Overview

Department of Botany started BS 4 years program in 2010 in Government Postgraduate College for Women Multan, which has been upgraded in 2013 and continue BS 4-year program of studies under The Women University Multan. Formerly the department has been located at The Women University, Multan Kutchery Campus LMQ Road. Now, it is shifted to the new campus, Matital Campus, near and opposite to new kutchery at Matital Road Multan. The curriculum has been developed under the guideline of Higher Education Commission to cover all the recent areas of botany. Teaching laboratories in the department are reasonably equipped with scientific equipment. As an adequate collection of text books and reference books is available in the library. Department has highly qualified faculty.

Vision

In botany, we study different branches of science concerning with plants, such as Plant pathology, Bacteriology, Mycology, Plant breeding, Plant biochemistry, Genetic engineering, Plant physiology, Genetics, Molecular genetics, Evolution, Horticulture etc. The graduates of botany are working in various field of life, such as in education, research organization, forestry, agriculture wild life, tissue culturing, genetic engineering etc.

Mission

Values

The discipline of botany deals with the course content of plant sciences and the utility of plants in relation to mankind. The course content of botany is so vast that the number of branches has been increasing day by day. Branches like morphology, anatomy, histology and cytology give us an idea about what plants are, and to what extent they are diverse. The entire living world, especially human being, is directly or indirectly dependent on plants. Botany, along with its allied branches, provides employment opportunities in the field of medicine and pharmacy. There is also enormous employment scope in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, etc.

Scope and Objectives

• To produce high quality professionals and scientists who are committed for the pursuit of excellence and are endowed with vision, courage and dedication.
• To improve the academic standard in this region.
• To enhance the contribution of botany in the areas of research organization, genetics, forestry, agriculture, horticulture, bio technology, plants breeding and pathology.