COMSATS university is a multi-campus university. Apart from the main campus in Islamabad, the university also has sub-campuses located in
Lahore,
Attock,
Vehari,
Abbottabad,
Wah and
Sahiwal as well as one virtual campus. COMSATS University has seven campuses, 100-degree programs, 36000 enrolled students, 700 Ph.D. students, 500 Master's students, 1077 Ph.D. instructors, and is ranked second in
research and first in
IT.
Islamabad The main campus in Islamabad was established in 1998. During the first year of its establishment, the institute offered only a few certificate courses and a postgraduate diploma in computer studies with a single classroom and limited resources. The Islamabad campus is situated at
Chak Shahzad, Islamabad. Currently, more than 9000 students are enrolled in various degree programs at this campus.
Abbottabad The Abbottabad campus became functional in July 2001 through the initiative of founder director Haroon-ur-Rasheed and the first academic session started in September 2001. This campus is ideally situated in the vicinity of the
Pakistan Military Academy,
Kakul. The campus is built on 308 Kanals of land leased from GHQ by the
Pakistan Army at Tobe Camp. The abandoned army barracks were converted into a living campus within a short period of two months by the university team. The first academic session started with a student strength of 121 and only three undergraduate programs. faculty members, 14 programs, and three functional academic blocks.
Wah The opening of COMSATS University in the historical and industrial town of
Wah was a joint effort of the university and
Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) which is located in Wah
Cantonment. The university management started campus at Wah in a record period of 70 days. The then-Minister for Science and Technology and Chancellor of the university formally inaugurated the institute on 14 September 2001. Initially, the Wah campus started its operation in the small guest house of POF. In 2003, two purpose-built academic blocks were handed over to the university on a long-term lease period by the POF. The Wah campus extended its academic facilities by purchasing land contiguous to the existing campus in 2012 measuring 96 Kanals. The campus has also acquired 20 Acres of land near Brahma Bahtar Interchange on the
M1 motorway to meet its future academic requirements.
Sahiwal The
Sahiwal campus situated at
Sahiwal was formally inaugurated in September 2007. It has 7 academic departments and 10 other services departments. It has 3800 students from different departments.
Virtual Campus The CUI virtual campus was established in July 2008 and started its regular functions in January 2012. The campus was established in offices, laboratories, and studios located in Islamabad having approximately 20,000 sq. ft. of covered area. State-of-the-art servers, dedicated PERN (
Pakistan Educational Research Network) bandwidth, as well as the latest audiovisual equipment, was acquired to set up laboratories, studios, and a data center. The virtual campus started its first academic session in Fall 2012 offering four undergraduate level degree programs in computer science and management science subjects. The Virtual Campus was stalled in 2016 due to an absence of a Virtual Education Policy by the
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. == Academics ==