University of Chitral is a public sector university located in the

Chitral District Chitral District ( ur, ) was the largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, covering an area of 14,850 km², before splitting into Upper Chitral District and Lower Chitral District in 2018. Part of the Malakand Div ...

of the

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

province of Pakistan. The university was founded in 2017. It is being run by the provincial government.

Overview and history

The University of Chitral was established in the District Chitral by the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2017. The university was founded in response to a notification issued by the Higher Education, Archives and Libraries Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bearing the reference number SO(UE-II)3-1/2017 and dated March 31, 2017. Before the inception of the University of Chitral, there were two university campuses operating in the district Chitral which were the sub-campuses of

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University (SBBU) ( ur, جامعہ شہید بینظیر بھٹو ) is a public university, established in 2009 with a presidential order. It is located at Sheringal in the Upper Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan ...

and

Abdul Wali Khan University The Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) ( ur, ) is a public university located in Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Established in April 2009, the university is named after Abdul Wali Khan, a prominent personality of Pashtunkhwa and ...

Mardan. Due to a steady increase in student enrollment across these campuses over time, the demand for academic amenities witnessed a substantial surge. The existing academic, research, and residential infrastructure were not enough to cater for the actual requirements of all the students. This circumstance prompted the imperative for the establishment of a full-fledged university in Chitral. The residents of Chitral had long been advocating for the establishment of a fully-fledged university within the region. Responding to this demand, the University of Chitral was founded in 2011. University of Chitral will act as a "regional educational corridor" for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia via Wakhan Strip, Gilgit Baltistan and Gilgit-Chitral, Dir, Malakand alternate CPEC Route.

Departments

The university currently has the following Departments. * Department of Botany * Department of Computer Science * Department of Economics * Department of Education * Department of English Language & Literature * Department of Management Sciences * Department of Political Science * Department of Sociology * Department of Tourism and Hotel Management * Department of Urdu * Department of Zoology

References

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Overview and history

Departments

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