Vice Chancellor's Message

 

For 144 years, the acronym “GC” has commanded veneration not only in Lahore – the cultural heartland of South Asia – but throughout the Subcontinent. The fact that the clock tower at GC University Lahore towers above other such edifices in the country, is more of a metaphorical truth than a literal fact. My pupils here at GCU, and the old boys and girls of the institution, think of the clock tower as a beacon of enlightenment. When they see the tower, they transcend its physical dimensions and muse on the intellectual heights that successive generations of Ravians add to the structure. With classes starting from three donated rooms in Dhyan Singh’s historic Haveli in the Walled City, Government College Lahore went on to garner prestige and pre-eminence, becoming Pakistan’s most sought after educational institution. It has been a long journey from Dhyan Singh’s Haveli to the elevated gothic marvel in the heart of Lahore, one that saw Government College Lahore burgeon into a university in 2002.

 

The fair name of the University has been associated with ideologues and poets like Dr. Muhammad Iqbal and Faiz Ahmad Faiz, scientists like Nobel Laureates Dr. Abdus Salam, Dr. Har Gobind Khurana, and Dr. Sultan Ahmad, teachers and litterateurs of such rare vintage as Maulana Muhammad Hussain Azad, Prof. Ahmad Shah (Patras) Bokhari, Soofi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum, Dr. Imdad Hussain and Dr. Muhammad Ajmal. In its majestic corridors have walked men and women who went on to become leading scientists, economists, bureaucrats, politicians and professionals in whatever fields they chose.

 

It is thus a matter of pleasure for me to congratulate new Ravians in anticipation of their admission to GC University Lahore. For students seeking an educational institution not only to discipline their sensibility, but also to refine their vision and graduate into maturity, GC University Lahore is the only desirable choice in the country. GC University Lahore eclipses comparable institutions in imparting instructions of the highest order at all levels of education, and in offering its students opportunities for overall development in a disciplined and peaceful atmosphere.

 

GC University Lahore has attained a distinguished place among Pakistani Universities due to its strong commitment to teaching and research pursuits. At the Undergraduate level, the University offers BA/BSc 4-Year (Hons.) Degree Programme in 20 disciplines of Science & Technology, Arts and Social & Sciences and Languages, BS in Computer Science and BSc Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications. At the Postgraduate level, the University offers MPhil/MS and PhD Degrees in 27 disciplines of Science & Technology, Arts & Social Sciences and Languages in a highly research-conducive environment.

 

Any introduction to GCU is incomplete without mention of what we call the Ravian Spirit. This Spirit can be encapsulated in the word “quest” – a passionate spirit of inquiry and the ability to doubt, question and endeavour. Finding the answer is not always important; the mettle to place question marks against truisms and the lifelong search for new horizons is what we take the Spirit to stand for. This is what we have inscribed on the entrance ways to the University – GCU does not have a display signboard – in its place is this institution’s eternal motto: Courage to Know.

 

Prof. Khalid Aftab

 

Introduction

 

The University provides instructions in the English language in all major disciplines of the faculties of Science & Technology, Arts & Social Sciences and Languages, Islamic & Oriental Learning. The academic Departments at GCU offer a wide choice of subjects with flexible study patterns that meet the needs and interests of the students at both the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. At the Undergraduate level, the University offers 4-Year BA/BSc (Hons.) Degree Programme in 20 disciplines, BSc Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunications, BSc in Applied Management and BS in Computer Science. At the Postgraduate level, the University focuses on the following Programmes: MBA, EMBA, MSc Telecommunications, MS Computer Science, MS Clinical Psychology, MS Banking & Financial Economics, MS Entrepreneurship & SME Management, MPhil & PhD Programmes. All Departments are well-equipped with the necessary equipment/instruments required for research work. Computer labs, Internet facility, multimedia, overhead projectors, a massive collection of books, journals, professional periodicals and a digital library, research labs and seminar rooms are available to our scholars. 

 

The University is a liberal, co-educational institution, providing a congenial atmosphere to students to study and conduct research in areas of their choice. In recent years, it has taken great strides in the development of physical facilities and improving the level of discipline, the quality of instructions and the research conducted on the campus.

 

GC University has long-established traditions of consistent, first-rate academic and co-curricular activities. Life at GCU is coloured by co-curricular activities. The University takes pride in its pioneering work in histrionics under the GCU Dramatics Club, its rousing orators from the Debating Society, its galaxy of respected Editors of the prestigious publication The Ravi, editorial boards of The Gazette and The Scientific Ravi, its sports galas, and of the other bustling co-curricular activities round the year. The University thus provides ample opportunities to its students to discover themselves, to realise their potential and prepares them for the challenges of life.

 

GC University expects from its students a commitment to excellence in all activities. The only demand we make of our pupils is to make untiring contributions to society.

 

Academic Programmes

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Undergraduate Programmes

 

 

Postgraduate Programmes

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GC University Lahore launched its MPhil Programme in 1999. This year, the following Postgraduate Programmes are being offered to both male and female candidates.

 

1) MBA

2) EMBA

3) MSc Telecommunications

4) 1-Year Top Up MS in Clinical Psychology

5) MS Clinical Psychology

6) MS Banking & Financial Economics

7) MS Entrepreneurship & SME Management

8) MS Computer Science

9) M.Phil

10) Ph.D

 

For details on the Programmes, see Department details.

 

B.A/B.Sc. 4-Year (Hons) Degree Programme

 

 

The practice of early narrow specialisation has been avoided and open disciplinary spaces have been created through a variety of subject combinations. The combinations of subjects offered in the beginning of the 4-Year Graduation Programme, fulfil the academic and intellectual needs of students with diverse aptitudes and varied plans for future professions. 

 

GC University Lahore has been a pioneer in the promotion of interdisciplinary learning in its Programmes of higher education. The same spirit and outlook has not only been preserved in the new Programme, but has also been strengthened through the introduction of a higher order of interdisciplinary learning. This will equip young scholars with the conceptual basis and theoretical paradigms underlying their respective areas of disciplinary specialisation. The GCU Administration is confident that this innovative strategy of scholarship will gradually bring about a transformation in the outlook of our students, and will go a long way in triggering creative processes essential for the production of scientific knowledge and the creation of artistic and literary works.

 

Through the introduction of the first and second major areas of specialisation in the second year of the Programme, and the continuation of the second major till the third year, a unique curricular feature has been introduced which will widen the scope of disciplinary specialisation of the students. The study of a secondary area of specialisation, in addition to the more rigorous primary specialisation, will enhance the graduates' acceptability in the job market.

 

Scheme of Study

 

Sr. #	Courses	Credit Hours	No. of Courses	Year	Semester
1.	Compulsory Subjects	25	9	I, 2	I, II, III, IV
2.	Allied Subjects	24	8	1, 2	I, II, III, IV
3.	Major Courses	78-87	24-27	1, 2, 3, 4	I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
Total		127-136	41-44	-	-

 

a)     Compulsory Subjects

 

Sr. #	Courses	No. of Courses	Credit Hours	Year	Semester
1.	English	3	9	1, 2	I, II, III
2.	Islamic Studies/Ethics	1	2	1	I
3.	Pakistan Studies	1	2	1	II
4.	Interdisciplinary Courses	2	6	1	I, II
5.	Computer Applications	1	3	2	III
6.	Elementary Mathematics	1	3	2	IV
Total		9	25	-	-

 

b)     Allied Subjects

 

Sr. #	Courses	No. of Courses	Credit Hours	Year	Semester
1.	Allied – 1	4	12	1 , 2	I, II, III, IV
2.	Allied – 2	4	12	1 , 2	I, II, III, IV
Total		8	24	-	-

 

c)      Major Courses

 

Sr. #	Courses	No. of Courses	Credit Hours	Year	Semester
1.	Major	24-27	78-87	1, 2, 3, 4	I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
Total		24-27	78-87	-	-

 

GC University Lahore Offers 4-Year B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) Degree Program. The detail of the subjects and combinations with the other subjects is as under: