[2][5] As of 2015[update], QAU has grown into the largest university in Islamabad with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students.

[6] Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and highest-ranked public universities.

[2][8] It counts several public figures and intellectuals among its current and former faculty, researchers, or alumni since its establishment.

It was renamed as Quaid-i-Azam University in honor of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan in 1976 - which was the year of his birth centenary.

However, the spelling of the university's name were kept different i.e. "i" was used instead of "e" for Ezāfe that links the two words in Jinnah's title Quaid-e-Azam.

The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties: The university has central library (CL), named as DR. Raziuddin Siddiqi memorial library situated at the centre of the university campus and having total covered area is approximately 102,500 sq.

The link consists of Electronic version of all thesis produced in the QAU by students of Master, M.Phil.

[10] For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science category in 2010.