Geography

Facilities

Geography Department has some of the best facilities, notably Departmental Library, which has a collection of over 1000 books on Physical, Human, Environmental and Practical Geography, GIS, Remote sensing and Advanced Surveying, Map library, and National Geographic Magazines of the past four decades. Labs (GIS & Geography) are well-equipped for practical physical courses and independent research studies. Moreover, Modern surveying tools like Total station, GPS and Auto level.

  • Graduate Research Room
  • Departmental Library
  • Map Library (SOP, GSP and National Geographic and USGS maps,)
  • Geography Lab
  • (Automatic Weather Station, Meteorological Instruments, GPS based Noise Meter, Globes, Particulate Matter Counter, Surveying tools; Total station, GPS, Auto level and Clinometer, Salt Range Rock samples, Samples of Flexible Sandstones; Itacolumite, Soil and Minerals samples)
  • GIS Lab (Computer Systems, Multimedia)

Strength of Department

  • Department has its own weather observatory located in front of the department. Where student observe temperature, wind speed and direction, evaporation, rainfall on regular basis.
  • Department has enough number of PhD faculty members including foreign qualified with diverse reach field.
  • Geography Department has some of the best facilities, notably Departmental Library, which has a collection of over 1300 books on open shelves, Map Library (SOP, GSP and National Geographic and USGS maps,)
  • Our Labs (Soil and water, Geomorphology, Geomatic) are well equipped for practical courses and independent as well as interdisciplinary research studies.
  • Our faculty has published numerous research articles in specialized international journals including Natural Hazards, Environmental Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing, Climate Dynamics, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, PLoS One, Journal of Water and Climate Change, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, Poverty and Public Policy, Science International, Atmosphere, GeoJournal and Erdkunde. Around 80 research articles have been published by the faculty in HEC recognized Journals with W, X and Y categories.
  • The Department has signed MOUs with various governmental or semi-governmental organizations at national and international level to maintain student’s involvement in the Geographical Nexus, which is unquestionably broad.
  • Garrett Geographical Society (GGS) since its inception in 1932, aims at making the students explore the nature and brushed up Geomorphology, Climatology, Water Resource Management, Drone technology, settlement patterns and so on by different study and recreational trips.

Career Scope of the Programmes

Our students, being well educated on the interrelationships between society and the physical and human environment can join numerous professions in both private and public sectors. They can be a part of the relevant public government departments such as the Education, Pakistan Meteorological Department, the Flood Forecasting Division, and the Land Revenue Department, NDMA, ERRA, Mines and Minerals, Rescue, SNGPL etc.

Garrett Geographical Society (GGS)

Since its inception in 1932, our Garrett Geographical Society has diligently worked to help students learn about the Global Environmental threats and how to mitigate them in a sustainable manner. The society aims at making the students explore the nature and brushed up Geomorphology, Climatology, Water Resource Management, Drone technology, settlement patterns and so on by different study and recreational trips. Garrett Geographical Society ensures an animated interaction between the students and the scholars from other educational institutions and organizations through fruitful seminars, workshops and campaigns, poster competition and all important events. It has also been organizing recreational and study tours for the students including many Geographical and Historical Sites.

Study Tour/Field Excursion

In BS Programme students are being taught different Professional courses including climatology, Disaster risk management, Geomorphology and Mineralogy. Department of Geography provide opportunity to students of study tour to different institutes, department and geomorphological sites.

Employability

Our students, being well educated on the interrelationships between society and the physical and human environment can join numerous different professions in both private and public sectors. They can be a part of the relevant public government departments such as the Pakistan Meteorological Department, the Flood Forecasting Division, and the Land Revenue Department. Our graduates are

  • Environmental consultants
  • Cartographers
  • Commercial/residential surveyors
  • Social researchers
  • Urban planners
  • Information system employees
  • Instructors
  • Bureaucrats