Government M.A.O. College Lahore
Government Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College is a public college located adjacent to Civil Secretariat Lahore. It is among the oldest educational institutions in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
It was established in 1933 as MAO College by Anjuman-e-Islamia at Amritsar and Professor S. Mercado was appointed the first principal. It had played a significant role in the creation of Pakistan. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the college was shifted to Lahore, in the building of a Hindu established college, Sanatan Dharma College, which was in turn shifted to Ambala, Haryana after partition.
History
In 1933, MAO College was established by the Anjuman-e-Islamia in Amritsar on the pattern of the MAO College Aligarh to overcome the deficiencies of modern education in local Muslims. Professor S. Mercado was appointed the first principal. At the time of Partition, most of the college staff and students migrated to Lahore, where a new MAO College was established with the same pattern and mostly same staff, in the former Sanatan Dharma College premises, which in turn moved to Ambala.Academics
MAO College is organized into two divisions, the science and arts division. These divisions are further categorized as academic departments. The core departments include Commerce, Information Technology, Chemistry, English, Physics, Mathematics, Mass Communication, Philosophy, Psychology, Statistics, and Social Work.The college offers the Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science Physics, Psychology, English, Mathematics, I.T., Mass Communication, and BS Chemistry degrees at the undergraduate level, and the Master of Arts in English Literature, Urdu, Economics, Mass Communication, Master of Science in Mathematics, and M.Sc. Applied Psychology degrees at the graduate level.
There are separate blocks for each level of education. For example, Kramat Block is associated with the Intermediate level, Commerce Block hosts undergraduate students and Postgraduate Block is devoted to Masters Classes. Dilwar Block and Physics Block are currently in the renovation process and are not operational yet. The college has a state of the art, multimedia enriched Auditorium, which is often used to organize different events.
Programs offered
Govt. M.A.O. College Lahore is currently offering educational programs at three levels :Intermediate
MAO College offers Intermediate programs only for boys and there is no co-education at this level.The College offers:
- F.A.
- F.Sc.
- F.Sc.
- G.Sc.
- I.Com
- I.C.S
- I.C.S
Undergraduate
Govt. M.A.O. College Lahore provides BS Honors co-education program at the undergraduate level. The College is affiliated with University of the Punjab for the following programs:- BS Applied Psychology
- BBA
- BCom
- BS Botany
- BS Biochemistry
- BS Chemistry
- BS Data Science
- BS Digital Media
- BS Economics
- BS English
- BS Environmental Sciences
- BS Geographic Information System
- BS Gender Studies
- BS Information Technology
- BS Mathematics
- BS Mass Communication
- BS Physics
- BS Psychology
- BS Political Science
- BS Sociology
- BS Biotechnology
- BS Computer Science
Postgraduate
The college offers the following co-education postgraduate programs:- M.A. English
- M.A. Mass Communication
- M.A. Urdu
- M.Sc. Mathematics
- M.Sc. Applied Psychology
College magazine
College magazine “IQRA” is published annually under the supervision of College Magazine and Publication Committee with English, Urdu andPunjabi sections to explore the literary potentials of the students through their writings. Due to undisclosed reasons magazine could not be published in the three years. However, last Principal Prof. Rashid Najeeb took the responsibility and it was due to his efforts that “IQRA” was published again in 2014.