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Facilities

The Department of Computer Science at the GC University, Lahore prides itself on the excellent facilities we have to offer for both students and staff. We have a dedicated technical support team who are always available. The Department of Computer Science is equipped with the most up-to-date computers, labs and multimedia projectors available. Our classrooms are fully air conditioned, and with a well-stocked library and round the clock internet facilities, everyone will find everything to make everyone’s learning experience satisfying and enjoyable. Overall we have over 200 computers available for student use and a number of wireless hotspots to enable students with laptops to access the campus network The CS department runs and administrates a network unit which provides optical fibre interconnectivity and internet facilities to the various departments of the Government College University. At present, the network unit possesses high end servers under 2 main projects of HEC namely Pakistan Education and Research Networks (PERN1 and PERN2), and various IT facilities are provided through these servers. Besides the regular teaching to BS (CS) and MS (CS) programs the faculty of Computer Science is also engaged in teaching of computer related courses both at intermediate level (ICS) and B.A./B.S (Honors) level offered by the GC University.

Computer Labs

The Department of Computer Science has a diversified collection of sophisticated computers installed at the campus. Over 160 computers consisting of Core i3 and Core i5 Architectures are available to the students for unlimited usage. All the computers are networked using CISCO routers and switches. The servers consist of DELL, COMPAQ and IBM computers. The students have extensive exposure to multi-user, multitasking environment supported by various hardware resources, and offering different software platforms including WINDOWS 2008 Server, LINUX,LAMP, .NET, ORACLE and state of the art UNIX Architecture etc., inter-connected through Local Area Networking (LAN). They have the advantage of gaining unique experience of free and unlimited access to the facilities of the University Computer Labs, where each computer is attached with online printer and all machines are warranted uninterrupted operations because of individual protection by branded UPS system. The Department staff is always alert to provide timely help to each student. The computing facilities at the University include the following three types of computer Labs, namely, the Main Lab, General Lab and the Post Graduate Labs.

Microsoft Software Library

A complete range of licensed software development tools and operating systems are available to students and staff members. Students are provided with software free of cost. This facility is provided through the MSDNAA alliance with HEC and Microsoft Co. USA.

Networking Unit

The Networking department is efficient unique of well organized department of University. The GCU Networking Unit at the Department of Computer Science is responsible for providing IT services to the entire University. All Departments are linked to high speed fiber lines. The server room of this network is equipped with high end servers and network devices monitored by dedicated professionals. The Networking Unit is responsible for smooth and secured operational execution of network-based services: internet connectivity, FTP accounts, mail account and Departmental web space. These services are provided to all Departments of the University.