The University of Chakwal (UOC) was established in January 2020 through the University of Chakwal ACT 2019 (Punjab Act No. I of 2020). An exalted chapter was added in the history of Pakistan as well as the Chakwal district, when the incumbent Minister for Higher Education Department, Govt. of Punjab, Raja Yassir Humayun. The University of Chakwal” in the Punjab Assembly was approved unanimously by combining the Government Post Graduate College (Chakwal) and Old Kachehri Balkasar Sub-campuses of the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila.