Federal Urdu University

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name =Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology
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established =13 October, 2002
type =Public
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vice_chancellor =Prof. Dr. Qaiser
students =13,500
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city =Karachi & Islamabad
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country =Pakistan flagicon|Pakistan
campus = "Gulshan Campus" - University Road, Karachi; "Abdul Haq Campus" - Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi; "Islamabad Campus" - Near Zero Point, Islamabad
affiliations =HEC, UGC
website = [http://www.fuuast.edu.pk www.fuuast.edu.pk] The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology is a coeducational public university with its main campus located in Gulshan Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It has two other satellite campuses; Abdul Haq Campus at Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi and Islamabad Campus near Zero Point, Islamabad. Approximately 13,500 students are pursuing degrees primarily in technical fields, such as electrical engineering, computer science, and economics. [cite web | last =Bashar | first =Amanullah | title = Urdu University: A Gift Of The Present Government | publisher =Pakistan Economist |date=2002-10-06 | url =http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/issue2002/issue39/etc4.htm | accessdate =2006-12-08 ]

History

Federal Urdu University was established on 13 October, 2002 by presidential order, the university is the first university in Pakistan to teach primarily in the Urdu language. It was established by up-grading two Federal Urdu Colleges: Federal Urdu Arts College, Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi and Federal Urdu Science College, University Road, Karachi. President Pervez Musharraf was the university's first Chancellor and Syed Kamaluddin was the Vice-Chancellor. The Islamabad Campus was established in late 2003.

Departments

Abdul Haq Campus

*Department of Arabic
*Department of B.Ed.
*Department of Commerce
*Department of Economics
*Department of Education
*Department of English
*Department of General History
*Department of International Relation
*Department of Islamiat
*Department of Islamic History
*Department of Law
*Department of Mass Communication
*Department of Political Science
*Department of Psychology
*Department of Sindhi
*Department of Social Work
*Department of Special Education
*Department of Urdu

Gulshan Campus

*Department of Biochemistry
*Department of Botany
*Department of Business Administration
*Department of Chemistry
*Department of Computer Science
*Department of Environmental Sciences
*Department of Geography
*Department of Geology
*Department of Mathematical Sciences
*Department of Microbiology
*Department of Pakistan Studies
*Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
*Department of Physics
*Department of Statistics
*Department of Zoology

Islamabad Campus

*Department of Computer Science
*Department of Economics
*Department of Electronics Engineering
*Department of English
*Department of Islamiat
*Department of Management Sciences
*Department of Mathematics
*Department of Physics

List of Affiliated Colleges and Institutes

*"Al-Mizan Law College", Rawalpindi
*"ABBACUS Institute of Management and Computer Science", Karachi
*"Indus Public College", Karachi
*"Institute of Textile Technology and Management", Karachi
*"Orasoft Training Institute", Karachi
*"Pakistan Institute of Professional Science", Karachi
*"Sindh National Textile College and Management Science", Karachi

ee also

* List of universities in Pakistan

References

External links

* [http://www.fuuast.edu.pk/ Federal Urdu University Home Page]
* [http://www.fuuastisb.edu.pk/ Federal Urdu University, Islamabad Campus, Home Page]
* [http://www.dawn.com/2002/09/22/local1.htm All set for Urdu Arts, Sciences University: A dream comes true - DAWN.com]
* [http://www.fuuast.edu.pk/english/affiliate/default.asp List of Affiliated Colleges and Institutes]