BS Sociology Scope in Pakistan: Universities and Fees

Quick Facts

Degree Level	BS
Discipline	Anthropology and Sociology, Social Sciences
Offered By	63 universities in our directory
Typical Duration	4 years

BS Sociology is a four-year undergraduate degree studying society and social behaviour — how institutions, inequality, culture and social change operate, and how to investigate them systematically.

What You’ll Study

Coursework covers sociological theory, social research methods including both survey and qualitative techniques, social statistics, and substantive fields such as gender, urban sociology, rural development, family, religion, crime and deviance, and social stratification, usually with a final-year research project.

Career Scope in Pakistan

The development sector is the largest employer, hiring sociology graduates for social research, monitoring and evaluation, baseline and impact studies, and community programme design. Pakistan’s substantial donor-funded development portfolio sustains this demand.

Other destinations include public policy research and think tanks, market and consumer research, human resources and organisational roles, journalism, government social sector departments, and academia. Criminology and social justice work is a smaller additional route.

The decisive factor for employability is research capability — graduates who can design a study, run fieldwork, handle data and write findings credibly are hired; those with theory alone are not. Building quantitative skills alongside qualitative methods widens options considerably.

Admission Requirements

Intermediate or an equivalent qualification, plus the admission or aptitude test used by the university concerned. Social science programmes normally weight English proficiency and analytical writing. Check each university’s admissions page for the current cycle.

Where You Can Study This

63 universities
33 cities
55 public
8 private

Fees are not shown here: we hold a published figure for 23 of these 63 universities, and comparing one against a blank column would be misleading rather than informative. Each university page carries its own fee where we have it.

University	City	Sector	Duration
Bahauddin Zakariya University	Multan	Public	—
Bahauddin Zakariya University	Multan	Public	2 years
Bahauddin Zakariya University	Multan	Public	4 years
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences (BUITEMS)	Quetta	Public	—
Emerson University, Multan	Multan	Public	4 Year Degree Program
Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan	Dera Ghazi Khan	Public	4 years
Government College for Women University, Sialkot	Sialkot	Public	4 years
Government College for Women University, Sialkot	Sialkot	Public	4 years
Government College University, Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Public	4 Years
Government College University, Lahore	Lahore	Public	—
Government College Women University, Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Public	4 years
Government College Women University, Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Public	4 years
Hazara University	Mansehra	Public	—
International Islamic University	Islamabad	Public	4 Years
Islamia College Peshawar	Peshawar	Public	—
Kalam Bibi International Women Institute, Bannu	Bannu	Public	—
Karakurum International University	Gilgit	Public	4 years
Kohat University of Science and Technology	Kohat	Public	—
Kohsar University, Murree	Rawalpindi	Public	4 Years
Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine Sciences	Lasbela	Public	—
Mirpur University of Science & Technology	Mirpur	Public	4 Years
Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture	Multan	Public	—
National University of Medical Sciences	Rawalpindi	Public	—
Quaid-i-Azam University	Islamabad	Public	4 years
Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University	Quetta	Public	4 Years
Shah Abdul Latif University Merit	Khairpur	Public	4 Years (BS)
Shah Abdul Latif University	Khairpur	Public	4 Years (BS)
Sindh Madresatul Islam University	Karachi	Public	—
Thal University, Bhakkar	Bhakkar	Public	4 years
The University of Agriculture, Peshawar Sociology, Subsidized	Peshawar	Public	4 Years (8 semesters)
The University of Agriculture, Peshawar Sociology, Non-Subsidized	Peshawar	Public	4 Years (8 semesters)
The University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Swat	Swat	Public	4 Years
The Women University	Multan	Public	4 Years
The Women University	Multan	Public	4 Years
University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir	Muzaffarabad	Public	4 Years
University of Baltistan, Skardu	Skardu	Public	4 Years
University of Chakwal, Chakwal	Chakwal	Public	4 Years
University of Chitral	Chitral	Public	4 Years
University of FATA	Kohat	Public	4 years
University of Gujrat	Gujrat	Public	—
University of Home Economics, Lahore	Lahore	Public	—
University of Jhang	Jhang	Public	4 Years
University of Karachi	Karachi	Public	4 years
University of Layyah	Layyah	Public	—
University of Okara	Okara	Public	4 years
University of Peshawar	Peshawar	Public	4 years
University of Poonch	Poonch	Public	4 years
University of Sargodha	Sargodha	Public	—
University of Science & Technology	Bannu	Public	4 years
University of Sindh	Mirpur Khas	Public	4 years
University of Swabi	Swabi	Public	4 Years
University of Swat	Swat	Public	4 years
University of the Punjab	Lahore	Public	—
University of Turbat	Turbat	Public	2 years
University of Turbat	Turbat	Public	4 years
Al-Hamd Islamic University	Quetta	Private	4 Years
Forman Christian College	Lahore	Private	4 Years
GIFT University	Gujranwala	Private	—
Lahore Leads University	Lahore	Private	4 Years (8 semesters)
Minhaj University	Lahore	Private	—
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology	Karachi	Private	—
University of Lahore	Lahore	Private	4 years
University of Management & Technology	Lahore	Private	—

Frequently Asked Questions

What jobs can I get with a Sociology degree in Pakistan?

Development sector roles in social research, monitoring and evaluation, and impact studies, alongside public policy research and think tanks, market research, human resources, journalism, government social sector departments and academia.

What makes a Sociology graduate employable?

Research capability — designing studies, running fieldwork, handling data and writing credible findings. Combining quantitative skills with qualitative methods widens options considerably compared with theory alone.