Facilities
The SDSC became fully operational in the March 2007 in a purpose built four story building. The infrastructure
includes laboratories,
lecture rooms, conference rooms and a library. There are well-established labs; i.e. Soil and Plant Research Lab,
Environmental Toxicology and Sustainable Agriculture Lab, Water and Air pollution control Lab, Energy Lab and
Environmental microbiology Lab. to facilitate the research requirements of BSc (Hons), MPhil and PhD students.
Special Features
SDSC has academic and research collaborations with the following international and national
organizations/departments/ institutes:
- Worldwide fund for Nature (WWF Pakistan)
- King Edward Medical University (KEMU Pakistan)
- College of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Punjab, Pakistan
- NEC Consultants (Private) Limited
- Solution Environmental & Analytical Laboratory, Pakistan
- Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, Pakistan
- Aquadem (Turkey)
- Lahore Waste Management Company. (LWMC)
- LEED Pakistan
- Urban Unit
- Ministry of Environment, Government of Punjab
Career Opportunities in this discipline are immense and are further going to increase in Pakistan and abroad in
future. Environmental Science
graduates can find jobs in
- Research and Development Organizations
- Industries
- Health Department
- Environmental NGOs
- Environmental Consultancies
- Solid Waste Management Companies
- Environmental Education
- Social Development Sector
Research Groups
Following research groups are working at SDSC:
- Air Pollution Monitoring and Control
- Climate Change
- Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology
- Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Health
- Ecosystem Services Valuation
- Environmental Toxicology
- Industrial Ecology and Eco-Entrepreneurship
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Solid and & Hazardous Waste Management
- Sustainable and Renewable Energy
- Water and Waste-Water Management
