its academic faculties work with industry partners on training, internships and applied research.其职业发展中心与各学术学院同产业伙伴在培训、实习与应用研究方面开展合作。

• Research is organised through the Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization, which promotes commercialisation of research and industry collaboration.科研由研究、创新与商业化办公室组织，推动研究成果的商业化与产业协作。

• Its library and its computing and online teaching systems serve students across the Islamabad campus and the satellite campuses.其图书馆与计算及在线教学系统服务于伊斯兰堡主校区及各卫星校区的学生。

• The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, linking it to a global network of universities.该校是英联邦大学协会成员，连接全球大学网络。

• It hosts the Frontiers of Information Technology conference, an annual international meeting in computing held at the Islamabad campus.该校主办「信息技术前沿」会议，这一计算领域的年度国际会议在伊斯兰堡校区举行。

• Doctoral study is offered in computer science, electrical and computer engineering, chemical engineering, mathematics, physics, chemistry, pharmacy, biosciences, statistics, management sciences and development studies.该校在计算机科学、电机与计算机工程、化学工程、数学、物理、化学、药学、生物科学、统计、管理科学与发展研究等领域开设博士课程。

• Its graduate programmes also include master's and doctoral degrees in business administration, project management, economics and international relations.其研究生项目还包括工商管理、项目管理、经济学与国际关系领域的硕士与博士学位。

• The Islamabad campus hosts a research portal and research centres that publish the faculty's work in internationally recognised journals.伊斯兰堡校区设有研究门户与研究中心，将教职人员的研究成果发表于国际知名期刊。

• The Department of Health Informatics and the Department of Meteorology are among its specialised graduate units, offering master's and doctoral study.其健康信息学系与气象学系是其专业研究生单位之一，开设硕士与博士研究。

Campus

• The principal campus is at Park Road, Tarlai Kalan, in the Islamabad Capital Territory, and is the university's administrative and academic centre.主校区位于伊斯兰堡首都区塔尔莱卡兰的公园路，是该校的行政与学术中心。

• The university's eight campuses comprise Islamabad, Lahore, Abbottabad, Wah, Attock, Sahiwal, Vehari and a virtual campus.该校的八个校区分别为伊斯兰堡、拉合尔、阿伯塔巴德、瓦赫、阿托克、萨希瓦尔、维哈里以及一个虚拟校区。

• More than 8,500 students were enrolled at the Islamabad campus in its earlier years, with about 30,000 more across its six satellite campuses.在其较早年份，伊斯兰堡校区在读学生超过8500名，另有约3万名分布于六个卫星校区。

• The Abbottabad campus stands in the vicinity of the Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul, on land leased from the army.阿伯塔巴德校区坐落于卡库尔的巴基斯坦军事学院附近，使用自军方租得的土地。

• The Lahore campus occupies 185 acres with about 400,000 square feet of building space, on Defence Road off Raiwind Road.拉合尔校区占地185英亩、建筑面积约40万平方英尺，位于赖温德路旁的国防路。

• The Wah campus, developed jointly with Pakistan Ordnance Factories, was built and opened within a record 70 days.与巴基斯坦军械厂共同建设的瓦赫校区，在创纪录的70天内建成并启用。

• The virtual campus was housed in offices, laboratories and studios in Islamabad with about 20,000 square feet of covered area, served by dedicated PERN bandwidth.虚拟校区设于伊斯兰堡的办公室、实验室与演播室内，建筑面积约2万平方英尺，使用专用的巴基斯坦教育研究网带宽。

• Campus life is supported by student societies and clubs, sports facilities and residential hostels across the university's sites.该校各校区的学生生活由学生社团与俱乐部、体育设施以及住宿宿舍支撑。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, COMSATS University Islamabad is placed 639th in the world, and it is ranked first nationally in the computer science and information technology category.在2027年QS世界大学排名中，该校位列世界第639名，并在全国计算机科学与信息技术类别中排名第一。^[1]

• Times Higher Education placed the university in the 651-700 band in its 2027 world rankings, after a 601-800 placing in 2026.泰晤士高等教育在2027年世界排名中将该校列入651-700档，此前其2026年位于601-800档。

• The U.S. News and World Report 2026-2027 Best Global Universities ranking places the university at 410th in the world, and the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities places it in the 801-900 band.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027年全球最佳大学排名将该校列为世界第410名，2026年世界大学学术排名将其列入801-900档。

• Across its research record, the university is credited with about 46,164 scholarly works and some 2,463,817 citations in machine-readable bibliographic data.在机器可读的文献计量数据中，该校约有46164项学术成果与约2463817次被引。

• In the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it was placed among the world's 801-1000 best universities and ranked 2nd in Pakistan.在2020年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位列世界801-1000名，并在巴基斯坦国内排名第二。

• By the 2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities it was ranked first in Pakistan and among the 501-600 ranked universities in the world.按2019年世界大学学术排名，该校在巴基斯坦国内排名第一，并位列世界501-600名。

• In 2014 QS ranked it among the top 250 Asian universities, and according to the Nature Index it has been ranked first overall in the country.2014年 QS 将其列为亚洲前250名大学，而据自然指数，该校曾在全国综合排名第一。

• In the 2019 Times Higher Education subject rankings it was placed 301-400 in Engineering and Technology and 401-500 in Computer Science and Life Sciences.在2019年泰晤士高等教育学科排名中，其工程与技术列301-400档，计算机科学与生命科学列401-500档。

• Times Higher Education also placed it 159th in its 2020 Emerging Economies Rankings and 131st in its 2019 Asian University Rankings.泰晤士高等教育还在2020年新兴经济体排名中将该校列为第159位，在2019年亚洲大学排名中列为第131位。

• Nationally the university is often placed alongside other leading Pakistani institutions, among them the National University of Sciences and Technology, the Lahore University of Management Sciences and the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute.在全国层面，该校常被视为与巴基斯坦其他顶尖院校并列，其中包括国立科学技术大学、拉合尔管理科学大学与古拉姆·伊沙克·汗理工学院。

• It was an inaugural participant in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings in 2019, placed 301 or higher and fifth in Pakistan, appearing for seven of the eleven Sustainable Development Goals.该校是2019年泰晤士高等教育大学影响力排名的首届参与者，位列301名开外并在巴基斯坦排名第五，入选十一项可持续发展目标中的七项。

• Its research is also recognised by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and by national science funding bodies, which have supported its projects.其研究还得到巴基斯坦科学院与国家科学资助机构的认可与支持。

• In the QS World University Rankings 2020 it was placed among the world's 801-1000 best universities, and in 2013 it received a three-star rating from QS.在2020年QS世界大学排名中，该校位列世界801-1000名；2013年它还获得 QS 三星评级。

Student life

• COMSATS students take part in societies, clubs and sports across the eight campuses, and the university hosts cultural and entrepreneurial competitions.该校学生在八个校区参与社团、俱乐部与体育活动，学校亦举办文化与创业竞赛。

• The Student Startup Business Center runs enrolment drives such as its fifteenth batch, encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation among students.学生创业商务中心开展如第十五期的招生招募，鼓励学生创业与创新。

• The university's alumni network extends worldwide, with graduates working in Pakistan and abroad and an alumni community of more than 114,417.该校校友网络遍及全球，毕业生供职于巴基斯坦与海外，校友群体超过11.4417万人。

• International students from more than nine countries study at the university, giving its campuses a multicultural student body.来自九个以上国家的国际学生在校就读，使各校区学生群体呈现多元文化面貌。

• Career-development workshops, industry sessions and awareness programmes are held at the Islamabad campus, including a Women's Health and Hygiene session with industry partners.伊斯兰堡校区举办职业发展工作坊、行业讲座与意识提升项目，其中包括与企业伙伴合办的女性健康与卫生讲座。

• The university's Library and its online systems support study across campuses, and hostels accommodate students who come from other regions of Pakistan.该校图书馆与在线系统支撑各校区的学习，宿舍则为来自巴基斯坦其他地区的学生提供住宿。

• The university runs a life skills programme for staff and organises an annual calendar of cultural, sporting and entrepreneurial events.该校为教职工开设生活技能项目，并安排涵盖文化、体育与创业活动的年度日程。

• Its international students come for its scholarships, which include programmes for students from member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.其国际学生因奖学金而来，其中包括面向伊斯兰合作组织成员国学生的项目。

• Student societies organise technical competitions, sports galas and cultural days across the campuses, while hostels and dining halls serve resident students.学生社团在各校区组织技术竞赛、体育节与文化日，宿舍与食堂则为住宿学生提供服务。

Notable people

• S. M. Junaid Zaidi, the founder Rector of the university, led its growth into a multi-campus institution between 1998 and 2017.该校创始校长 S. M. Junaid Zaidi 于1998至2017年间带领其发展为多校区机构。

• Muhammad Tabassum Afzal became Rector in July 2020, and Raheel Qamar, TI, has served as Rector in the university's later years.穆罕默德·塔巴苏姆·阿夫扎尔于2020年7月出任校长，拉希勒·卡马尔在后来的年份担任校长。

• Haroon-ur-Rasheed, the founder director of the Abbottabad campus, established the university's first satellite campus in 2001.阿伯塔巴德校区的创始主任哈龙·乌尔·拉希德于2001年创办了该校首个卫星校区。

• Muhammad Yar, a professor, served as director of the Lahore campus, one of the university's largest sites.教授穆罕默德·亚尔曾任拉合尔校区主任，该校区是该校规模最大的校区之一。

• Sadia Bashir, founder and chief executive of PixelArt Games Academy, Pakistan's first game-training academy, is an alumna and the first Pakistani to represent at the Game Developers Conference.巴基斯坦首家游戏培训学院 PixelArt 游戏学院的创办人兼首席执行官萨迪亚·巴希尔是该校校友，也是首位在游戏开发者大会代表巴基斯坦的人。

• Asif Bashir, a Pakistani rescue worker, is an alumnus who received the Sitara-e-Shujaat, the Jeevan Raksha Padak and the King's Gallantry Medal.巴基斯坦救援人员阿西夫·巴希尔是该校校友，曾获卓越星勋章、生命救助奖章与国王英勇奖章。

• Aisha Mughal, a Pakistani transgender rights expert and researcher, is counted among the university's notable alumni.巴基斯坦跨性别权利专家与研究者艾莎·穆加尔被列为该校知名校友之一。

• Rumeng HE, a Chinese graduate of the Islamabad campus, is among the international alumni who have studied at COMSATS.曾在伊斯兰堡校区就读的中国毕业生何如蒙，是该校国际校友之一。

• Haneen Anwar, a Jordanian alumna who studied molecular biology on an Association of Commonwealth Universities scholarship, is another international graduate.凭英联邦大学协会奖学金攻读分子生物学的约旦校友哈宁·安瓦尔，是另一位国际毕业生。

• Abuelgasim Ibrahim Idriss Musa, a Sudanese graduate, figures among the university's international alumni community.苏丹毕业生阿布埃尔加西姆·易卜拉欣·伊德里斯·穆萨，是该校国际校友群体的一员。