Islamia College University
Vice-Chancellor Dr. Gul Majid Khan | | |
Dean | Five Deans | |
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Academic staff | About 500 | |
Students | more than 4000 | |
Location | , , Pakistan 33°59′58.5″N 71°28′33.31″E / 33.999583°N 71.4759194°E | |
Campus | Urban | |
Colors | Blue, maroon | |
Website | www |
Islamia College Peshawar (ICP) (
Degrees awarded
Both Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees are awarded at this university in the fields of Arts & Humanities, Business & Social Sciences, Language & Cultural, Engineering and Science & Technology.[1]
This university is ranked no. 24 on the List of Top Universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2022.[3]
Recognized university
This university is recognized by the
History
Founded by
Cash Donations by Nawabs
On June 2, 1911, a delegation headedSahibzaba Abdul Qayyum Khan visited Tangi Charsadda and set up his camp at the Hujra of Khan Bahadur Ghulam Haider Khan of Tangi for collection of donations. Khans of Tangi donated a handsome amount of Rs.25000 and the delegation stayed for 3 days at Tangi and them moved Umarzai village when donation of Rs.12000 was collected and then to Turangzai where Rs.20000 and from Rajar Rs.3000 and finally to village Charsadda. I total Rs 150,000 was collected from Hashtnagar. Subsequently, a large plot of land was purchased for the college building from the Khalil (Arbabs) of Tehkal and Sufaid Dheri Rs. 150,000/- from Nizam of Hyderabad and the construction cost building Paid by Nawab of Amb Rs 100,000/- was sent by the prime minister of Amb Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah to Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum as donation for the college.
Conception
When the new province of
Tribal Hostel ICP
Founded by
History
By 1909, as the idea of a college in the province was taking shape in the minds of both Nawab Sir
Consequently, on April 12, 1911, Nawab Sahib arranged a meeting of like minded people in Peshawar at the residence of Abdul Karim, contractor at Peshawar city, which was attended by Ghulam Haider Khan of Tangi Charsadda, Habibullah Khan, Khushal Khan, Sethi Karim Bakhsh, Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum, Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan and others. Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum moved the motion for collection of contributions, which was instantly responded to by cash donations by all present. Subsequently, a large plot of land was purchased for the college building from the Khalil (Arbabs) of Tehkal Rs. 150,000/- from Nizam of Hyderabad and the construction cost building Paid by Nawab of Amb Rs 100,000/- was sent by the prime minister of Amb Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah to Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum as donation for the college.
Other chiefs and nobles of the North-West Frontier and Punjab, also made various donations.
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's will
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah visited this College in 1936, 1945 and 1948. Quaid-e-Azam, who became lifelong honorary member of the Khyber Union ICP in 1936, made the college one of the heirs of his property in 1939:
"All my residuary estate including the corpus that may fall after the lapse of life interest or otherwise to be divided into three parts - and I bequeath one part to Aligarh University - one part to Islamia College Peshawar and one part to Sindh Madrassa of Karachi ... Quaid-e-Azam's Will, Bombay, May 30, 1939 Addressing the students of the college on April 12, 1948, he said: “Let me tell you that nothing is nearer to my heart than to have a great center of culture and learning in a place like Peshawar, a place from where the rays of knowledge and culture can spread throughout the Middle East and Central Asia.”
Endowment
According to the board of trustees, the college, which is spread over 300 acres of land, has 1089 Jaribs cultivable land in Harichand, Rai Killi and Tarnab, (District Charsadda). In addition to this, there are 395 shops and flats in the Khyber Bazaar Peshawar and main bazaar Charsadda.
Gallery
See also
- List of universities in Pakistan
- Education in Pakistan
- Army Burn Hall College
- Khyber Medical College
- University of Peshawar
References
- ^ a b c d University Overview of Islamia College Peshawar (now known as Islamia College University) University Overview on (uniRank Australia) website, Retrieved 9 September 2022
- ^ "Location and address of ICP". ICP location. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ List of Top Universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa University Rankings (uniRank Australia) website, Retrieved 9 September 2022
- ^ "Islamia College University, Peshawar (read under title 'General Category of Higher Education Institutions' entry no. 34)" (PDF). Higher Education Commission of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "History of Islamia College University". History of Islamia College University. Retrieved 25 April 2015.