Principal’s&Dean Message

With immense pleasure and pride I welcome you to Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB). You are joining an institution that prides itself in teaching excellence and interdisciplinary translational research led by Ph.D. qualified faculty members from leading institutions around the world.
Faculty members and staff at this school aim to ensure that, from the outset, your experience here be of the highest quality. We offer a dynamic curriculum to develop a clear understanding of biotechnological innovation, including cell and molecular biology, immunology, virology, proteomics, genomics, systems and synthetic biology, neurobiology, food technology, plant sciences, sustainable agriculture and nanotechnology. Our students also gain experience in experimental and case study design, scientific data analysis, writing and communication, ethical practices, and effective collaboration. Our undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes aim to impart and disseminate knowledge by developing competencies to produce industry-ready and academically enriched applied bio-scientists for the emerging areas of biotechnology.
We want you to be ready for a bright future, capable of assuming leadership roles, and ready to make significant contribution to academia, biotechnology industry, health and agriculture sector, throughout your careers, not only in Pakistan, but globally as well. I wish you all the very best and hope that it will be a thoroughly transformative and high quality learning experience for you.

Deans/Principal, Professor Dr. Muhammad Asghar

Ph.D. (Lund University, Sweden)

Postdoctoral researcher (Karolinska Institute, Sweden).

National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)
H-12 Sector, Islamabad, Pakistan 44000.
Tel: +92-51-9085-6101
Email: principal-asab@nust.edu.pk
Fax: +92-51-9085-6102