MPhil Islamic Studies Scope in Pakistan: Universities and Fees

Quick Facts

Degree Level	MPhil
Discipline	Arts
Offered By	36 universities in our directory
Typical Duration	2 Years

An MPhil in Islamic Studies is a two-year research degree in Islamic scholarship — Quranic and Hadith sciences, jurisprudence, theology, history and contemporary Islamic thought.

What You’ll Study

Coursework and research cover Quranic studies and exegesis, Hadith sciences and methodology, Islamic jurisprudence and legal theory, Islamic philosophy and theology, Islamic history and civilisation, and research methodology in Islamic studies, culminating in a thesis.

Career Scope in Pakistan

University teaching is a primary destination — Islamic Studies is taught across Pakistani higher education, and an MPhil is the minimum qualification for lecturing, which sustains steady faculty demand. Other paths include research institutes, religious education administration and curriculum development, Islamic publishing and editorial work, media and religious broadcasting, and doctoral study.

Islamic banking and finance is a distinct and growing route: Pakistan’s Islamic banking sector has expanded substantially and requires Shariah advisory and compliance expertise from people who genuinely understand fiqh rather than treating compliance as a formality.

Where You Can Study This

36 universities
18 cities
20 public
16 private

University	City	Sector	Duration	Fees whole programme
Allama Iqbal Open University	Islamabad	Public	—	—
Bahauddin Zakariya University Islamic Thought & Culture	Multan	Public	2 years	—
Bahauddin Zakariya University Sufism & Mysticism	Multan	Public	2 years	—
Bahria University	Islamabad	Public	2 years	—
Emerson University, Multan	Multan	Public	2 Year Degree Program	—
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology	Islamabad	Public	2 Years	—
Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan	Dera Ghazi Khan	Public	—	—
Government College University, Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Public	4 Semesters	191,000 (Batch 2027)
Government College University, Lahore	Lahore	Public	—	297,700 (2026)
Kohat University of Science and Technology	Kohat	Public	—	—
Mirpur University of Science & Technology	Mirpur	Public	2 Years	271,360 (2024-25)
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University	Peshawar	Public	—	—
The Women University	Multan	Public	2 Years	174,300 (Undated fee tables)
University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir	Muzaffarabad	Public	2 Years	233,220 (2025-27)
University of Education	Lahore	Public	—	—
University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore	Lahore	Public	2 years	—
University of Gujrat	Gujrat	Public	—	—
University of Kotli	Kotli	Public	2 Years	—
University of Sargodha	Sargodha	Public	—	—
University of the Punjab	Lahore	Public	—	—
Al-Hamd Islamic University	Quetta	Private	2 Years	—
GIFT University	Gujranwala	Private	—	—
Grand Asian University, Sialkot	Sialkot	Private	—	—
Hamdard University Islamic Studies	Karachi	Private	2 Years	—
Imperial College of Business Studies	Lahore	Private	—	350,000 (2025-26)
Lahore Garrison University	Lahore	Private	—	346,000 (2026-27)
Lahore Leads University	Lahore	Private	2 Years (4 semesters)	340,000
Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University	Nerian Sharif	Private	2 years	—
Mukabbir University of Science & Technology, Gujrat	Gujrat	Private	—	—
MY University	Islamabad	Private	—	—
National College of Business Administration & Economics	Lahore	Private	—	—
Qurtaba University of Science & Information Technology	Peshawar	Private	—	—
Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University	Islamabad	Private	—	—
The Green International University, Lahore	Lahore	Private	—	—
The University of Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Private	—	—
University of Lahore	Lahore	Private	2 years	444,500 (2025-26)

Frequently Asked Questions

What careers follow an MPhil in Islamic Studies?

University teaching, where an MPhil is the minimum qualification and Islamic Studies is taught across higher education, plus research institutes, religious education and curriculum development, publishing, media, and Shariah advisory roles in Islamic banking.

Is Islamic finance a realistic career route?

Yes — Pakistan's Islamic banking sector has expanded substantially and needs Shariah advisory and compliance expertise from people with genuine grounding in fiqh, not those treating compliance as a formality.