education and research to the population of the southern region of the Punjab, covering the Civil Administrative Divisions of Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan. The university fulfills the triple function of teaching, affiliation and an examining body, and has 79 affiliated colleges which include old and prestigious institutions such as the Government Emerson College Multan, Government Post Graduate College (Sahiwal) and Government College, Burewala. This university has sub-campuses in Sahiwal, Layyah and Dera Ghazi Khan. Academic departments Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences School of Economics Department of Education Institute of Social Sciences Department of Criminology Department of History Department of Gender Studies Department of Pakistan Studies Department of Geography Department of Political Science Department of International Relations Department of Communication Studies Department of Sociology Department of Applied Psychology Department of Philosophy Department of Sports Sciences Multan College of Arts Faculty of Science Institute of Chemical Sciences Centre for Advanced Studies in Pure and Applied Mathematics Department of Computer Science Department of Information Technology Department of Telecommunication Systems Department of Physics Department of Statistics Institute of Pure and Applied Biology Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Department of Biochemistry Department of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Islamic Studies and Languages Department of Arabic Department of English Department of Islamic Studies Islamic Research Centre (IRC) Department of Urdu Saraiki Area Study Centre (SASC) Seerat Chair Faculty of Commerce, Law and Business Administration Institute of Management Sciences (IMS) Alfalah Institute of Banking and Finance (AIBF) Department of Commerce Gillani Law College Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Faculty of Veterinary Sciences Department of Pathobiology Department of Biosciences Department of Clinical Sciences Department of Livestock and Poultry Productions Faculty of Engineering and Technology University College of Engineering and Technology Department of Civil Engineering Department Of Electrical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering. Department of Building and Architectural Engineering Department of Computer Engineering Bahauddin Zakariya University College of Textile Engineering Institute of Advanced Materials Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Formerly it was called UCA means "University College of Agriculture" and now it is called FAST (Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology). FAST provides 8 Major subjects for specialization after 2 year but for evening program only four. Department of Soil Science Department of Agronomy Department of Entomology Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics Department of Plant Pathology Department of Horticulture Department of Forestry and Range Management Institute of Food Science and Nutrition Department of Agri.