Government Viqar-un-Nisa Women University
Former names
Government Viqar-un-Nisa College for Women, Rawalpindi
TypePublic
Established2022
ChancellorGovernor of the Punjab
Location
Rawalpindi
,
Punjab
,
Pakistan
Websitewww.gvnc.edu.pk

Government Viqar-un-Nisa Women University, formerly known as Government Viqar-un-Nisa College for Women, Rawalpindi is a public women's university located in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.[1]

History

It was founded in the early 1950s by Begum Viqar un Nisa Noon, wife of Feroz Khan Noon. Begum Viqar-un-Nisa Noon also founded the Viqar-un-Nisa Noon Girls' Higher Secondary School in Rawalpindi. This college was the first established part of the school, but it has since then been taken over by the government. Today, the college remains a government institution while the school is still private.[2]

In 2012, the Science Block was named after Arfa Karim.[3]

In July 2021, this college for women was upgraded to a university.[4][5] In the years after 2010 more degrees began to be awarded in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University and links with Heidelberg University in Germany were also formed.

Programs

Urdu and English are taught at the postgraduate level.

Faculty

References

  1. ^ "Viqar-un-Nisa college gets university status". 2 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Laptops distributed". Dawn (newspaper). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Science Block named after Arfa Karim". Dawn (newspaper). 27 January 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ Viqar-un-Nisa college made university The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 25 July 2021, Retrieved 20 November 2021
  5. ^ (Chief Minister) CM inaugurates Viqar-un-Nisa Women University Daily Times (newspaper), Published 16 October 2021, Retrieved 20 November 2021
  6. ^ Zafar, Yusuf and Ghaffar, Abdul (2003). ""Obituary - DR. AZRA QURAISHI (1945-2002)"". Pakistan Journal of Botany. 35 (1): 1–2. Retrieved 20 November 2021.((cite journal)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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