Business and Marketing Department of Agricultural Engineering In order to improve the academic facilities of remote areas, former governor of Punjab Lt General (Rtd) Khalid Maqbool opened sub-campuses of public sector universities with a vision to transform them into independent universities in future. Up till now, the following sub-campuses of Bahauddin Zakariya University have been opened: BZU Sub-Campus, D.G Khan (upgraded as Ghazi University from Fall 2014) BZU Sub-Campus, Sahiwal (upgraded as University of Sahiwal from Fall 2016) BZU Sub-Campus, Layyah BZU Sub-Campus, Vehari BZU Sub-Campus, Lodhran Rankings According to the Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking System, Bahauddin Zakariya University is ranked within Top 800 highly ranked universities worldwide. In 2019, the university was also ranked 8th nationally by General Universities Category of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC). Hostels The following are the hostels accommodating students: For boys Abubaker Hall Umar Hall Usman Hall Ali Hall Hamza Hall Qasim Hall Mohsin Hall Abdul Sattar Edhi Hall For girls Fatima Hall Marium Hall Ayesha Hall Amna Hall Zainab Hall Khadija Hall Hajira Hall Notable alumni Rubina Feroze Bhatti - Human Rights Activist Sardar Usman Buzdar - Ex Chief Minister Punjab Saima Akram Chaudhry - Novel, Drama Writer (Suno Chanda) Gharida Farooqi - News Anchor Abida Hussain- Former Minister Food and Agriculture Ali Akbar Natiq - Poet And Writer Rauf Kalasra - Investigation Journalist Zafarullah Khan – lawyer Muhammad Imran Qadir – Pharmacologist References External links Public universities in Punjab, Pakistan Educational institutions established in 1975 1975 establishments in Pakistan Public universities and colleges in Punjab, Pakistan Universities and colleges in Multan