Provost Hazrat Bilal Address N-95، Odigram, Pakistan | Established 7th of July 2010 Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Jehan Bakht Phone +92 341 9132970 | |
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Former names Islamic University of Swat Motto in English Aspiring for Quality Education with Relevance Motto مطابقت کے ساتھ معیاری تعلیم کے لئے خواہشمند (Aspiring for Quality Education with Relevance) Founded 7 July 2010, Swat District, Pakistan Similar University of Malakand, University of Peshawar, Abdul Wali Khan University, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Un, Kohat University of Scienc | ||
Celebrating women international day in university of swat
The University of Swat (Urdu: یونیورسٹی آف سوات) is a public sector university. The main campus of the university is situated in Saidu Sharif, 2 km away from main city Mingora, Swat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.
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- Celebrating women international day in university of swat
- History
- Vice chancellors
- Registrar
- Deputy Registrars
- Assistant Registrars
- Athletics
- Declamation Contests
- KPK IPYEP 2016
- Departments
- Institutes
- Ranking
- Books
- References
History
On May 29, 2010 the establishment of the University of Swat was announced by the Prime minister of Pakistan during his visit to Swat valley. The university came into formal existence in July 2010 by the order of Honorable Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr. Awais Ahmad Ghani with the prior approval of the President of Pakistan. Its first Vice Chancellor Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan (Shaheed) was appointed in August 2010. The Higher Education Department handed over two buildings to the university located at Saidu sharif swat. Land Acquisition for the university's own campus has been carried out and construction on the project is ongoing.
In its first academic session 2010-11 the university opened seven departments [1]
Vice chancellors
Registrar
Deputy Registrar(s)
Assistant Registrar(s)
Athletics
The athletics team represented the university at the Higher Education Commission Pakistan Intervarsity Championship 2014 held on April 22–24, 2014 at the Pakistan Sport Complex, Islamabad.
The University Athletics team consisted of 12 players.
Declamation Contests
Allama Iqbal declamation contest are yearly held in the University of Swat to promote new talent in regarding Debates, Declamations. Most raging debtors of University are Riaz Ali (Dept. of Law and Sharia), Izhar Ahmad (Dept. of Economics), Fahad Khan (Dept. of commerce and management sciences), Kabir (Dept. of Law and Sharia), Arshad Ali (Dept. of Law and Sharia), Rahseed Ahmad Faizi (Dept. of Law and Sharia).
KPK IPYEP 2016
The university shortlisted top students based on merit from the most senior batches of all Bachelor and Master degree Programs and communicated. The ten students were interviewed by the directorate of sports and youth affairs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two students (Biotechnology 7th semester student Mr.Ashfaq Ahmad and one female student of zoology Department ) were finalized to represent University of Swat during Inter Provincial Youth Exchange program (IPYEP) 2016. They were part of delegation which represented KPK in Karachi and Islamabad/AJK one week trip.
Departments
In its first session 2010-11 the university opened the following eight disciplines and has completed two semesters.
In the session 2011-12 one discipline of Software Engineering and four more departments of Zoology, Microbiology and Environmental Sciences at BS level are introduced. There are now the following schools/institutes/departments with 3500+ students:
Institutes
The Institute of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality Management has been established with a view to save the cultural heritage of the Swat region, to establish an archaeological and ethnic profile of the region, to explore the genesis of the cultural activities, to trace the complex and rich historical past of the ancient period of the country, to promote Eco- and cultural tourism of Pakistan in general and the Malakand division and the Northern Areas in particular, and to impart quality education at graduate, undergraduate and postgraduate levels at par with the international standards.
The Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan established the Institute of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality Management.
The Center for Biotechnology & Microbiology is a newly launched discipline at University of Swat.
The focus of the institute is on the applied aspect of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Genetics. The aim of the department is to produce experts in the fields of medicine, agriculture, industry, the environment, genetics and Recombinant DNA technology.
Ranking
Books
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