The university offers undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in artificial intelligence, business management, computer science, cyber security, engineering, medicine, and humanities.

[1][2] It is ranked among the country's top ten universities in the Engineering and Technology category by the Higher Education Commission.

[5] The university was established in 2001 with the aim to promote science and technology in Pakistan with Air Marshal Qazi Javed Ahmed appointed as its founding chancellor.

The main campus is situated close to the Margalla foothills in the southeast of sector E-9 (PAF Complex) of Islamabad.

[7] Air University Multan Campus was inaugurated in 2011 by then prime minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gillani.

[10] In the first phase, the campus started its operations in a commercial plaza named "Khan Centre" at Abdali Road, Multan Cantt, with a total covered area of about thirty-three thousand square feet, and about 700 enrolled students.

[14] The department of electrical engineering offers degrees in three areas: electronics, telecommunications, and power.

[16] The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences offers bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degree programs in linguistics and literature.

[17] The faculty has also established joint ventures with other organizations such as the Social Sciences Research Centre (SSRC), in order to tackle the contemporary challenges of society.

[20][8] In February 2018, the CPEC Center of Excellence was established at Air University School of Management, Islamabad.

[31] The research center was established with an aim to understand the importance and contributions of export-processing zones (EPZs) in human welfare and particularly maximizing its potential in the post-CPEC scenario.

[31] The center is also working with the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis to establish a university in Islamabad, Pakistan.

[31] National Center for Cyber Security was established in May 2018 with the headquarters at Air University, Islamabad.

[34] The library facilities include six discussion rooms, fifty-six study carrels, and seventy computers for research purposes.

In January 2011, the Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC) was established at Air University, Islamabad on the directives of the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.

[39] It will provide networking facilities to entrepreneurs with potential investors and venture capital firms.