University of Malakand

University of Malakand
یونیورسٹی آف ملاکنڈ

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Motto in English	University at Glance...'
Type	Public
Established	2001 (2001)
Chancellor	Governor of Khyber–Pakhtunkhwa
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Johar Ali
Registrar	Khush Dil Khan
Students	2700
Undergraduates	2500
Postgraduates	~200
Location	Lower Dir, Malakand Division , Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan
Campus	Rural
Colours	Green, Gold, Cyan
Nickname	UoM
Affiliations	HEC
Website	www.uom.edu.pk

The 'University of Malakand' (Urdu: یونیورسٹی آف ملاکنڈ‎); abbreviated as 'UOM'), is a public university located in the banks of the Swat river and the rural area of Lower Dir district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Founded in 2001, the university offers undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral programmes in various academic disciplines. As of 2010, the university secured its place at the general category and ranked "seventh" by the HEC.

University of Malakand

History and background

The need for a University in Malakand Division has been a felt since 1972, but due to political polarizations between different political parties, the idea could not be materialized until 2001.

After the announcement some legal points were raised by the provincial law department regarding establishing a university in the Provincially Administered Tribal Area under Article 247 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a very old impediment in opening a University in the area since 1973.

The issue was resolved by the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan who permitted the university through a Presidential Regulation. Hence, in a sense this is the only university in Pakistan chartered by the highest seats of power in the country, the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The provincial Government, through a Gazette Notification No P-III dated 27 October 2001 (Extra Ordinary) formally announced a University for Lower Dir District on the premises of the defunct D.F.I.C (Dir Forest Industries Complex) at Chakdara.

Vice chancellors

1. Prof. Dr. Jehandar Shah (Founding Vice Chancellor, August 2001 − September 2007)
2. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Iqbal (September 2007 − April 2008)
3. Prof. Dr. Rasul Jan (April 2008 − )

Convocations

The Convocations for the Bachelor of Science (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) are held on the following dates.

• 1. Session (2001–2005), Date 10th Feb, 2007
• 2. Session (2002–2006),
• 3. Session (2003–2007),
• 4. Session (2004–2008), Date 28 June 2012
• 5. Session (2005–2009),
• 6. Session (2006–2010),
• 7. Session (2007-2011), Date 15 Oct, 2012

Currently, Master of Science and Master of Arts programmes are also ongoing but no convocation has been held for them.

Departments

1. Department of Archaeology
2. Department of Bio-Technology
3. Department of Botany
4. Department of Computer Science/IT
5. Department of Economics
6. Department of Education
7. Department of English
8. Department of Geology
9. Department of Islamic Studies
10. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
11. Department of Law
12. Department of Management Studies
13. Department of Mathematics
14. Department of Pashto and Oriental Languages
15. Department of Political Science
16. Department of Pharmacy
17. Department of Physics
18. Department of Psychology
19. Department of Sociology/Social Work
20. Department of Software Engineering
21. Department of Statistics
22. Department of Tourism and Hotel Management
23. Department of Zoology