Quaid-i-Azam University

The Quaid-i-Azam University or Quaid-e-Azam University(Urdu: جامعہ قائداعظم‎; simply QAU), (formerly known as Islamabad University) is a public research university located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Consisting of four faculties, nine affiliated research institutes, the university is consistently ranked as the top university in Pakistan " by the HEC and is ranked by QS ranking among the top 500 universities in the world in 2013, while it was ranked at 69th globally in the field of engineering & technology'. While Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranks it among between 501-600 globally and top 120 in Asia.

With overall 12,800 students currently attending the university, it offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral programmes in various academic disciplines. The Quaid-i-Azam University scholars have played critical role in the development of various academic disciplines in Pakistan. Its school of social sciences in partially International Relations is well known for its leading contribution to the movement in critical analysis. Also, the university's school of natural sciences holds an international prestige for its leading and developmental role in physics and mathematics since its establishment.