
Outbound Mobility
UCP encourages students and faculty to join reputable International Universities for a semester or two which may help in student’s international exposure and hence learning. For this purpose, UCP has partnered with a number of international universities which time to time offer exchange opportunities to students and International Office is constantly adding new partnerships to the growing list.
To streamline student and faculty exchanges, selected faculty members have been designated as “Country Ambassadors” and “Programme Ambassadors” for internationalization and as point of contact for interested students and faculty. The list of “Country Ambassadors” and “Programme Ambassadors” is given here.

Benefits of Studying Abroad
Studying abroad will allow you to experience different cultures and perspectives, including new traditions and customs and meeting new people. You will get the opportunity to see new terrains, natural wonders, museums and landmarks of your host nation.
Studying abroad will allow you to experience different cultures and perspectives, including new traditions and customs and meeting new people. You will get the opportunity to see new terrains, natural wonders, museums and landmarks of your host nation.
Studying at another university can be different to the style of teaching you’re used to and it will inculcate awareness and adoption of alternative, multi-faceted approaches to learning. International learning and knowledge propel students towards acceptance and understanding of an array of different cultural and community perspectives. Moreover, you will develop enhanced interest in global issues as well as a broader general knowledge.
A new country gives you a chance to hone your language skills and immerse yourself in a new culture. This includes learning some of their key phrases, trying out their national dishes, experimenting with clothing styles that in turn will help you have a better understanding and appreciation of that host country’s people and culture.
You get the opportunity to have the credits transferred to your degree (subject to approval from your department, faculty dean and academic committee) all while getting to study abroad at a world class university while polishing your skills.
While studying abroad you will undergo self-development and awareness leading to enhanced self-confidence and self-esteem. You will develop maturity and social poise, fueled by the necessity to confront challenges outside a familiar support network and comfort zone. By integration into another family as well as the development of life-long friendships, you will be fostering an appreciation of home and family. Successful completion of exchange programmes encourages students to develop independent opinions, make informed decisions and strive to attain fresh goals.
When you finish your study abroad program and return home, you will return with a new perspective on culture, language skills, a great education, and a willingness to learn. All these qualities will make you stand out from the crowd as in an increasingly globalized world, more and more employers are looking for students with international experience.
Current opportunities in Outbound Exchange Programmes
Summer School 2023 at Birmingham City University – UK
Nominations Open
Sister2Sister Exchange Programme 2023 – USA
Nominations closed
UGrad Programme 2024, USEFP – USA
Nominations Open
Last date to apply Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
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Country Ambassadors
To streamline student and faculty exchanges, selected faculty members are designated as “Country Ambassadors” for internationalization at University of Central Punjab. These country ambassadors are designated to help students with international opportunities in their respective country and act as a point of contact with UCP International Office.
Their contact information is given below.
LIST OF COUNTRY AMBASSADORS FOR PROMOTING INTERNATIONALIZATION AT UCP, LAHORE
Sr. No. | Name | Department | Designation | Qualification | Institute Name | Country |
1 | Fagiha Mazhar | FOMS | Senior Lecturer | MS/Mphil | Central Queenland University | Australia |
2 | Dr. Muhammad Sarwar Ehsan | FOIT | Assoc. Dean/Assoc. Prof. | PhD | Graz University of Technology, Graz | Austria |
3 | Dr. Muhammad Zubair | FOIT | Assistant Professor | PhD | Katholieke Univ, Leuven | Belgium |
4 | Dr. Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh | FOST | Professor of Chemistry | Post doc | Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) | Brazil |
5 | Dr. Qais Aslam | FOMS | Professor | PhD | University of National and World Economy | Bulgaria |
6 | Malik Junaid Aziz | FOE | Senior Lecturer | MS/Mphil | McMaster University | Canada |
7 | Dr. Snober Javaid | FOMS | Assistant Professor | PhD | Dongbei University of Finance & Economics, Dalian | China |
8 | M.Mustafa Hassan | FOIT | Assistant Professor | MS/Mphil | Abo Akademi University | Finland |
9 | Dr. Rizwan Shad | FOE | Dean | PhD | Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse | France |
10 | Dr. Fawad Baig | FMMC | Associate Professor | PhD | Technische Universitat Dresden | Germany |
11 | Dr. Muhammad Awais Shafique | FOE | Assistant Professor | PhD | University of Tokyo | Japan |
12 | Dr. Sundus Mustaqeem | FMMC | Assistant Professor | PhD | University of Utara | Malaysia |
13 | Dr. Abdul Waheed | FOMS | Assistant Professor | PhD | Maastricht University | Netherlands |
14 | Dr. Salman Iqbal | FOMS | Assistant Professor | PhD | Massey University | New Zealand |
15 | Dr. Muhammad Kamran Saleem | FOE | Associate Professor | PhD | King Soud University | Saudi Arabia |
16 | Sarosh Latif | FOLL | Lecturer | MS/Mphil | University of Strathclyde | Scotland |
17 | Dr. Farhat Abdullah | FOLL | Lecturer | PhD | Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | Singapore |
18 | Mr. Muhammad Farhan Arooj | FOE | Principal Lecturer | MS/Mphil | Korea Advaced Institute of Science & Technology | South Korea |
19 | Sajid Hussain | FOIT | Assistant Professor | MS/Mphil | Linkoping University, Linkoping | Sweden |
20 | Dr. Muhammad Saadi | FOE | Associate Professor | PhD | Chulalongkorn University | Thailand |
21 | Muhammad Khurram Zahur Bajwa | FOIT | Lecturer | MS/Mphil | Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC | Turkey, Northern Cyprus |
22 | Dr. Adnan N. Qureshi | FOIT | Associate Professor | PhD | University of Bradfordshire | United Kingdom |
23 | Kashif Butt | FOMS | Assistant Professor | MS/Mphil | University of Connecticut | U.S.A |
Program Ambassadors
To establish strong linkages with Scholarship offering agencies like DAAD, CSC, ACU, British Council, Australian/New Zealand scholarship, Erasmus and USEFP etc. and to offer broad spectrum of fully funded scholarship opportunities to our students and faculty, a experienced Focal Person has been designated as “Program Ambassador” for each of these funding agencies. The role of these “Program Ambassadors” is to keep close liaison with these organizations, disseminate international scholarship opportunities, counsel students on available scholarships and assist them in scholarship application process.
Their contact information is given below.
LIST OF PROGRAMME AMBASSADORS FOR PROMOTING INTERNATIONALIZATION AT UCP, LAHORE
Sr. No. | Name | Designation | Faculty | Scholarship Name | Degree | Degree Completion Year | University | Country |
1 | Hafiza Rizwana Kausar | Professor/ Dean | FOST | Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships | Post Doc | 2015 | University of Zurich | Switzerland |
2 | Dr. Madiha Khan | Assistant Professor | FOST | IRSIP | PhD | 2019 | Australian National University (ANU), Canberra | Australia |
3 | Dr. Muhammad Zubair | Assistant Professor | FOIT&CS | Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) | PhD | 2021 | KU Leuven | Belgium |
4 | Sanwal Hussain Kharl | Associate Lecturer | FHSS | Chinese Government Scholarship | MS | 2019 | China University of Geosciences Wuhan | China |
5 | Dr. Muhammad Kamran Saleem | Associate Professor | FOE-EED | King Saud University Scholarship | PhD | 2016 | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia |
ZARM, Scholarship for Master’s Thesis | MSc | 2007 | Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden. | Sweden, | ||||
ZARM, Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, Germany. | Germany | |||||||
6 | Dr. Muhammad Irfan Azhar | Assistant Professor | FOMS | Koç university Tution fee waiver and side benefits | PhD | 2023 | Koç university | Turkey |
7 | Dr. Muzammil Hussain | Associate Professor | FOIT | Bright Sparks Program Scholarship | PhD (Computer Science) | 2017 | University of Malaya | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
8 | Dr. Hafiz Rizwan Sharif | Associate Professor | FOST | Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) | PhD | 2017 | Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China. | China |
9 | Dr. AminUllah | Assistant Professor | FOIT | IRSIP HEC | PhD | 2020 | University of Central Florida Orlando | USA |
10 | Dr. Saima Naz | Visiting Faculty | FOST | HEC Overseas Scholarship | PhD | 2013 | University of Caen Basse-Normandie | France |
11 | Shahzad Akhtar | Associate Professor | FHSS | HEC Overseas Scholarship | MA & PhD | MA 2011 & PhD 2016 | University of Auckland | New Zealand |
12 | Muhammad Bilal Khan | Lecturer | FOIT | Swinburne International Scholarship | MS Network Systems | 2018 | Swinburne University Of Tehcnology, Melbourne. | Australia |
13 | Dr. Tasneem Akhtar | Assistant Professor | FOMS | HEC-DAAD Fellowship Program for Overseas | PhD | 2011 | Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany |
14 | Arslan Tariq Rana | Assistant Professor | FHSS | HEC Overseas Scholarship | PhD | 2015 | University of Orleans | France |
15 | Dr. Waqar Ahmad | Assistant Professor | FOMS | China Scholarship Council (CSC) | PhD | 2021 | Kunming University of Science and Technology | China |
16 | Dr. Salma Batool | Assistant Professor | FOST | IRSIP | PhD | 2019 | University of Utrecht | Netherlands |
17 | Dr. Sadaf Hameed | Assistant Professor | FOST | CSC Scholarship & Benz Scholarship | PhD | 2020 | Peking University, Beijing China | China |
18 | Dr. Samman Ikram | Assistant Professor | FOST | IRSIP – HEC | PhD | 2021 | University of Oslo, Norway | Norway |
19 | Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Dogar | Assistant Professor | FOMS | Australian Development Scholarship | PhD | 2014 | University of Melbourne | Australia |
Australian Development Scholarship | Master of Human Resources | 2006 | University of Melbourne | Australia | ||||
20 | Dr. Waheed Ahmad Khan | Associate Professor and HOD | FHSS | Purdue Research Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2005-2006) | PhD | 2007 | Purdue University | USA |
21 | Babar Hussain | Assistant Professor | FOST | TUBITAK 2215 GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS | PhD | 2018 | Sabanci University, Istanbul | Turkey |
22 | Dr Muhammad Athar Siddiqui | Dean | FOMS | Overseas Research Scholarship Award Scheme (ORSAS UK) | PhD | 2010 | University of Strathclyde | UK |
23 | Sheba Rose Sultan | Lecturer | FLL- ELC | STM Scholarship | Master’s | 2012 | Malaysian Theological Seminary (STM) | Malaysia |
OCMS Scholarship | PhD | Enroute 2028 | Middlesex University, London | UK | ||||
24 | Muhammad Awais Shafique | Assistant Professor | FOE | MEXT Scholarship | PhD | 2015 | University of Tokyo | Japan |
Severo Ochoa Fellowship | PostDoc | 2023 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | Spain | ||||
25 | Malik Junaid Aziz | Sr. Lecturer | FOIT & CS | Graduate Studies Scholarship | MSc | 2012 | McMaster University | Canada |
Ontario Graduate Scholarship | MSc | 2012 | McMaster University | Canada | ||||
26 | Dr. Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh | Professor | FOST | TWAS-CNPq Postdoctoral Fellowship | Post Doctorate | 2007 | Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) | Brazil |
TWAS-USM Postdoctoral Fellowship | Post Doctorate | 2010 | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) | Malaysia | ||||
27 | Sadia Zia | Senior Lecturer | FOST | Culture Exchange Program-Embassy of China | Teacher’s Excellence Training Program | 2017 | Beijing International Studies University, central Beijing | China |
Chinese Academy of Sciences-Foreign Faculty Scholarships | Principal Investigators Training Program | 2024 | University of Chinese Academy of Science (UCAS), Beijing | China | ||||
Health Security Partners-USA Future Fellowship Program | International Training on Advanced Cyber-Biosecurity & Biorisk Management Program | 2024 | University of Philippines, Manila | Philippines | ||||
28 | Hamza Ayub | Lecturer | FMMC | Stipendium Hungaricum | Masters in Film Studies | 2023 | Eotvos Lorand University Budapest | Hungary |
Semester Exchange | Bachelors in F&Tv | 2019 | University of Texas at Austin | USA | ||||
29 | Dr. Gulraiz Ahmed | Associate Professor | FOE | Environmental Science and Research (ESR) New Zealand Scholarship | PhD in Mechanical Engineering | 2014 | University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
30 | Sarosh latif | Senior Lecturer | FLL | Chevening Scholarship | Masters | 2018 | University of Strathclyde | UK |
31 | Adeel Arif | Assistant Professor | FOIT&CS | CSC: Chinese Scholarship Council | PhD | In progress. Scholarship duration Septermber 2017 – July 2021 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China |
32 | Usman Ahmed Raza | Lecturer | FOIT&CS | Italy PNRR | Ph.D | 2026 | University of Naples, Federico II, italy | Italy |
33 | Dr Khalid Ahmed | Associate Professor | FLL | China Scholarship Council (CSC) | PhD | 2016 | Central China Normal University | China |
34 | Dr. Fawad Baig | Dean & Associate Professor | FMMC | HEC Partial Support for PhD Studies Abroad [One Year] (2018) | PhD | 2020 | Technical University of Dresden (TUD | Germany |
DAAD short-term scholarship [6 Months] (2017) | PhD | 2020 | Technical University of Dresden (TUD | Germany | ||||
Thesis Completion Grant from Technical University of Dresden [4 months] (2019) | PhD | 2020 | Technical University of Dresden (TUD | Germany | ||||
35 | Sarah Javed | Senior Lecturer | FOIT&CS | NRF-TWAS DOCTORAL | PhD | 2025 | University of Cape Town | South Africa |
36 | Ahsan Humayun | Lecturer | FOIT&CS | Chinese Government Scholarship | PhD | 2025 | Dalian University of Technology | China |
37 | Dr. Khalid Ahmed | Associate Professor | FLL | China Scholarship Council (CSC) | PhD | 2016 | Central China Normal University | China |
The selected applicants will be the ambassadors of UCP as well as Pakistan abroad. Therefore, the student must clear the interview and fulfil select criteria. In order for students to apply in exchange programs, the basic entry details are given below:
- Applicants must meet the basic entry requirements of the host university including those of language (IELTS/TOFEL/etc)
- The applicant must be able to meet visa requirements of the host institution.
- The applicant must be a regular student of UCP taking full course load.
- The minimum CGPA of the applicant should be 2.5 for UG and 3.0 for PG program.
- In case of UG programs, the applicant must have completed a minimum of 2 years (four semesters) at the time of departure abroad. For PG students, the applicant must have studied for one year (two semesters).
- The applicant must not have any disciplinary cases against them and should be void of any attitude problem.
- The applicant must sign an undertaking of guaranteeing return.
The selected applicants will be the ambassadors of UCP as well as Pakistan abroad. Therefore, the student must clear the interview and fulfil select criteria. In order for students to apply in exchange programs, the basic entry details are given below:
- Applicants must meet the basic entry requirements of the host university including those of language (IELTS/TOFEL/etc)
- The applicant must be able to meet visa requirements of the host institution.
- The applicant must be a regular student of UCP taking full course load.
- The minimum CGPA of the applicant should be 2.5 for UG and 3.0 for PG program.
- In case of UG programs, the applicant must have completed a minimum of 2 years (four semesters) at the time of departure abroad. For PG students, the applicant must have studied for one year (two semesters).
- The applicant must not have any disciplinary cases against them and should be void of any attitude problem.
- The applicant must sign an undertaking of guaranteeing return.
Student will need to submit following documentation at the time of application:
- Application form for Exchange Program (download link provided below)
- Copies of all Academic Transcripts
- Certificate of Language Proficiency (if required by the host university)
- Copies of identification documents (Passport or CNIC)
- A written bond with UCP to return to Pakistan to continue their remaining studies with UCP or to complete remaining degree requirements. (To be obtained from International Office)
- Pay Order amounting to Rs 50,000/- in favor of UCP. The same will be returned to the student upon return.