The University of Central Punjab (or UCP), located in Lahore, Pakistan, is a private sector university.

The five colleges in the university are the faculties of Commerce, Management Studies, Information Technology, Engineering, and Law.

History
The history of the University of Central Punjab can be traced back to 1985, when Punjab College of Commerce, the first institution under the auspices of the Islamic Commerce Educational Society, was established in Lahore. The Punjab Law College was inaugurated three years later in 1988 also in Lahore. The Punjab Group of Colleges branched out into major cities of Punjab. It is ranked in 0-1500 universities by world ranked of gpd. Pursuant to arrangements with foreign accredited universities, the Punjab College of Business Administration (PCBA) was established in 1991 and the Punjab Institute of Computer Science (PICS) in 1993, at Lahore. In less than five years both institutions emerged as educational centres, training individuals as professional managers and computer scientists. By 1996, the Punjab Group of Colleges had established twelve campuses in cities of the Punjab and with more than 18,000 students enrolled at that time had emerged as the largest higher educational network in the private sector in Pakistan. The group also established Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, which was granted degree awarding status by the Government of Sindh by Ordinance No. S.LEGIS:1(7)/98/-, dated 1 July 1998. Muhammad Ali Jinnah University maintains twin campuses at Karachi and Islamabad, both recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, the apex body for higher education in the country. In 2003 UCP started its engineering section which is recognized by HEC and accredited by the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). It has about 500 students.

Punjab Group of Colleges

The Punjab Group has its roots in a Commerce College set up in Lahore in 1985. Over a period of 26 years, the Group has grown into the largest educational network in Pakistan with approximately 1,44,000 students. The Punjab Group consists of Educational Excellence Limited, National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt.) Limited, Tower Technologies (Pvt.) Limited and National Educational Network (Pvt.) Limited, the later having been set up in 2010 for the purpose of franchising Elementary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education across the country in the form of Schools and Colleges. The Franchised Schools are known as Allied Schools. In less than one year the franchised system has enrolled up to 30,000 students. National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt.) Limited owns and operates one of the largest and most sophisticated Television Networks in Pakistan known as Dunya TV Network and with 18 Colleges affiliated with the Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education and Public Sector Universities across the country.

The Group also owns and operates two Universities chartered by the Government having a student body of over 10,000. Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU) chartered by the Government of Sindh has a Campus in Karachi with recently constructed campus spread over 80 Kanals in Zone-V, Islamabad. The University of Central Punjab chartered by the Government of the Punjab in 2002 has another grand and purpose-built Campus which became operative in 2010 with a covered area of approximately 500,000 Sqft located in Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan. With the right vision of Board of Directors of the Group Companies and with continued and sustained efforts to provide quality education right from Play Group to PhD, the Group expects an annual growth of 30%. Landmarks Achieved (Year by Year) Establishment of Punjab College at Canal Bank, Lahore Establishment of Islamic Commerce Educational Society Establishment Punjab Law Colleges Punjab College at Faisalabad and Rawalpindi Punjab College of Business Administration, Lahore Punjab Institute of Computer Science, Lahore Punjab College at Islamabad Punjab College at Gujranwala Punjab College for Women Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad Punjab College opens its branches at Sargodha and Multan Punjab College of Information Technology Tower Technologies (Pvt.) Limited starts operations University of Central Punjab Resource Academia School System Punjab College at Sialkot Punjab Colleges of Science Punjab College at Rahim Yar Khan Dunya News Network goes on air Punjab College expands its network to Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Okara New Campus of University of Central Punjab at Johar Town, Lahore New Campus of Mohammad Ali Jinnah University in Islamabad National Educational Network (Franchised Educational Network) 1985 1986 1988 1988 1991 1993 1996 1997 1998 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2010 2010

The University of Central Punjab (or UCP), located in Lahore, Pakistan, is a private sector university. The five colleges in the university are the faculties of Commerce, Management Studies, Information Technology, Engineering, and Law.

[edit] History

The history of the University of Central Punjab can be traced back to 1985, when Punjab College of Commerce, the first institution under the auspices of the Islamic Commerce Educational Society, was established in Lahore. The Punjab Law College was inaugurated three years later in 1988 also in Lahore. The Punjab Group of Colleges branched out into major cities of Punjab. It is ranked in 0-1500 universities by world ranked of gpd. Pursuant to arrangements with foreign accredited universities, the Punjab College of Business Administration (PCBA) was established in 1991 and the Punjab Institute of Computer Science (PICS) in 1993, at Lahore. In less than five years both institutions emerged as educational centres, training individuals as professional managers and computer scientists. By 1996, the Punjab Group of Colleges had established twelve campuses in cities of the Punjab and with more than 18,000 students enrolled at that time had emerged as the largest higher educational network in the private sector in Pakistan. The group also established Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, which was granted degree awarding status by the Government of Sindh by Ordinance No. S.LEGIS:1(7)/98/-, dated 1 July 1998. Muhammad Ali Jinnah University maintains twin campuses at Karachi and Islamabad, both recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, the apex body for higher education in the country. In 2003 UCP started its engineering section which is recognized by HEC and accredited by the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). It has about 500 students. On 15 August 1996 the Punjab Group of Colleges petitioned the government of the Punjab for the establishment of a university in the province. The government of the Punjab issued a No Objection Certificate to the establishment of the University (Notification No. S.O.(Univ.)9-4/99) dated 11 October 1999 and awarded a charter (Ordinance No. Legis. 13-80/2000) dated 10 April 2002. The University of Central Punjab is the first university in the private sector in Punjab which has been awarded a degree granting status by the Government. By then the Group had established 29 campuses and enrolled around twenty five thousand students. This number has now reached to 30 campuses with enrollment of around thirty thousand students. The University of Central started on 10 October 1999, the date of issuance of the No Objection Certificate and offered courses in Management Studies, Information Technology, Commerce and Law. Its principal constituent institutions i.e., the Punjab College of Business Administration (PCBA), Punjab Institute of Computer Science (PICS), Punjab College of Commerce (PCC), Punjab Law College (PLC) and Punjab College of Information Technology (PCIT), all at Lahore, formed the core of the University at the time of establishment. Following a restructuring in 2004, the PCBA and PICS operate under the Faculty of Management Studies and Faculty of Information Technology of the University of Central Punjab respectively. The Punjab Colleges of Commerce and the Punjab Law College respectively function under the Faculties of Commerce and of Law of the University of Central Punjab. The Faculty of Engineering (FOE) has was introduced in 2002. It has been accredited by the Pakistan Engineering Council. The Faculties of Languages and Literature, and Arts and Social Sciences will be housed at the main campus of the University, which is to be established by 2012

INTRODUCTION

The history of University of Central Punjab can be traced back to 1985, when Punjab College of Commerce, the first institution under the auspices of the Islamic Commerce Educational Society, was established in Lahore. The Punjab Law College was inaugurated three years later in 1988 also in Lahore. The Punjab Group of Colleges motivated primarily by a great missionary urge and inspired by the tremendous response from the public at large, branched out into all major cities of Punjab. Education in the twenty-first century demands a balance between continuity and change. The technological leaps and the consequences thereof have overtaken the old educational paradigms and new concepts have emerged in the world of learning. Punjab Group of Colleges (PGC) was among the first to realize this transition and its challenges. The PGC, therefore, submitted a petition to the Government of Punjab, in August 1996, for establishing a university in the province. A No Objection Certificate was issued in October 1999. The charter to establish the University of Central Punjab (UCP) was awarded in April 2002. Thus this University clinched the distinction of becoming the first private sector university in Punjab which acquired the status of degree-awarding institution.
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PEST Analysis
A scan of the external macro-environment in which the firm operates can be expressed in terms of the following factors:

Political Economic Social Technological

The acronym PEST (or sometimes rearranged as "STEP") is used to describe a framework for the analysis of these macroenvironmental factors. A PEST analysis fits into an overall environmental scan as shown in the following diagram:

Environmental Scan / External Analysis / Macroenvironment | P.E.S.T. \ Microenvironment \ Internal Analysis

Political Factors Political factors include government regulations and legal issues and define both formal and informal rules under which the firm must operate. Some examples include:

tax policy employment laws environmental regulations trade restrictions and tariffs political stability

Economic Factors Economic factors affect the purchasing power of potential customers and the firm's cost of capital. The following are examples of factors in the macroeconomy:

economic growth interest rates exchange rates inflation rate

Social Factors

Social factors include the demographic and cultural aspects of the external macroenvironment. These factors affect customer needs and the size of potential markets. Some social factors include:

health consciousness population growth rate age distribution career attitudes emphasis on safety

Technological Factors Technological factors can lower barriers to entry, reduce minimum efficient production levels, and influence outsourcing decisions. Some technological factors include:

R&D activity automation technology incentives rate of technological change

External Opportunities and Threats The PEST factors combined with external microenvironmental factors can be classified as opportunities and threats in a SWOT analysis