Academic Programs

The Department of History was established in 1976, a year after the establishment of the University. Initially, the Department started functioning in a rented building in Gulgasht Colony, Multan. In 1980, it was shifted to Languages Block and finally in 1986 to its own building, the History and Political Science Block at the University campus. Department of History started a diploma program in Pakistan Studies which was later on upgraded to a regular MA Pakistan Studies program in 1986. The program of M.Phil. in History is running since spring 1997, while the Ph.D. program was offered from its beginning and the Department enrolled Ph.D. students. A number of scholars have received their Ph.D. degrees from this department and many other scholars are working on their Ph.D. projects at the moment. Regular course work for Ph.D. is also going on. The nomenclature of the Department was changed to “Department of History & Civilization Studies” in 2016. The Department came into existence with a staff of three regular lecturers, one research scholar and one part time teacher. At present, the Department has the services of five regular teachers including four Ph.Ds. and two M.Phil. degree holders.