The University of Haripur (UOH) ( ur, ) is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

situated in Haripur,

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, ...

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History

UOH was established in March 2008 as a Haripur campus of

Hazara University The Hazara University (HU) is a public university located in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Recognized university Hazara University is recognized as a higher education institution by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Overvi ...

. The campus was upgraded to full-fledged University of Haripur (UOH) in 2012 by the

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( ur, ; ps, د خیبر پښتونخوا حکومت), is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Consti ...

Faculties and departments

The university currently has the following departments and faculties.

Faculty of Social and Administrative Sciences

*Department of Economics *Department of Education *Department of Islamic and Religious Studies *Department of Management Sciences *Department of Psychology

Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences

*Department of Information Technology *Department of Agriculture Sciences * Department of history & Education * Department of Islamic and religious studies *Department of Environmental Sciences *Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management *Department of Linguistics *Department of Geology *Department of Medical Lab Technology *Department of Microbiology *Department of Public Health *Department of Agronomy *Department of Entomology *Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics *Department of Food Science and Technology *Allied Section

Academic programs

UOH currently offers the following courses.

BS (4 years)

* BS Artificial intelligence * BS Computer Science * BS Software Engineering * BS Data Science (to be inaugurated soon) * BS Telecom and networking * BS Accounting and Finance * BS Economics * BS Environmental Science * BS Education * BS Psychology * BS Medical Lab Technology (Diagnostic and Research Center) * BS Geology * BS Forestry and Wildlife * BS Physics * BS Chemistry * BS Food science * BS health and physical education * BS Biochemistry * BS Botany * BS Zoology * BS Public Health * BS English * BS History * BS Food Science and Technology

Masters (2 years)

* MBA * MCS (Computer Science) * MSc Economics * MSc Environmental Sciences * MSc Agriculture Sciences * MEd (Education) * MSc Psychology * MSc Medical Lab Technology (Diagnostic and Research Center) * MSc Microbiology * MSc Public Health

MPhil and PhD

* MPhil and PhD (Environmental Sciences) * MPhil and PhD (Microbiology) * MPhil and PhD (information technology) * PhD (Agricultural Sciences; i.e. Agronomy, Entomology, Food Science and Technology, Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Genetics (PBG), Soil and Environmental Sciences) * MPhil and PhD (Education) * MPhil (Forestry and Wild Life) * MPhil (Islamic and Religious Studies)

References

External links

UOH official website

UOH Facebook
2008 establishments in Pakistan Educational institutions established in 2008 Public universities and colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haripur District {{Pakistan-university-stub