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Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics
Motto	"O my Lord! Advance me in Knowledge"
Founder(s)	Prof. A.B.A Haleem,
Established	1994
President	Pirzada Qasim, PhD,
Chair	Prof. Jamil Kazmi, Ph.D.
Director	Prof. Shahid Qureshi, Ph.D.
Faculty	12
Staff	35
Key people	Prof. Jawaid Quamar, Ph.D.
Budget	Rs.500,000
Owner	University of Karachi
Address	Gulistan-e-Johar, Karachi
Location	Karachi, Pakistan
Coordinates	24°55′50″N 67°6′55″E / 24.93056°N 67.11528°E

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The Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics, also known as by its abbreviation ISPA, is a premier and national research institute of Pakistan for the study of and research into topics pertaining to astronomy, mathematics, theoretical, particle and astrophysics and related subjects, under controled and operated by the University of Karachi.^[1] The institute has network of various mathematics and physics laboratories located in various universities of Pakistan, while it operates a single Karachi University Astrophysics Observatory.

History

The institute was established by Karachi University's Department of Mathematics in 1994.^[2] It was established as an autonomous research institute with the idea for a space science astrophysics programme and an astronomical observatory was conceived right at the inception of the Karachi University.^[2] However, the trace of establishing such institute came in place in 1960, when Professor A.B.A Haleem, Professor of Political Science and Vice-Chancellor of the Karachi University, first obtained and procured the powerful astronomical telescope with relevant equipment from a West-German company.^[2] Known as Karachi University Astrophysics Observatory, the observatory and research in particle and astrophysics was initiated under the administrative supervision of the Department of Mathematics of the Karachi University.^[2] Later in time, the Federal Government of Pakistan built a building to install the observatory which initially belonged to the Department of Mathematics.^[2] In 1994, the building and the observatory became a part of the ISPA with Dr. Jawaid Quamar as its first founding director.^[2]

Dr. Jawaid Quamar is credited for leading the institute at an academic and international level as he had attracted many students to do their research under his supervision and he also introduced new programmes in the relevant field in the country. The dome of the observatory was an evidence of Dr Quamar’s hard work and dedication.

Academic

The ISPA offers undergraduate and grduate (even the doctoral level) programmes in particle physics, theoretical physics, astrophysics, plasma physics, and mathematics.

Undergraduate programme (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. (with honors) or B.S.) — the institute offers a four years programme. The undergraduate programmes are taught with the advanced courses of engineering. The disciplines are listed below in which the programmes are being offered by the institute:
- Computational Physics, Engineering Physics, Physics, Astronomy, Electrical physics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Applied mechanics, Astrochemistry, Chemistry, and Computer Science.
Master's and post-research programme (Master of Science (honors), Master of Physics, and/or Master of Philosophy) — the CHEP offers a two year programme in the disciplines listed below:
- Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computational Physics, Particle physics, Electrical physics, Quantum Physics, Solid State Physics, Theoretical Chemistry, Astrochemistry, Astrophysics, Chemistry, Biophysics, and Computer science.

Post-doctoral research and Doctoral programme (Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science) — the institute manages the post-doctoral research and doctoral programmes that are expected to be completed in 2-5 years. The degrees are awarded by publishing a thesis supervised by the institute. The doctoral programmes that are offered are listed below.
- Nuclear physics, Particle Physics, Theoretical physics, Mathematical physics, Laser physics, Atomic physics, AMO physics, Mathematics, Radiophysics, Astrophysics, Cosmology Nuclear chemistry, Analytical chemistry, Mathematical chemistry and Computer science.

References

^ KU, Karachi University (Updated.). "Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics" (HTML). University of Karachi Department of Media and Press. University of Karachi Department of Media and Press. Retrieved 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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