The Islamia University of Bahawalpur is a public sector university in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, which was originally established by His Highness Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi-V as the Jamia Abbasia in 1925. Jamia Abbasia was upgraded as Jamia Islamia in 1963. The Jamia Islamia was converted into a Chartered University as “The Islamia University of Bahawalpur” in 1975 by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab under “The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Act 1975.". The university has seven campuses. Abbasia Campus, Baghdad-ul-Jadeed Campus and Khawaja Fareed Campus are located in Bahawalpur, and four sub-campuses are situated in Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Liaquatpur and Ahmedpur East. To align with the modern needs and changing world, the number of departments has been increased from 26 to 135, offering more than 300 disciplines. At present around 1800 teachers including 550 PhDs are serving to provide the latest and quality education. Apart from conventional disciplines of religious affairs, languages, social, and basic sciences are being imparted in the areas of Allied Health Sciences, Agriculture, Business Administration, Computing, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Information Technology, Law, Pharmacy, Sports and Veterinary Sciences. The Islamia University Bahawalpur has various notable academicians, journalists, jurists, lawyers, literary figures, politicians and sportspeople, among others as its alumni. The university values quality teaching and research compatible with national needs focusing on THE IUB core values Tolerance, Honesty, Eco-friendliness, Innovation, Understanding, and being Beneficial.

The modern form of Jamia Islamia today exists as the best emerging university with the title of “The Islamia University of Bahawalpur.". In Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings-2025, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur has been declared as 800+ best in the world,. In UI Green Matric World University Ranking-2024, the university ranked 10 among 84 Pakistani universities and at 331^st at the world level amongst 1477 international universities. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur had been scored 100% in the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) Online Education Readiness Dashboard, ranked at 3^rd position in Pakistan in 2019, in the annual research ranking of the world-renowned Nature Index, and at 11^th position in the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) ranking of universities in 2016. The university currently has more than 2,000 faculty members serving full-time and part-time, which includes 600+ PhDs. There are 135 teaching departments offering almost 300 disciplines, providing the latest educational facilities for around 58,000 students. The semester system has been introduced in all departments to bring the teaching standard of the university in harmony with international standards along with the recommended latest syllabus of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. There are 15 faculties functioning in IUB, which include the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Chemical & Biological Sciences, Faculty of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences and Commerce, Faculty of Computing, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Languages, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture & Environment, Faculty of Medicine & Allied Health Sciences, and Faculty of Online and Distance Education. In addition, four constituent colleges are also functioning, which include the College of Art and Design, the College of Conventional Medicine, the College of Nursing, and Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Postgraduate Medical College. The university campuses were set up at Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Ahmedpur East, and Liquatpur, providing quality higher education to local students at their doorstep.