It has the distinction of having been established out of the funds bequeathed by the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. University of Peshawar at Glance
Date of Establishment.................Oct 30,1950
Total Covered Area (in Acres)...............1045
Faculty houses of various Categories........196
Academic Faculties....................................06
Post-graduate Departments/Institute...........30
Constituent Colleges..................................04
Federal Centres of Excellence................... 05
Constituent High Schools ......................... 02
Existing Enrollement............................14,060
Overall Students Enrollment .............104,479
including Pivate Students
Population of the Campus :(approx)....75,000
Including staff & students
Employees
Teaching Faculty .................................599
Non Teaching Staff....... ....................2094
Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan adopts education in N-W.F.P :
The British kept putting off the request of raising Islamia College to a university. The University had to wait till Independence in 1947. The great Quaid visited the College for the first time in 1928 and so fell in love with it that he would refer to it as ‘My College’ and adopted it as one of the three heirs to his rich fortune, along with Aligarh University and Sindh Madrassa (his own school) in 1939
University of Peshawar History......
University came as a trophy from Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to the students of the province, in recognition of the part played by them in the making of Pakistan. At Islamia College on 12th April 1948, he said:
“On this occasion the thing uppermost in my mind is the help that came to the movement and achievement of Pakistan from the students community, particularly from this Province. May I say that you played your part magnificently” and “Let me tell you that nothing is dearer to my heart than to have a university in the North-West Frontier Province from where the rays of learning and culture will spread through-out the Middle East and Central Asia. I, therefore, fully sympathise with your aspirations in this behalf and, provided you go the right way about it, you will get your university sooner than you can imagine”
The dream of the founders flowered and a broad-based, multi-disciplinary educational institution came into existence in 1951. The very complexion and spectrum of the University of Peshawar was overwhelming--education right from KG to Ph.D in a large variety of subjects from sciences, social sciences, technologies and professions on one integrated campus. The University Today:
At present the University comprises of six faculties with 41 postgraduate departments, five centers, two centers of excellence, four colleges and two high schools. Student population on campus is over seventy thousand. Current Ph.D enrolment is 162 and M.Phil 416; this includes 171 female students. The existing faculty of 84 Professors, 69 Associate Professors, 129 Assistant Professors and 213 Lecturers, has 170 Ph.Ds and 215 M.Phils. We are sending our teachers abroad on various programmes. A large number of national / international seminars and conferences are organized. Special emphasis is given to sports, co and extra curricular activities. The University enjoys a good reputation and our graduates are contributing immensely both at home and abroad.
