The Government College Women University Faisalabad (GCWUF) ( ur, ) is a
university
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located in
Faisalabad, Punjab
Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
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History
The university started its journey as an intermediate college in 1934. It was promoted as a degree college in 1944. The postgraduate disciplines were introduced in 1985. The long journey that starting with the humble beginning reached the uppermost part of its peak when it was granted the status of a university on the 3 January 2013. The university is situated near Jaranwala Road; not very far from the historical clock tower. The university is seeking to fulfill the needs of more than six million people of the city and of equal number from the surrounding districts.
The university is offering various educational degrees in condition of various disciplines. The university is a hub of educational, social and cultural activities having a close relation with business and industrial communities. Including the new campus, the university will have two campuses; the main and the new campus. More than eight thousand students are presently enrolled at GCWUF and this number is expected to be largely increased.
The standard of the university's educational power is the reconstruction of human thought in all its roads on the foundation of social, moral and religious values. University's aim is that they would be grounded in the welfare of both the students and faculty.
Mission
The GCWUF mission is to provide students a free environment where dialogue is encouraged and ideas are imagined. It will provide the intelligence and physical interaction between the students and staff that is applied to students to push them towards the highest moral and ethical values. This university will achieve these goals with the cooperation of public and private organization's and sectors as well as the facility and students of the Government College Women University,
Faisalabad
Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pakis ...
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Programs
The university offers
undergraduate
Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ...
and
postgraduate
Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate ( bachelor's) degree.
The organization and ...
programs in the following disciplines:
Arts and humanities
*English
*Urdu and Persian
*Education
*Mass Communication
*Statistics
*Applied Psychology
*Geography
*Home Economics and Fine arts
*History
Government College Women University, Sialkot
The Government College Women University Sialkot (GCWUS) ( ur, ) is a public university located in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.University of Okara
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