Quaid-i-Azam University

Quaid-i-Azam University, commonly known as QAU and formerly the University of Islamabad, is a public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan, and with more than 11,000 students on its main campus it is the largest university in the Pakistani capital.真纳大学（Quaid-i-Azam University，简称 QAU），原名伊斯兰堡大学，是位于巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡的一所公立研究型大学；其主校区在校生超过 11,000 人，是首都规模最大的大学。

It was established in July 1967 under an Act of the National Assembly as the University of Islamabad and was renamed Quaid-i-Azam University in 1976, the centenary of the birth of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.该校于 1967 年 7 月依据国民议会法案成立，时名伊斯兰堡大学；1976 年，在巴基斯坦国父穆罕默德·阿里·真纳诞辰一百周年之际更名为真纳大学。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings it is placed 381st, it falls in the 551-600 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it is 451st in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, and it occupies the 801-900 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, while OpenAlex credits it with 33,819 research works and 2,577,063 citations.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 381，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 551 至 600 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 451，在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 801 至 900 区间；OpenAlex 统计其研究成果 33,819 项、累计被引 2,577,063 次。

History

• The university was established in July 1967 by the Government of Pakistan as the Islamabad University, in the newly built capital city, and it began with research programmes leading to MPhil and PhD degrees.1967 年 7 月，巴基斯坦政府在新建成不久的首都设立该校，时名伊斯兰堡大学，建校之初仅开设授予哲学硕士与博士学位的科研项目。

• On 22 July 1967 the Act of the National Assembly formally founded the institution as a federal public-sector university dedicated to postgraduate study.1967 年 7 月 22 日，国民议会通过法案正式创办该校，定位为以研究生教育为主的联邦公立大学。

• In 1967 the university opened with only postgraduate degrees, and master's programmes were added later, followed in due course by undergraduate teaching in morning and evening shifts.1967 年建校时该校只授予研究生学位，其后增设硕士项目，再后来又开设本科课程，并分设上午班与夜间班。

• In the early 1970s the university established one of Pakistan's first academic computing facilities, the Computer Centre, equipped with an IBM System/370 mainframe for scientific and numerical work.20 世纪 70 年代初，该校建成巴基斯坦最早的教学计算设施之一——计算机中心，配备（IBM System/370）大型机，用于科研与数值计算。

• In 1976 the university was renamed Quaid-i-Azam University to honour Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, on the centenary of his birth.1976 年，为纪念巴基斯坦国父穆罕默德·阿里·真纳的百年诞辰，该校更名为真纳大学。

• Also in 1976 the Computer Centre became a formal academic department, making the university the first in Pakistan to offer a postgraduate degree in computing with its MSc in Computer Science.同在 1976 年，计算机中心转为正式的教学院系，该校因此成为巴基斯坦第一所开设计算机科学硕士这一研究生学位的高校。

• The spelling of the university's name keeps an i rather than an e in the ezafe, so the title reads Quaid-i-Azam rather than the more usual Quaid-e-Azam.该校名称在连接词上保留 i 而非 e，因此写作（Quaid-i-Azam），有别于更为常见的（Quaid-e-Azam）。

• From the 1980s the university expanded into an interdisciplinary institution offering both undergraduate and postgraduate education, while dedicated computer science faculties appeared at other Pakistani universities during that decade.自 20 世纪 80 年代起，该校拓展为兼授本科与研究生教育的跨学科大学；巴基斯坦其他高校则在同一十年间陆续设立专门的计算机科学院系。

• In 1999 the central library was renamed the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Memorial Library in honour of the university's founding Vice Chancellor, whose work shaped the young institution.1999 年，中央图书馆更名为拉齐乌丁·西迪基博士纪念图书馆，以纪念该校创始副校长，其贡献塑造了这所年轻的大学。

• Since 1999 the library has stood at the centre of the campus, has a covered area of about 102,500 square feet and serves the faculty and students of the university.自 1999 年以来，该图书馆位于校园中心，建筑面积约 102,500 平方英尺，服务全校师生。

• Since its founding in 1967 the university has built partnerships with UNESCO, the University of Tokyo and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, among other international bodies.自 1967 年建校以来，该校与联合国教科文组织、东京大学及阿卜杜勒·萨拉姆国际理论物理中心等国际机构建立了合作关系。

• It has also established links with selected universities in Europe, South Asia and the United States, including the IRSIP scheme and Spain's international cooperation agency.该校还与欧洲、南亚与美国的若干高校建立联系，包括（IRSIP）项目与西班牙国际合作署。

• Founded in 1967 as a federal public-sector institution, the university admits a measured number of students from all regions of the country while attracting a large number of foreign students, and it works within the framework of the Higher Education Commission and its predecessor the University Grants Commission.该校于 1967 年作为联邦公立大学成立，在全国各地区按既定名额招生，同时吸引大量外国学生前来就读，并在高等教育委员会及其前身大学拨款委员会的框架下运作。

• By 2015 the university had grown into the largest university in Islamabad, with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students across its faculties.到 2015 年，该校已发展为伊斯兰堡规模最大的大学，各院系在校学生总数超过 13,000 人。

• In 2019 the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan ranked the university first in its general category, confirming its standing as the country's leading public university.2019 年，巴基斯坦高等教育委员会将该校列为其综合类榜单第一名，确认了它作为该国领先公立大学的地位。

• In the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings the university was placed in the 401st-500th band, and in the 2024 QS World University Rankings it stood 315th globally.在 2023 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 401 至 500 区间；在 2024 年 QS 世界大学排名中，其全球位次为第 315。

• By 2024 the university's four faculties were the Faculty of Biological Sciences, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the affiliated Faculty of Medicine, together with nine research institutes and centres.到 2024 年，该校设有四个学院，即生物科学学院、自然科学学院、社会科学学院与附属医学院，另有九个研究所与中心。

• By 2024 its research institutes included the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, the National Institute of Psychology, the National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research and the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations.到 2024 年，其研究机构包括巴基斯坦国家研究所、国家心理研究所、国家历史文化研究所与塔克西拉亚洲文明研究所。

• By 2024 the university also operated an Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America and a Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies, broadening its interdisciplinary profile.到 2024 年，该校还设有非洲与南北美洲地区研究中心以及性别研究卓越中心，拓展其跨学科研究格局。

• Established with the university in 1967, the campus occupies about 1,700 acres on the foothills of the Margalla Hills, giving it one of the largest green campuses in the region.校园与 1967 年建校同期设立，占地约 1,700 英亩，坐落在马尔加拉山山麓，是区域内面积最大的绿色校园之一。

• In 2024 the university remains a seat of higher learning in the capital, and its disciplines span the natural sciences, the biomedical sciences and the social sciences under a single administration.2024 年，该校仍是首都的高等学府重镇，在统一管理下涵盖自然科学、生物医学与社会科学等多个学科。

Academics

• Quaid-i-Azam University is organised into four faculties and thirty-eight departments, institutes, schools and centres, according to the university.据校方介绍，真纳大学设有四个学院，以及 38 个系、研究所、学院与中心。

• The Faculty of Social Sciences has ten departments, including Law, Management Sciences, Economics, Linguistics, Anthropology, Sociology, Defence and Strategic Studies, History and Politics and International Relations.社会科学学院下设十个系，包括法学、管理学、经济学、语言学、人类学、社会学、国防与战略研究、历史学，以及政治与国际关系。

• The Faculty of Biological Sciences groups eight units, among them Animal Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Plant Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Biotechnology and Pharmacy, plus a Bioinformatics Centre.生物科学学院下辖八个单位，包括动物科学、生物化学、微生物学、植物科学、环境科学、生物技术、药学，以及生物信息学中心。

• The Faculty of Natural Sciences comprises eight departments, namely Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Earth Sciences, Physics, Information Technology and Electronics.自然科学学院包括八个系，即化学、计算机科学、数学、统计学、地球科学、物理学、信息技术与电子学。

• The Faculty of Medicine is affiliated with the university, supports medical teaching and research in collaboration with partner hospitals and the affiliated Quaid-e-Azam Postgraduate Medical College, and follows the standards of the Pakistan Medical Commission.医学院为该校附属学院，与伙伴医院及附属的奎德阿扎姆研究生医学院合作开展医学教学与研究，并遵循巴基斯坦医学委员会的标准。

• About ninety per cent of the university's faculty hold doctoral degrees, one of the highest proportions among Pakistani public universities.该校约九成教师拥有博士学位，这一比例在巴基斯坦公立大学中位居前列。

• The university runs six institutes and centres, sixteen affiliated colleges and thirty-four departments and schools within its academic structure.该校在学术架构内运营六个研究所与中心、16 所附属学院，以及 34 个系与专业学院。

• The Computer Centre, dating from the early 1970s, remains a central facility supporting computational research across the natural and social sciences.始于 20 世纪 70 年代初的计算机中心至今仍是支撑自然科学与社会科学计算研究的核心设施。

• The Department of Computer Science, born from the Computer Centre in 1976, pioneered postgraduate computing education in Pakistan.计算机科学系由 1976 年的计算机中心发展而来，开创了巴基斯坦的研究生计算机教育。

• The university's central library is the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Memorial Library, which occupies about 102,500 square feet at the heart of the campus.该校中央图书馆为拉齐乌丁·西迪基博士纪念图书馆，位于校园中心，建筑面积约 102,500 平方英尺。

• The university offers MPhil and PhD programmes across its faculties, alongside master's degrees and, in recent years, undergraduate degrees.该校各学院开设哲学硕士与博士项目，同时提供硕士课程，并在近年增设本科学位。

• Research at the university is concentrated in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biological sciences and area studies, with its physics and mathematics departments ranked in the QS subject tables.该校科研集中于物理学、数学、化学、生物科学与区域研究，其物理系与数学系进入 QS 学科排名榜。

• The university maintains collaborations with the United Nations, the University of Tokyo and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, hosts numerous international conferences, and has seen its scientists elected fellows of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences or supported by the Pakistan Science Foundation.该校与联合国、东京大学及阿卜杜勒·萨拉姆国际理论物理中心保持合作，承办众多国际会议，其科学家亦当选为巴基斯坦科学院院士或获得巴基斯坦科学基金会的资助。

• The university's academic programmes have an overall enrollment of more than 11,000 students, drawn from all regions of Pakistan and from abroad.该校各类学术项目的在校学生总数超过 11,000 人，生源来自巴基斯坦各地区与海外。

• The university has sixteen affiliated colleges that extend its teaching reach across the country, particularly in the health and natural sciences.该校拥有 16 所附属学院，将其教学影响扩展至全国，尤其在健康与自然科学领域。

• Its National Institute of Psychology and Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies are among the earliest dedicated research units of their kind in Pakistan.其国家心理研究所与性别研究卓越中心是巴基斯坦最早设立的同类专门研究机构之一。

Campus

• The main campus lies on about 1,700 acres at the foothills of the Margalla Hills in Islamabad, near the northern edge of the capital.主校区占地约 1,700 英亩，位于伊斯兰堡马尔加拉山山麓，靠近首都北缘。

• The campus sits at the centre of a purpose-built national capital, and its wooded setting and proximity to the Margalla Hills give it a distinctive green character.校园位于规划建设而成的首都之中，林木环绕且紧邻马尔加拉山，形成独特的绿色风貌。

• The central library, the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Memorial Library, occupies the middle of the campus and covers about 102,500 square feet.中央图书馆即拉齐乌丁·西迪基博士纪念图书馆位于校园中部，建筑面积约 102,500 平方英尺。

• The campus provides separate hostels for male and female students, sports fields, a mosque, a bank, a post office and a utility shop among its central facilities.校园为学生提供男女分开的宿舍、运动场、清真寺、银行、邮局与生活服务商店等集中设施。

• The Computer Centre, classrooms, well equipped laboratories and the library form the teaching and research core of the campus.计算机中心、教室、设备齐全的实验室与图书馆构成校园的教学与科研核心。

• A transport service, a café, a telephone exchange and thesis and paper binding services are also located centrally on the campus.校园中部还设有班车服务、咖啡厅、电话交换站，以及论文与文件装订服务。

• The campus lies near 33.72 degrees north and 73.04 degrees east, between the city of Islamabad and the hill country to the north.校园大致位于北纬 33.72 度、东经 73.04 度，处于伊斯兰堡市区与北部山乡之间。

• The grounds, the nine institutes and the central library together form an integrated campus for research and teaching in the capital.校园场地、九个研究所以及中央图书馆共同构成首都内一体化的教研校区。

• The university's grounds hold academic blocks, an administration building, a central library, the Computer Centre and residential hostels for men and women, all linked by internal roads across a wooded site near the Margalla Hills, and the whole complex was laid out during the planning of the new capital in the 1960s and 1970s, when the institution became the first university to be established in the city.校园内设有教学楼群、行政楼、中央图书馆、计算机中心以及男女学生宿舍，它们由内部道路串联，分布于马尔加拉山附近林木茂密的场地上；整个建筑群是在 20 世纪 60 至 70 年代规划新首都期间布局的，当时该校成为这座城市最早建立的一所大学。

• The campus also provides sports fields, a mosque, a bank, a post office, a utility shop, a café, a telephone exchange and thesis and paper binding services, facilities that the university lists among the central services offered to its students and members of staff throughout the year.校园还提供运动场、清真寺、银行、邮局、生活服务商店、咖啡厅、电话交换站，以及论文与文件装订服务；校方将这些列为全年向师生提供的核心服务。

• The university's location within the capital places it close to federal ministries, research organisations and the academic institutions of Islamabad, and the wooded campus with its roughly 1,700 acres makes it one of the largest university grounds in Pakistan, a setting that supports both study and recreation.该校地处首都，毗邻联邦各部、研究机构与伊斯兰堡的多所院校；其约 1,700 英亩的林木校园使其成为巴基斯坦面积最大的大学场地之一，这一环境既利于学习也便于休闲。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Quaid-i-Azam University is placed 381st, and in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it falls in the 551-600 band.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，真纳大学位列第 381；在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 551 至 600 区间。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities it is placed 451st, and in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it falls in the 801-900 band.在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 451；在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 801 至 900 区间。

• In the 2024 QS World University Rankings the university was ranked 315th globally and 86th in Asia.在 2024 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列全球第 315、亚洲第 86。

• In the QS subject tables its mathematics department is ranked in the 150th-200th band, while physics and agriculture both stand in the 201st-250th band.在 QS 学科排名中，该校数学系处于 150 至 200 区间，物理学与农学均处于 201 至 250 区间。

• In the 2019 Higher Education Commission of Pakistan rankings the university was placed first in the general category.在 2019 年巴基斯坦高等教育委员会排名中，该校位列综合类第一。

• In the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings the university stood in the 401st-500th band, and it was ranked first in the natural science category in 2010.在 2023 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 401 至 500 区间；早在 2010 年其自然科学类别即位列第一。

• The university is frequently described as Pakistan's top-ranked public university, and the Higher Education Commission has rated it first among the country's public universities.该校常被视为巴基斯坦排名第一的公立大学，高等教育委员会也曾将其评为全国公立高校之首。

• OpenAlex records 33,819 research works and 2,577,063 citations for the university, reflecting steady output across its science faculties.OpenAlex 记录该校研究成果 33,819 项、累计被引 2,577,063 次，体现其理科院系稳定的科研产出。

• More than eighty per cent of the university's faculty hold doctoral degrees and have studied or worked abroad, supporting its research reputation.该校八成以上教师拥有博士学位并有海外学习或工作经历，支撑起其科研声誉。

Student life

• The university does not maintain a widely publicised formal motto, and its identity rests instead on its role as a federal seat of higher learning in the capital.该校没有广为宣传的正式校训，其身份主要建立在作为首都联邦高等学府的角色之上。

• The campus provides separate residential hostels for men and women, a facility that is central to student life at the university.校园为男生与女生分别提供宿舍，住宿设施在该校学生生活中占据核心地位。

• The university was founded in July 1967, and its foundation is recollected each year as the institution's anniversary and as the starting point of its history.该校创办于 1967 年 7 月，每年都会纪念这一建校时刻，作为其校庆与历史的起点。

• Sports fields, a mosque, a bank, a post office and a café give the residential campus a self-contained daily rhythm.运动场、清真寺、银行、邮局与咖啡厅使这所住宿型校园拥有自成一体的日常生活节奏。

• Student societies and academic associations are organised around the faculties, and the university hosts public lectures and seminars throughout the year.学生社团与学术协会按学院组织，该校全年举办公开讲座与研讨会。

• The university has a student body drawn from all regions of Pakistan, and its residential campus creates a mix of regional cultures.该校学生来自巴基斯坦各地区，住宿制校园使不同地域文化相互交融。

• The university attracts a significant number of international students, particularly from other countries of the Islamic world and from neighbouring states.该校吸引相当数量的国际学生，尤其来自伊斯兰世界其他国家与周边国家。

• Debates, cultural evenings and conferences organised by the institutes give students a platform beyond the classroom in the capital.由各研究所组织的辩论、文化晚会与会议，为学生在首都提供了课堂之外的平台。

• Student life at the university revolves around its residential hostels, where students from every province of Pakistan live together, and the campus mosque, sports fields and cafeteria serve as the shared spaces in which that community takes shape throughout the year.该校学生生活围绕住宿宿舍展开，来自巴基斯坦各省的学生共同生活；校园清真寺、运动场与食堂则成为这一社群得以形成的共享空间。

• Societies and departmental associations organise debates, seminars, cultural evenings and annual functions, and the university hosts public lectures and international conferences attended by visiting scholars from Europe, Asia and North America.各类社团与系级协会组织辩论、研讨会、文化晚会与年度活动；该校还举办公开讲座与国际会议，吸引来自欧洲、亚洲与北美的访问学者参加。

• The university's anniversary on 22 July recalls its founding in 1967, and each year the institution marks the occasion with academic ceremonies, while its alumni network links graduates working in diplomacy, government and research across the world.该校以 7 月 22 日为校庆日，纪念其 1967 年建校；每年学校都以学术仪式纪念这一时刻，其校友网络也把分布在世界各地外交、政府与研究领域的毕业生联系起来。

Notable people

• The university is named after Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, whose title means Great Leader.该校以巴基斯坦国父穆罕默德·阿里·真纳命名，其称号（Quaid-i-Azam）意为「伟大领袖」。

• Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi, the founding Vice Chancellor of the university, is commemorated in the name of its central library.该校创始副校长拉齐乌丁·西迪基博士的名字被用于命名中央图书馆。

• Maleeha Lodhi, a diplomat who served as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, is among its alumni.曾出任巴基斯坦驻美国与联合国大使的外交官玛丽哈·洛迪是该校校友。

• Nasim Zehra, a prominent Pakistani journalist and television anchor, studied at the university.知名巴基斯坦记者与电视主持人纳西姆·泽赫拉曾就读于该校。

• Shamshad Akhtar, an economist who served as Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and as a senior United Nations official, is an alumna.曾任巴基斯坦国家银行行长并担任联合国高级官员的经济学家沙姆沙德·阿赫塔尔是该校校友。

• Suhail Zubairy, a physicist known for his work in quantum optics, and Farzana Aslam, also a physicist, are counted among its graduates.以量子光学研究著称的物理学家苏海勒·祖拜里与同为物理学家的法尔扎娜·阿斯拉姆都是该校毕业生。

• Tehmina Janjua, a former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, and Salma Zahid, a member of the Canadian Parliament, are alumni.巴基斯坦前外交秘书特赫米娜·詹朱亚与加拿大国会议员萨尔玛·扎希德均为该校校友。

• Ahmad Hasan Dani, a noted archaeologist and historian of South Asia, and Sartaj Aziz, an economist and former Pakistani minister, are associated with the university.南亚著名考古学家与历史学家艾哈迈德·哈桑·达尼，以及经济学家、巴基斯坦前部长萨尔塔杰·阿齐兹都与该校有关。

• Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the cleric associated with the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, was among the students who passed through the university.与伊斯兰堡红色清真寺有关的教职人员阿卜杜勒·拉希德·加齐也曾是该校的学生。

• The university has trained a large share of Pakistan's diplomats and civil servants, and its alumni include the foreign service officers Maleeha Lodhi and Leila Chohan.该校培养了巴基斯坦相当一部分外交官与公务员，其校友包括外交官玛丽哈·洛迪与莱拉·乔罕。