Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University President Ayub Khan, to make the proposed university a research institution. Siddiqui convinced the chairman of PAEC, dr IH Usmani, to send all the theoreticians in PAEC to the Institute of Physics at the University of Islamabad to form a theoretical physics group. Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University The Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University () (founded as the Institute of Physics, QAU), is an academic and research department of the Quaid-e-Azam University (Qau), Pakistan. It is also referred to as the Institute of Theoretical Physics. Established in 1966 with efforts led by Abdus Salam, the institute was located in Rawalpindi,
Quaid-i-Azam University "e" for Ezāfe that links the two words in Jinnah's title Quaid-e-Azam. The University offered teaching and research programs for PhD and MPhil degrees in the beginning and later offered Master's programs. The University now offers undergraduate programs as well. Quaid-i-Azam University has four faculties and 38 departments, institutes, schools and centers. Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties: Quaid-i-Azam University was ranked 651-700 in the world by the "QS World University Rankings" of 2018 and 133 in Asia. For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science