The Minhaj International University is a private university located in Lahore, Pakistan. The Minhaj International University was established on 18 September 1986 by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri as one of the educational branches of the international educational and welfare organisation Minhaj-ul-Quran, which he had founded five years before on 31 October 1981. It has three campuses: one located in Model Town Extension, Lahore; another situated at Township, Lahore; and the third in Gulburg. The degree-awarding charter was granted to university from the government of the Punjab on 15 October 2005. There are three hostels, two for male students and one for female students.