Public universities for computing.

Federally chartered public university in Islamabad (E-9, PAF Complex), established in 2002, with campuses in Kamra, Multan, Kharian and Karachi. It runs a large computing offer: CS, AI, Data Science, Software Engineering, Cyber Security and related BS, MS and PhD programmes, admitted through its own computer-based test.

A federally chartered public sector university founded by the Pakistan Navy in 2000, with campuses in Islamabad (E-8 and H-11), Karachi and Lahore. It offers BS, MS and PhD programmes in computer science, AI, IT, software engineering and computer engineering.

A federally chartered public university founded in 1998 as COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, with campuses in Islamabad, Lahore, Wah, Abbottabad, Attock, Sahiwal and Vehari. BS Computer Science and BS Software Engineering are offered at all seven campuses, with AI, Data Science and Cyber Security at selected ones.

A public university in Lahore established in 2012 under a Punjab law to focus on science, technology and engineering. It teaches BS Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Engineering, MS in Computer Science, Data Science, Cybersecurity and Computer Engineering, and a PhD in Computer Science.

A public business school in Karachi, founded in 1955, whose School of Mathematics and Computer Science runs BS, MS and PhD programmes in Computer Science plus MS programmes in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

A federally chartered public institute in Islamabad, founded in 2002 around aerospace and space engineering. Its Department of Computing offers BS Computer Science, AI, Data Science and Software Engineering, an MS and a new PhD in Computer Science, and admits BS computing students on school marks without an entry test.

A public university in sector H-10, Islamabad, with separate male and female campuses. Its Faculty of Computing and Information Technology offers BS, MS and PhD programmes in computer science, software engineering, IT and data science.

Public engineering university in Jamshoro, Sindh, upgraded from a 1963 engineering college in 1977. It teaches BE Computer Systems and BE Software Engineering alongside BS Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security, with admission through its own computer-based pre-admission test and district quotas.

A public federal university headquartered in sector H-12, Islamabad, established in 1991. Computing is taught mainly at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) in Islamabad, with engineering computing programmes at the Military College of Signals and the College of E&ME in Rawalpindi.

A public engineering university in Karachi, upgraded from a college set up in 1921, that teaches computing through BS Computer Science (with AI, data science, cyber security and gaming specializations), BE Software Engineering and BE Computer Systems Engineering.

A federal public university at Nilore, Islamabad, that grew out of a nuclear training school founded in 1967 and gained degree-awarding status in 2000. Its Department of Computer and Information Sciences offers a BS in Computer and Information Sciences, MS programmes in Computer Science, Cyber Security and AI, and a PhD in Computer Science.

A federal public university in Islamabad, established in 1967 as the University of Islamabad. Computing is taught at the Department of Computer Sciences (BS, MPhil, MS, PhD) and the Institute of Information Technology (BS IT, BS Software Engineering, MS, PhD).

Public university in Sukkur, founded in 1994 as a business institute and now teaching BS Computer Science, Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, BE Computer Systems Engineering, and MS and PhD computing degrees. Admission is through its own English, Mathematics and IQ test, with BS Computer Science also offered at campuses in Khairpur, Kandhkot, Mirpurkhas and Dadu.

Public engineering university in Peshawar with campuses in Nowshera, Abbottabad and Bannu. Its BS Computer Science (with AI, Data Science, Cyber Security and other specialisations) admits on academic marks without an entry test, while Software Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering go through ETEA.

Public engineering university in Lahore, chartered in 1961 from the former Maclagan Engineering College. Its computing degrees (CS, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, AI, Data Science, Cyber Security) are admitted through ECAT and taught at the Lahore main campus and at KSK, Faisalabad, Narowal and RCET Gujranwala.

Public engineering university in Taxila, near Islamabad and Rawalpindi, chartered in 1993. It teaches computing through a PEC-accredited B.Sc. Software Engineering, a B.Sc. Computer Engineering, a BS Computer Science, and engineering technology programmes in cyber security and software.

A large public university in Karachi, established in 1951, whose Department of Computer Science (UBIT) runs entry-test-based BS programmes in Computer Science, Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence at comparatively low public-sector fees.

Pakistan's oldest university, established in Lahore in 1882. Computing is taught by the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (FCIT, still widely called PUCIT), with BS, MPhil/MS and PhD programmes in Lahore and computing departments at the Gujranwala and Jhelum campuses.

Federal public university established in 2002 that teaches entirely online through recorded lectures and its VULMS learning system, with exams at campuses across Pakistan. It offers BS Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology and Data Science, computing associate degrees and an MS in Computer Science, with BS admission on eligibility alone and no entry test.