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Other name | UCP |
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| Motto | "The centre of your future" |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 2002 |
| Accreditation | Washington Accord |
Academic affiliations | Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) Pakistan Engineering Council Pharmacy Council of Pakistan Pakistan Bar Council |
| Chairman | Mian Amer Mahmood |
| Pro-Rector | Dr. Hammad Naveed[1] |
Academic staff | 602 |
| Students | 16,000+ |
| Undergraduates | 14,400+ |
| Postgraduates | 1,600+ |
| Address | 1, Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road, Johar TownLahore,Punjab 2, D-464 6th Road, Satellite Town,RawalpindiPunjab ,Pakistan 31°26′49″N74°16′06″E / 31.4469°N 74.2682°E /31.4469; 74.2682 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | UCPian |
| Website | ucp |
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TheUniversity of Central Punjab (Urdu:یونیورسٹی آف سنٹرل پنجاب) orUCP is aprivate university located on Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road,Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[2]
On 15 August 1996, thePunjab Group of Colleges, a private business venture, petitioned theGovernment of Punjab for the establishment of a university in the province. UCP was chartered by theGovernment of the Punjab in 2002 and recognized by theHigher Education Commission (Pakistan).[3] Punjab Institute of Computer Science (PICS), Punjab College of Commerce (PCC) and Punjab College of Information Technology (PCIT) formed the core of the university at the time of establishment.
Following a restructuring in 2004, the PCBA and PICS operate under the Faculty of Management Studies and Faculty of Information Technology of the University of Central Punjab respectively. The Punjab Colleges of Commerce and the Punjab Law College respectively function under the Faculties of Commerce and of Law of the University of Central Punjab. The Faculty of Engineering (FOE) was introduced in 2002.
The university is located oppositeShaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre on Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road Lahore. It covers an area of 500,000 square feet. The campus was built in 2010 and consists of five blocks. There is an auditorium block consisting of 300 seats. It houses a number of facilities, both curricular and co-curricular in nature.
The library of the university has an academic collection of more than 40,000 books from various disciplines being taught at the university. The collection in the library is arranged according to a specific classification scheme known asDewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme.
The governor of Punjab serves as the Patron of the university. Educational Excellence Limited is the sponsoring body of the university whose chairman, currently Mian Amer Mahmood, also chairs the Board of Governors. The board includes the chairman, Pro-rector and members nominated by the Patron, Chairman, HEC, PHEC and accrediting bodies.
Faculties
The university consists of the following faculties:
Accreditation
All of the engineering programs offered by UCP are accredited by thePakistan Engineering Council under Level-II, substantially equivalent toWashington Accord. Whereas, the Pharm-D program is accredited by thePharmacy Council of Pakistan and Computer Science program byNCEAC.
Rankings
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| Global – Overall | |
| THE World[4] | 801-1000 (2025) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Asia[5] | =362 (2025) |
UCP was ranked #=94 inQS Asian University Rankings - Southern Asia for 2025.[6] It was also ranked #1201+ in QS Sustainability Ranking for 2025.[7] According to the HEC ranking 2022, its business school was ranked seventh in Lahore.[8]
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