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January 2001
Air Marshal (Retd) Qazi Javed Ahmed appointed as Vice Chancellor.
August 2001
Feasibility report submitted to UGC.
November 2001
Inspection of the designated premises carried out by UGC.
March 2002
Air Comodore (Retd) Zafar Ahmed appointed as Director P & D.
April 2002
Feasibility of the Air University revised in the light of the fresh conditions imposed by the UGC for establishing a University.
Construction of Admin Block commenced.
June 2002
Advertising campaign started of admissions in Electronics, Engineering and MBA.
July 2002
Hiring of faculty and staff for Air University commenced.
University Prospectus and Students' Handbook designed.
August 2002
Charter re-submitted to the Cabinet Division, after having been routed through HEC, Education Ministry, and Ministry of Law.
September 2002
Charter revised in accordance with the Model Universities Act, and submitted to the Cabinet for the second time.
Classes of the first batch of Air University commenced.
October 2002
Air University Charter signed by the President of Pakistan.
First student Handbook published.
April 2003
AU administration moved into the newly constructed Block.
June 2003
Cheif of Air Staff visited the University.
Prime Minister of Pakistan formally inaugurates the Air University, and donates Rs. 20 million to the University.
September 2003
First semester of the new intake in Telecom, Computer, and Mechatronics Engineering commenced.
Feburary 2004
First meeting of the Air University Board of Governors held.
March 2005
PEC's 1st Inspection for accreditation of Engineering Disciplines carried out.
September 2005
In about one year's time PCs-1 for Computer Labs (Rs. 10 Million), IT and Computer Labs (Rs. 25.27 Million), and three Engineering Labs (Rs. 36.13 Million), were approved by the HEC
February 2006
HEC approved PC-1 and construction work commenced on Institute of Avionics and Aeronautics.
March 2006
PEC's 2nd Inspection for accreditation carried out.
April 2006
PEC accorded accreditation for Electronics Engineering program.
July 2006
First Newsletter Published.
September 2007
First convocation held. 463 Students received degrees.
April 2008
First student week held.
June 2008
First project exhibition held.
October 2008
New Student Service Center opened.
November 2008
New Vice Chancellor appointed.
June 2009
New degree programmes launched:

BE in Mechanical Engineering

MA English Language Teaching (ELT)

MS in Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing

March, 2010
Project Exhibition held, Sports Week held
December, 2010
Dr. Muhammad Arif receives Best University Teacher Award from HEC
March, 2011
AU Multan Campus lauched, Director Multan Campus joined.
April, 2011
Sports week held, Air University Wins the Prestigious British Council / HEC INSPIRE Grant
June, 2011
Open House 2011 - Post Graduate Research and Development
July 2011
Open house 2011 Post Graduates Research and Development (IAA)
July 2011
Annual Engineering Project Exhibition held.
February 2012
INSPIRE grant by BC and HEC for AU
April 2012
Multan Campus inaugurated by Prime Minister of Pakistan
July 2012
Third convocation held in the Islamabad.
October 2012
"W" Ranking for Air University by HEC
December 2012
Air University signs MoU with University of Southampton, UK
December 2012
Department of Electrical Engineering inaugurated a state of art Power Systems Laboratory
February 2013
Global Robotic Competition held.
April 2013
Air Cdre Ghulam Mujaddid (retd.) appointed as Additional Registrar
July 2013
Annual Engineering Project Exhibition held
November 2013
Participated in “International Conference on Languages 2013 (ICL 2013)” in Phuket, Thailand
November 2013
Organized “International Conference on Modeling and Simulation”
April 2014
Fourth convocation held in the Islamabad
October 20, 2014
AVM Faaiz Amir, HI (M), S Bt (Retd.) appointed Vice Chancellor Air University
January 2020
AIR MARSHAL JAVAID AHMED, HI (M) (RETD.) appointed Vice Chancellor Air University