Abstract
This survey-based research was carried out to identify external expectations of newly entrants in University of the Punjab (PU), Lahore. The sample comprised 50% population of PU, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, drawn randomly from seven faculties. Two departments were randomly selected from each sampled faculty. Data were collected from 630 students of sampled departments through self-developed questionnaire. Instrument’s validity was ensured by experts’ opinions while internal consistency was established at 0.834. Independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data. Results revealed that there was a significant gender-wise difference in external expectations and its three sub-factors i.e. institutional reputation (IR), learning environment & study timing (LEST), and availability of resources (AR). However, there was no significant difference in the external expectations and its three sub-factors in terms of age and experience of the students who were working in any organization. Furthermore, external expectations by sub-factors i.e. LEST and AR had significant difference except sub-factor IR. The study recommends that there is a need to encourage family and personnel to attend information sessions and workshops held by the institution which may be helpful for them to understand their children’s external expectations and also help children to perform their tasks effectively.