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Emerson University, Multan, formerly known as the Government Emerson College Multan is located in the city of
Multan Multan is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, fifth-most populous city in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. Located along the eastern bank of the Chenab River, it is the List of cities in Pakistan by populatio ...
in the
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of Pakistan. It is the largest college in
Multan Multan is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, fifth-most populous city in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. Located along the eastern bank of the Chenab River, it is the List of cities in Pakistan by populatio ...
city located on Bosan Road.


History

It was established on 13 April 1920. In 1933, this institution was named Government Emerson College, after Sir Herbert William Emerson,
governor of the Punjab The governor of the Punjab was head of the British administration in the province of the Punjab. In 1849 the East India Company defeated the Sikh Empire and annexed the Punjab region. The governor-general of India, Lord Dalhousie, implemented a t ...
in recognition of his services to education.Govt. College Bosan Road Multan.
Multan, The City Of Saints & Sufis. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
The first campus of this college was on Kachehry Chowk in Multan, now the location of Government Women University, Multan; which has been upgraded from a girls Degree College. The new campus, built to meet the needs of the growing number of male students, was completed in 1963. After that time, the college began offering post-graduate programs. The larger campus includes a stadium for cricket, hockey and football ground, basketball ground, hostels and college building.


Courses

It serves as a higher secondary school and graduation college offering Bachelor (BS 04 Years), Intermediate programs, such as FA, F.Sc, I.Com, ICS, and postgraduate programs. Postgraduate classes include M.Sc. Zoology (1989); M.A Political Science (1993); M.A English (1996); M.Sc. Botany; M.A. Economics; M.A. Urdu in (2004); and M.A. Islamiat (2005). Also offering M.Sc Physics; M.Sc Chemistry; and M.A International Relations. Students who meet generous threshold for attained grades are eligible to receive a free laptop. All students in BS, MS, LLM, M.Phil and Ph.D programs are automatically eligible to receive a free laptop. Official website of Govt Emerson College Multan relaunched in October 2017.


Notable graduates

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