The COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) was established in 1998, as COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), as a project of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS). Then, CIIT had the status of a public sector degree awarding higher education institution and was given charter by the Federal Government in August 2000. Later, CIIT has been upgraded to a Federally Chartered University in April 2018 under the COMSATS University Islamabad.

The CUI functions under the governance of the Senate which is chaired by the Chancellor of the university. The President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the Chancellor of the University. Besides, Islamabad it has campuses in Lahore, Abbottabad, Wah, Attock, Sahiwal, Vehari and a Virtual campus as well.

Islamabad Campus of CUI is situated at Chak Shahazad, Islamabad. Currently more than 7,908 students are enrolled in various degree programs at this campus.

Islamabad Campus provides what a discerning student is looking for in a learning environment, academic excellence, quality teaching, and constructive leisure activities. We appreciate that it is crucial for today's students to work in a physical environment conducive to study. Here the faculty not only teaches but mentors the young and impressionable minds.