Islamia College Peshawar

Islamia College University is located on the gateway to the historic Khyber Pass and occupies a land of around 300 acres of land. Quaid-e-Azam Muhamamad Ali Jinnah visited the college many times. He became a lifelong honorary member of Khyber Union to make this College one of the heirs of his property.

Islamia College University has been serving Pakistan for more than a decade and has recently been producing M.Phil. /Ph.D. in different fields. The unique and spectacular architecture of the college is attractive to numerous visitors as well as tourists from all over the world. It’s not just about the architecture of the college, it offers excellent learning atmosphere to its students by providing updated libraries and state-of-the-art laboratories and a total of nineteen (19) faculty departments including:

• Department of Arabic
• Department of Botany
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Economics
• Department of English
• Department of Geography
• Department of Islamic Theology
• Department of Management Sciences
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Pakistan Studies
• Department of Pashtoo
• Department of Physics
• Department of Political Sciences
• Department of psychology
• Department of Sharia & Law
• Department of Statistics
• Department of Urdu
• Department of Zoology

After the upgradation of college to university, it has been witnessed that the number of students willing to enroll in graduate programs is increasing every year. The university has got multiple departments to fulfill the needs of today’s market and industry. The university has got a well-defined educational structure which is a sublime combination of teaching and research. Moreover, the university is dedicated in providing professional trainings to the students in the field of science, technology and management sciences. Such trainings help to groom the students professionally. Islamia College University has got a brilliant academic track record of more than a decade in intermediate studies and has got a positive feedback from students and teachers. The college university holds a reputations in educational sector and has got a highly qualified staff comprising of teachers and administration.

Islamia College University houses on of the oldest libraries in KPK and is commonly known as Central Library. The library covering a total area of 13000 sq. ft. was established in 1913 and is considered to be the richest repository of books in entire KPK. The library contains around 90,000 books and 1261 manuscripts. The library is famous for its manuscripts collection on various subjects including Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Religion, Astronomy etc.

The college university also focusses on co-circular activities so that their students become an all-rounder in their lives. Following are some societies running under the umbrella of Khyber students’ societies.

• Khyber Islamic Cultural Society.
• Social Welfare & Awareness Society.
• Khyber Literary & Debating Society.
• Blood Donor's Society.
• Creative Art and Heritage Society.
• Science & Technology Society.
• Sports Society.
• Islamia College, Rifle Society.
• Adventure and Hiking Society.
• Dramatic Society
• Environmental protection Society
• Character Building Society
• Islamians' Volunteer Society
• Islamia Law Society