Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (AAUR)

About University:
The University of Arid Agriculture is located at Rawalpindi, Punjab. In the 1970s, the government of Punjab established an Agricultural College Rawalpindi for the development of rain fed agriculture. The college was upgraded to the level of the University in 1994.

Location:

The University is located in Rawalpindi almost in the center of the twin, cosmopolitan cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, the capital of the country.

The central location of the university places it in proximity to major institutions of higher learning and research like Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), National Agricultural Research Centre(NARC), National Institute of Health (NIH), Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH), Rawalpindi Medical College, Poultry Research Institute, Fisheries Research and Training Institute and International Institute for Biological Control of the Common Wealth and Agency for Barani Areas Development (ABAD).

Faculties:

University comprised of the following faculties:

• Faculty of Crop and Food Sciences,

• Faculty of Sciences

• Faculty of Forestry, Range Management and Wildlife

• Directorate of Advance Studies and Research

• University Institute of Management Sciences (UIMS)

• University Institute of Information Technology (UIIT)

• Division of Continuing Education, Home Economics and Women Development