The COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), which received its Charter from the Federal Government in August 2000, as a Degree Awarding Institute (DAI) in the public sector. Pursuant to the Federal Government of Pakistan’s decision, it is selected to be upgraded to the status of a university, more precisely Comsats University (CU). Being federally established institute, the CIIT currently has seven campuses in Islamabad, Lahore, Wah, Abbottabad, Attock, and Sahiwal, while six more campuses are in pipeline including Gujrat, Toba Tek Singh, Karachi, Quetta, Vehari, and Larkana. The future plans also envisage opening of more campuses in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan, as well as overseas.Lahore Campus is Situated at Defense Road, 1.1 Km off Raiwind Road, Lahore. Campus areas is more than 160 acres. Main Departments are Management Sciences Department, Chemical Engineering Dept., Electrical Eng. Dept., Telecom Eng. Dept., Computer Science Dearptment and IRC Department.
