International Islamic University, Islamabad

Campuses

The university has two campuses.

Old campus

The old campus lies about the Faisal Mosque. The mosque was designed by Vedat Dalokay, a Turkish architect. It was donated to the university by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. The mosque is one of the largest in the world and is able to accommodate tens of thousands of people in its prayer hall, women's gallery and courtyard.

New campus

The new campus occupies Islamabad's Sector H-10. The first phase of construction of the new campus was completed in 2013. Since then a campus area for women has been established. In 2006, the construction of the Central Library and the Lincoln Corner was completed.

Hostels

The university infrastructure includes seven academic buildings. The university's student accommodation includes four hostels for women and six for men.

Tuition

The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral studies programmes in science, engineering, technology, humanities, arts, religious studies, social and natural sciences.

Faculties

The university consists of a number of faculties.

Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences

The Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences (founded in 2003) teaches computer science and software engineering, physics and nanotechnology, mathematics and statistics, environmental sciences, biotechnology and bioinformatics.

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

The Faculty of Engineering and Technology (founded in 2007) teaches electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and civil engineering.

Iqra College of Technology

The Iqra College of Technology (ICT) a constituent unit of IIU offers B.Tech(Hons) in Mechanical , Electrical and Civil in the evening.

Faculty of languages and literature

The faculty of languages and literature offers tution in BS , MS and Phd in English , Persian and Urdu.

Faculty of management sciences

The faculty of management sciences (founded in 1995). In 1996, the Department of Business Administration offered tuition in a Master of Business Administration program. The Department of Technology Management was founded in 1998. It is the largest faculty of the University with around 3,700 registered students.

Faculty of Shariah and Law

The Faculty of Shariah and Law was first established in Quaid-i-Azam University in 1979 and then, in 1980, was incorporated into the International Islamic University, Islamabad. Student enrolling in doctorate programs complete one year of compulsory course work before commencing a thesis. More than 900 students have graduated from this faculty.

Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences offers tuition in education, politics and international relations, psychology, history and Pakistan studies, Islamic art and architecture, media and communications, and sociology.

International Institute of Islamic Economics

The university's International Institute of Islamic Economics was founded in 1983. It offers tuition in Islamic banking and finance, econometric s and rural development. Within the faculty, the Division of Research and Training promotes research and offers training for staff of public and private financial and academic institutions.

Faculty of Islamic Studies

A Faculty of Islamic Studies (Usuluddin) was founded in 1981. It offers tuition in the Tafseer and Quranic sciences, Hadith, comparative religion, Da'wah and Islamic culture, Aqeedah and philosophy and Seerah and Islamic history. The Da'wah Academy was founded in March 1985. The Shari'ah Institute of Training was founded in 1981 and became an academy in 1985.

English Language Center

The English Language Center teaches English language preparatory courses for students seeking to enroll in foreign and national universities (for example, HEC scholarships) or seeking employment. It also offers an English proficiency program.

Central library

The central library is situated in the new campus. Within the central library is the Lincoln Corner. It contains material on American History. There is also the Muhammad Hamidullah and the International Institute of Islamic Economics library. It contains rare books on Islamic law relating to economics and Islamic governance.

Islamic Research Institute library

The Islamic Research Institute library is a source of knowledge about Islamism.

Engineering and technology library

The engineering and technology library contains 25,000 books. Fifteen periodicals are subscribed, and ten newspapers are purchased. The library can seat fifty users. There are 550 research reports and theses.

Da'wah Academy library

The Da'wah Academy library houses more than 22,000 books.

Shariah Academy Library

The Shariah Academy Library has a collection of 8,976 books and journals on the subjects of Qur'anic studies, Hadith studies, Sirah, Islamic law and Anglo-Saxon law. There are also a number of departmental libraries such as the Research Journals library, the Library of Islamic Studies, the Al-Dirassat Al-Islamyya, the Fikro Nazar, the Insights library, and the Mayar library. The university publishes the Journal of Business and Management Sciences (JBMS).

Research Journals

1. Islamic Studies
2. Insights
3. Mayar
4. Islamabad Law Review
5. Fikr o Nazar
6. Journal of Business and Management Sciences

Foreign collaboration

The university has academic ties with,

Associations