Baba Guru Nanak University (Punjabi and ; bābā gurū nānaka yūnīvarasiṭī) is a public university located in Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan, the birthplace of Guru Nanak. On 28 October 2019, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan laid the foundation stone of the university.

Introduction

Baba Guru Nanak University (BGNU) is a university and this project is given to Shafiq Construction Company which is under construction in Nankana Sahib, in the Punjab region of Pakistan. It plans to facilitate between 5,000 and 10,000 students from all over the world at the university.

Master plan

The plans are for it to be modeled along the lines of renowned universities like Oxford and Cambridge, with focus on Punjabi language and Khalsa studies offering faculties in "Medicine", "Dentistry", "Pharmacy", "Engineering", "Computer science", "Languages", "Music" and "Social sciences". After a facilities planning meeting in June 2007, High Court (Uganda) Judge Anup Singh Choudry and a group based in Southall, UK known as the World Muslim Sikh Federation have produced a detailed concept plan and blueprints calling for 2500 acre to be set aside for the proposed institution.

Foundation stone

The Pakistani government's Evacuee Trust Property Board announced that the university's groundbreaking will commence by the end of August 2016. The foundation stone for the university was laid for second time on October 28, 2019 ahead of 550th Guru Nanak Gurpurab.

Project cost

Rupees 6 billion is to be spent on construction of Baba Guru Nanak University project in Nankana Sahib.

Proposed names

The "World Muslim Sikh Federation" (WMSF) proposes that the name of the university should be one of the following three: