Type Public Phone +92 81 9213303 Number of students 6,000 | Established 2004 (2004) Color Amber | |
Motto in English O' God, Increase my Knowledge Chancellor Governor of Balochistan Location Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan Campus Urban
200 acres (0.81 km) Address Bawrery Road, Quetta, Pakistan Motto رَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً (O' God, Increase my Knowledge) Similar University of Balochistan, BUITEMS, Balochistan University of Engine, Bolan Medical College, Lasbela University of Agricult | ||
Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University is a women's university located in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. It was established in 2004.
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The university offers degree programs in Arts and Sciences. It is named for the former Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner of Balochistan, Sardar Bahadur Khan.
It was inaugurated on March 18, 2004 and Masters programs were started by May 2004. The Bachelor of Science program for sciences was started in 2005. The first university class has graduated, and the first convocation was held in the middle of year 2006. The university campus area is about 40 acres (160,000 m2), including a hostel facility and a library.
Convocation Day
Women education occupies great significance for the development of our society, because women are 51 percent of our population; they cannot be ignored in the development of the country. This was stated by Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi while addressing 5th convocation of Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University. He said he was personally supportive of women education.
Bomb Attack
As part of the June 2013 Quetta Attacks carried out by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a bus carrying students from the university was attacked with an explosive device. The resulting explosion killed 14 women and injured 19 others. It is believed that the intended targets of the bus bombing were Shia from the Hazara ethnic minority, who have been the targets of previous sectarian attacks in Balochistan. However, due to an earlier change of route, the bus carried a more ethnically mixed group and has been described as "the wrong target" of the perpetrators.