Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University

In the 1970s, the government of Punjab established an agricultural college in Rawalpindi for the development of rain-fed agriculture. The college was upgraded to the level of university in 1994. The Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University is named after Chishti Sufi saint Pir Mehr Ali Shah. The University is now working on two mega projects titled DDSDP and ENCIB. There is a centre for precision agriculture and national centre for industrial biotechnology. ==Academics==

AAUR teaches courses in five faculties, six institutes and one National center (as well as joint programs with other institutions): • Faculty of Crop and Food Sciences • Institute of Food and Nutritional Sciences • Faculty of Sciences • Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology • Faculty of Social Sciences • Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (with departments in Animal Sciences, Veterinary Basic Science, Patho-Biology, Clinical Studies and Poultry Science) 85 students • Institute of Education and Research • University Institute of Management Sciences • University Institute of Information Technology • University Institute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology (UIBB) • Faculty of Agriculture Engineering • Institute of Geo-informatics and Earth Observation (IGEO) • Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences (ISES) ==See also==