Type Public Campus Rural Number of students 2,300 | Established 2005 Phone 01933 247 955 Founded 7 November 2005 | |
Chancellor Chief Minister of Kashmir Vice-Chancellor Prof. Mushtaq A Siddiqi Location Awantipora, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India Address 1, University Avenue, Pulwama, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir 192122 Motto Nurturing a garden for dialogue Similar University of Kashmir, Baba Ghulam Shah Bad, Central University of Kashmir, Sher‑e‑Kashmir University of Agricult, Sher‑I‑Kashmir Institute of Medical S Profiles | ||
The Islamic University of Science & Technology is a public university located at Awantipora, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. The university has been set up as a centre for higher learning for the people of the Jammu and Kashmir State and its neighbouring regions. Islamic University of Science and Technology is recognised by the UGC and AICTE and is a member of AIU.
The Islamic University of Science and Technology was promulgated by an act of Jammu and Kashmir State Legislative Assembly in November 2005. Islamic University is located 28 km away from the summer capital of the state, Srinagar. The almond grove surrounded campus has the Himalayan mountain range to one side of it and Jehlum River flowing to the other.
The Chancellor of the university is the Chief Minister, ex officio, of the State, and its Board is the Board of Directors of the Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Wakf Board. The Executive Council, chaired by the Vice Chancellor, is the executive authority of the university. The strong science and technology curriculum will be complemented by a School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The university focuses on career development and overall personality enhancement and tries to ensure education for leadership.
Schools of study
The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the following schools of study:
Besides, the university has instituted three centres dedicated to social sciences. These centres are mandated to impart a core curriculum in humanities and offer degree programs and to promote advanced research.
The School of Sciences is the fourth, and the most recent, school of studies instituted at Islamic University. In keeping with the university’s mandate for science and technology education, the school will facilitate the study of natural sciences and promote scientific research and innovation in all areas of natural sciences. The school houses the Department of Mathematics and Mantaqi Center for Science and Society. On the one hand, the school offers a mathematics program geared for today’s competitive job market; on the other, it makes a distinctive contribution towards understanding scientific progress and its impact within a wider social, political and historical surrounding.
The school will, in the near future, incorporate degree programs in other natural science disciplines.