What Faculties and Degree Programs Does the University of Karachi Offer?

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The University of Karachi (uok.edu.pk) is organized into nine faculties containing 53 academic departments, and those departments offer programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. If you are trying to find where a subject sits or what level of study is available, start with the faculty list below and then confirm the specific department on the Academics section of the official site.

The nine faculties

The university's own overview names the faculties and describes their broad coverage. The table summarizes what the site states for each.

Faculty What the site says it covers
Engineering Chemical Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, and industrial technological innovation
Science 21 departments spanning biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computer science
Arts & Social Sciences Economics, English, History, Psychology, Mass Communication, International Relations, and more
Management & Administrative Sciences Karachi University Business School (KUBS), Department of Commerce, and Public Administration
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, and Pharmacy Practice
Islamic Studies Islamic Learning, Qur'an wa Sunnah, Usool-ud-Din, and related study
Law Listed among the nine faculties
Others in the nine-faculty structure The site's faculty section is the authoritative place to confirm the remaining faculties and their departments

The site also lists deans for several faculties, for example Prof. Dr. Bilquees Gul for Engineering and Science, Prof. Dr. Samina Saeed for Arts & Social Sciences, Prof. Dr. Zaeema Asrar Mohiuddin for Management & Administrative Sciences, and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Harris Shoaib for Pharmacy.

Degree levels

The university describes its departments as offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs across every major discipline. Admissions are described as having separate pathways for undergraduate, graduate, evening programs, and foreign students. That means the level you want determines which admission route applies, not just which faculty you choose.

Notable units worth knowing

  • Karachi University Business School (KUBS) sits within the Faculty of Management & Administrative Sciences, alongside Commerce and Public Administration.
  • The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences covers five named areas from pharmaceutics to pharmacy practice, useful if you are comparing pharmacy-related specializations.
  • Research institutes are separate from the teaching faculties: the site cites 20 research institutes and centers, including KIBGE and the ICCBS–H.E.J. Research Institute. These matter if you are looking for graduate research supervision rather than coursework.

How to check a specific program

  1. Open the Academics section of uok.edu.pk and select the faculty closest to your subject.
  2. Within the faculty, identify the department — the Science faculty alone spans 21 departments, so the department page is where program detail lives.
  3. Match the program level (undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, or evening) to the corresponding admissions pathway.
  4. For research-based study, also check the relevant research institute, since supervision may sit there rather than in a teaching department.

The site's headline figures — nine faculties, 53 departments, 20 research institutes, 700+ faculty members, and 41,000+ enrolled students on a 1,279-acre campus — give a sense of scale, but they do not list individual degree titles. For those, the per-faculty pages under Academics are the reliable source.