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Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) was founded in 1965 as a National Institution for higher learning and research with Biological Sciences as one of its Departments. This Department had been offering the degree of M.Sc., M.Phil and Ph.D. in various disciplines of life sciences. In 2006, Department of Biological Sciences was upgraded to Faculty of Biological Sciences and Microbiology was introduced as a separate discipline along with four others. The Department of Microbiology of QAU is well recognized for teaching and research in Pakistan and is equipped with modern research facilities. The major equipments present are; UV visible Spectrophotometers, Fermenters (Lab Scale and Pilot Scale), Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), PCR Machines, Autoclaves, Microscopes, Shaking Incubators, Biological Safety Cabinets, Centrifuges, and Incubators etc. Till March 2010, 43 Ph.D and 467 M.Phil degrees have been awarded to students working on various research areas in the domain of Microbiology. In addition to this 82 students have obtained the degree of M.Sc in Microbiology.

The faculty members have been able to get research grants from USAID (IEP), British Council, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Sciences Foundation, Biotechnology Commission, Pakistan Telecommunication and others. Young teachers and PhD students of the Microbiology Department have been availing the opportunity to go abroad for gaining research expertise under the Sandwich PhD program, IRSIP of HEC and Fulbright post-doctoral fellowships. Currently, the Department of Microbiology is offering M.Sc., M.Phil and Ph.D. degree programs. Efforts are also being made to bridge the gap between the lab. scale to pilot scale productions of microbial metabolites of commercial importance. Broadly, the research programs for M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees cover various areas of microbiology including;

1. Applied Microbiology	2. Environmental Microbiology
3. Industrial Microbiology	4. Soil Microbiology
5. Medical Microbiology	6. Mycology
7. Microbial Physiology & Genetics	8. Fermentation/Bioprocessing
9. Virology	10. Molecular Microbiology