· Prof. Dr. Dietwald Gruehn, Chair of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning School of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany 

· Prof. Dr. Tatsuro Sakano-Lab, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITECH), Japan.  

·     Prof. Dr. Hideharu Morishita-Lab, Department of Policy Studies, Aichi Gakuin University (AGU), Japan 

·   Prof. Dr. Takeshi Komai-Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

·         Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA), Manila, Philippines (Included in World Higher Education Database (WHED) and listed in United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) and the International Association of Universities (IAU) i.e. IAU/UNESCO List)

·         School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP), University of the Philippines

·         International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP), Netherlands 

The agreements of exchange with above institutions include the activities in academic areas of mutual interest, on the basis of equality and reciprocity especially:

a.    Exchange of faculty, students, researchers and other research and administrative staff 

b.    Collaborative research projects 

c.    Lectures and symposia/video conferencing 

d.    Exchange of academic information and materials 

e.    Other forms of academic cooperation. 

f.     Establishment of “Institute of Town Planning and Disaster Management ” at LCWU in future.

The Department has also initiated collaborative academic activities with the respective faculty/members of the following local and international institutions:

·         National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

·         School of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

·         University of Western Sydney, Australia

·         International Center for Literacy and Culture (ICLC), Tokyo

·         Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand

·         United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Islamabad

·         Federal Ministry of Climate Change, Islamabad

·         Institute of City and Regional Planning, Japan

·         SHARP-SOLAR, Japan

·         National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Islamabad

·         Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Punjab

·         UK Emergency Response Team, UK

·        Punjab Emergency Services (Rescue 1122)

·        Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Islamabad

·         UNHABITAT, Islamabad

·         National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF), Islamabad