Punjab Group of Colleges

About PGC

"Punjab Group of Colleges (The Punjab Group) is an association of universities and colleges within Pakistan . PGC"' came into being as "The Islamic Commerce Educational Society (ICES)", registered in l985, which established its first facility, the Punjab College of Commerce in Muslim Town on Canal Bank in Lahore, followed a few years later by the Punjab Law College. Since then the Punjab Group (PGC) has successfully branched out into various cities of Punjab. Following arrangements with foreign accredited universities, Punjab College of Business Administration (PCBA) was established in 1991 and Punjab Institute of Computer Science (PICS), in 1993, at Lahore. In less than five years both institutions emerged as highly specialized schools, training individuals as successful professional managers and computer scientists.

With a view to meeting academic needs of students, the Group went ahead and established another network in various cities of the Punjab by the name of ‘Punjab College of Information Technology’ (PCIT), the first having been established in Lahore in 2000 and the latest at Sialkot in 2005. The PGC has within a period of 21 years, not only established as many as thirty five colleges and two universities but has also earned reputation as the largest network of highly vibrant and progressive institutions in the private sector in the country. Mohammed Ali Jinnah University in Sindh and the University of Central Punjab are both chartered universities of the Group and are being rated very high in their respective domains. All these Institutions together have more than 40,000 students on rolls.

The educational institutions of the Punjab Group blend a premium faculty – 79 Foreign and 9 local Ph.Ds; 47 Foreign and 1200 local Masters’ degree holders, with vast experience and high repute to their credit. Such a highly qualified and experienced faculty is duly supported by the best teaching-aids and a students body with the highest potential to pursue studies in the finest possible learning environment.

Associated institutions

In order by year of affiliation

*University of Central Punjab - 1985
**Punjab College of Business Administration (PCBA) - 1991
**Punjab Institute of Computer Science (PICS) - 1993
*Punjab College of Commerce - 1985
*Punjab Law College
*Mohammad Ali Jinnah University - 1998