Jaamiah

What Jaamiah does

Jaamiah is a Pakistan-based online education portal and directory platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in Islamabad. The platform serves as a centralized discovery and information hub for Pakistani educational institutions, indexing universities, colleges, schools, scholarships, admissions, education-sector jobs, and education-related events. It caters to two primary user groups: prospective students searching for educational opportunities across Pakistan, and institutions seeking visibility among those learners.

The product surface comprises multiple interconnected directories—a university search tool, college and school directories, a scholarships listing, an admissions portal, an education-jobs board, and an events calendar—delivered through a web interface. Distribution relies on organic search traffic, content marketing via a blog and a maintained YouTube channel, a WhatsApp community for student engagement, and a physical presence on the COMSATS University Islamabad campus. The business operates on a freemium model: institutions receive free profile pages while monetization is implied through advertising and premium or featured placement on the directory.

The company is privately held, bootstrapped, and small, with approximately 5 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no publicly listed investors. Operational signals—active content dated 2025–2026, an on-campus office, and continued content production—indicate the business is active rather than dormant, but the absence of capital raises or hiring growth suggests limited outside investment and constrained scale-up.

Name

Jaamiah

Legal name

Jaamiah

Website

https://jaamiah.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jaamiah is a Pakistan-based online education directory launched in 2018 that helps students discover universities, colleges, schools, scholarships, jobs, and education events, while giving institutions free and featured profile visibility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Discovery and Directory Platform

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAMAAAM

Domain, Website & App Discovery Portals

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Search, Discovery & Web Portals

SECONDARYBPAMAAAB

Search Engines

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Search, Discovery & Web Portals

Keywords

• Education directory
• University search platform
• Scholarship aggregator
• Academic job portal
• Institution profile management

Headquarters

HQ city

Islamabad

HQ country

Pakistan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Institution Profile Subscriptions: While basic institution profiles are free, the platform likely generates revenue through featured listings and premium profile features for educational institutions seeking greater visibility among students.
2. Advertising and Featured Listings: Educational institutions and scholarship providers can feature their listings prominently on the platform to reach the large student audience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Jaamiah operates a web-based education discovery and directory platform for Pakistan that aggregates profiles of universities, colleges, schools, scholarships, admission announcements, academic jobs, and educational events in a centralized searchable portal. Students can search and filter institutions by city, program, discipline, and sector, while educational institutions create and manage free profiles with media uploads, contact information, and student inquiry tools.

Product overview

Jaamiah is an educational directory and information platform for Pakistan that operates as a network of interconnected search portals covering the entire education lifecycle. The core offering consists of dedicated search directories for universities, colleges, and schools across Pakistan, supplemented by specialized portals for scholarships, admissions announcements, academic jobs, and educational events. Institutions can create and manage free profiles using the Institution Profile Builder tool, with profiles accessible through the Institution Dashboard. The platform aggregates information from educational institutions across Pakistan and serves as a discovery and connection layer between students and institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• University Search and Directory A searchable database and directory of universities in Pakistan that allows students to filter by city, programs, and sector (public or private). Provides profiles for individual institutions including contact information, admissions details, and program listings, with coverage spanning all Pakistani provinces and regions.
• College Search and Directory A searchable directory of colleges in Pakistan with filtering options by sector (government or private), type (boys, co-education, or girls), and discipline (cadet, commerce, general, or medical), enabling students to discover and compare institutions.
• School Search and Directory A searchable database of schools in Pakistan allowing students and parents to find educational institutions by location, type, and other criteria.
• Scholarships Portal A comprehensive scholarship aggregation platform listing national and international scholarships for Pakistani students, with filters by degree level (Doctorate, Graduate, Postgraduate, Undergraduate), scholarship type (Fully Funded or Partially Funded), and host country. Covers opportunities in USA, UK, Germany, China, Turkey, Australia, Canada, Japan, and other countries.
• Admissions Portal A centralized hub for the latest university admission announcements in Pakistan, featuring real-time listings of open admissions with application deadlines, eligibility criteria, fee structures, and direct application links to institutions.
• Academic Jobs Portal A dedicated job portal for academic positions in Pakistani universities, listing both faculty and non-faculty positions across public and private institutions, with daily updated job listings.
• Academic Events Portal A portal for discovering academic conferences, career fairs, and educational events in Pakistan, featuring event listings with dates, venues, organizers, and registration links.
• Institution Profile Builder A free profile creation tool for educational institutions to build their online presence on Jaamiah, allowing them to upload logos, images, videos, rankings, accreditations, entry requirements, fee structures, and contact information. Includes engagement tools for website linking, social links, discussions, and inquiries.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Austrian UniversitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferenced in the context of Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (PAF-IAST), an institution listed on Jaamiah that operates in academic partnership with Austrian universities. This is a partnership involving the listed institution, not Jaamiah itself.
• German UniversitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPAF-IAST operates in academic partnership with German universities as part of its international academic collaboration model.
• Chinese UniversitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPAF-IAST operates in academic partnership with Chinese universities alongside Austrian and German partners.
• HEC PakistanminorOthersHEC Pakistan is referenced as the regulatory body for higher education institutions in Pakistan. Jaamiah features HEC-approved institutions and HEC-managed scholarship programs. The relationship is informational/referential rather than formal partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: Global professional network that includes job listings (including academic roles), university pages, and education content. A broad incumbent operating at much larger scale that overlaps with Jaamiah's jobs and institution profile verticals for the Pakistani audience.
• Google: General-purpose search engine that answers many of the same queries Jaamiah targets (university listings, scholarships, admissions deadlines). The dominant incumbent in information discovery globally, with potential to disintermediate vertical education portals via organic results and Knowledge Panels.

Direct peers

• Shiksha.com: Owned by InfoEdge (Naukri parent), Shiksha is one of India's largest education discovery portals aggregating colleges, programs, exams, and reviews. Comparable to Jaamiah in operating model and category coverage, with a similarly monetized featured-listings layer aimed at institutions.
• College Confidential: Long-running US college search and admissions community combining a directory of institutions with active forums and reviews. Comparable to Jaamiah as a destination for prospective students researching universities, with overlap in discovery and content-driven SEO traffic.
• CollegeDunia: India's leading vertical education discovery platform, offering searchable directories of colleges, courses, exams, scholarships, and admissions with freemium institution listings. Closest direct comparable to Jaamiah in terms of product surface, audience, and freemium monetization model.
• Careers360: Indian education discovery and admissions platform providing college search, course comparison, scholarship discovery, and exam updates. Highly comparable business model and audience to Jaamiah, serving prospective students and institutions in a single emerging-market geography.
• Scholars4Dev: Scholarship discovery portal focused on fully-funded opportunities for students from developing countries including Pakistan. Closely comparable to Jaamiah's international scholarships vertical, serving the same audience with aggregated scholarship listings and SEO-led discovery.
• Rozee.pk: Pakistan's leading online job portal, covering both private-sector and academic listings across the country. Directly comparable to Jaamiah's academic jobs module and overlapping in audience (Pakistani students and professionals) and self-serve employer listing model.
• Niche: US-based K-12 and college search platform that combines institution directories, rankings, reviews, and scholarships. Comparable to Jaamiah as a vertical education discovery portal with content-led SEO, freemium consumer experience, and monetization via institution features and lead generation.
• CollegeDekho: Indian education discovery platform aggregating colleges, courses, exams, and admissions with a focus on lead generation for institutions. Directly comparable to Jaamiah in model and category, serving a similar emerging-market student audience and institution customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@jaamiah
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jaamiah

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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