Punjab University has earned an enviable position in the HEC ranking narrowing down from No 6 to 4 in the year 2009 for its research and higher education of quality which remained unprecedented and unmatched in the 129 years history of the premier institution.
According to the spokesperson of the PU, 36.5 percent of the total faculty of the University is PhDs, which means 255 PhDs out of total 699 regular teaching staff. From amongst the 222 teachers working on contract basis, 56 are PhDs.
This miraculous achievement and improvement in the HEC ranking is an international recognition made possible during the past three years when a celebrated academician in the personality of Professor Mujahid Kamran took over charge of the Vice Chancellor. This is a feather in the cap of PU VC richly deserved by Dr Kamran. The comparative study shows that Punjab University has become the only University in the public sector having large number of Ph.Ds and this is a very happy augury for the prosperous future of this country.
It is also a rare distinction that more than 30,000 are on campus regular students in the 73 teaching departments governed by 13 faculties and nine constituent colleges in the disciplines of Arts, Science, Commerce, IT and computer science where the students at undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil and Ph.D levels are studying. Apart from the main campus spread at 1800 acre lush green land, thousands of students are studying at the old and Gujranwala campuses.
The Vice Chancellor deserved appreciation for focusing on faculty development and PhD programmes, which has produced encouraging results. A study further shows that the University currently has 985 teachers with 355 holding Ph.D degrees.
The percentage of Ph.D faculty development has increased from 29 per cent in 2008 to 39.5 per cent in 2010 for regular teachers and from 23 per cent in 2008 to 27.8 per cent in 2010 for contractual teachers. The research papers in Science and engineering are evaluated by the referees in development countries universities while the research thesis in language and literature are also evaluated by the experts in advanced countries.
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