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University Central Library
The Central Library of the University of Peshawar
was established in February 1951. The existing three storied building
has an area of about 15,000 sq .ft. A block was added to the library in
1972.
The Central Library provides services and
facilities to the staff and students. In addition to the usual stock,
it houses a good Oriental Collection of valuable and rare books and
manuscripts. The philanthropists of NWFP have donated a number of
collections on local history and tribal customs and traditions.
Computers, Internet and e-mail facilities are
available. The Library is being completely refurbished and soon its
operations will be digitalised.
The Central Library has been declared an official
United Nations Library, which is one of the seven UN Depository
Libraries. Publications and official United Nations text are placed in
this section. The purpose is to make current information about the
activities of the United Nations available to as many as possible
within the country.
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Cafeteria, Stores and Market:
The main market is situated in the “Khyber House”
on campus. This building also houses banks, two canteens, grocery
shops, tailor shops, co-operative stores, and meat and vegetable shops.
A spacious and modern cafeteria has been opened in the Teacher Student
Centre. Some utility shops and a bookstore have also been opened in the
Teacher Student Centre. A bigger market and a hospital are right across
the road.
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Teacher Student Centre :
The Teacher Student Centre is the focal point of
the University's social, cultural and recreational activities. It
provides services and facilities which support and enrich the academic
programmes of the University.
The Centre includes a cafeteria which provides
simple good food at reasonable rates both for the students and teachers.
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University Health Centre:
The University Health Centre provides free medical
aid to the students, University employees and their families.
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Banks :
A pay office of the National Bank of Pakistan was
established in 1955. Later on it was raised to a full-fledged branch
conducting all banking activities.
Branches of Habib Bank and United Bank are also
functioning on the campus. They provide all banking facilities to
customers.
Transport :
The University has got its own fleet of buses
which transport
Students of the University. Besides, Intra Campus
bus service is also available.
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Grounds and Gardens:
The University has a sprawling campus of 1050
acres. Grounds are leveled and turfed. Trees, bushes and hedges have
been planted on an extensive scale in the residential bungalows and on
either side of the roads.
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The Peshawar
Campus:
The University campus is situated
about 10 kilometres North West from the city centre on the main Grand
Trunk Road leading towards Torkham, the historical border town. It is
located ideally on a picturesque site of over 1050 acres of land, 1199
ft. above sea level.
The University is the “mother”
University of the North West Frontier Province, founded in Oct. 1950.
It has expanded over the last fifty years and a number of buildings
have been added. The total built up area of the campus is more than 1.5
million sq.ft. However, its original sprawling lawns and green tracts
have been retained.
The academic ambience of the
University is enhanced and enriched with the presence of such national
organizations in the vicinity as the Pakistan Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research, North Regional Laboratories; Academy for Rural
Development; the Pakistan Forest Research Institute and College; the
University of Engineering and Technology; the Agricultural University;
Institute of Nuclear Medicine; and Khyber Teaching Hospital. It is
essentially a residential University with an approximate population of
about 35000.
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Accommodation Watch and Ward:
There is an effective and vigilant arrangement for
security on the campus. Besides the regular University personnel, there
is constant patrolling on the campus by the camps peace corps.
The University has ten hostels, six for males with
a capacity of 1949 and four for females with the capacity of 951.
Beside these hostels, three new hostels are under construction two for
boys and one for girls with a capacity of 300 each, and will hopefully
be completed by the end of August 2005. These hostels are situated at a
walking distance from the teaching departments. Females’ hostels are
located in the vicinity of Jinnah College for Women and the College of
Home Economics.
Since the residence in hostel is a privilege and
not a right, therefore accommodation will be offered to the deserving
students subject to the availability of seats in the hostels.
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The Bara Galli (Summer) Campus II:
The Campus II of the University of Peshawar is
located at Bara Gali on the Abbottabad Nathia Gali - Murree Road, at a
distance of approximately 30 kilometers from Abbottabad, having an
altitude of 7700 ft above the sea level, and is spread over an area of
60 acres of land.
Bara Gali, one of the most beautiful valley resort
with dense forests, tall mountains and very pleasant climate, is the
Campus II of the University of Peshawar since 1965. It is the nucleus
of our academic and research activities particularly during entire
summers, i.e. Mays to Septembers. Each summer around 20-25
International and National Seminars, Conferences, Symposia, Workshops,
Training courses, etc. are held at this Campus, which are attended by
more than a thousand national and international participants. Thousands
of our students from the various teaching
departments/schools/colleges/centres visit Bara Gali each year both in
summers and winters, for various academic and research purposes.
Besides, all the students' co-curricular
activities, including shooting club, hiking society, adventure club,
medical camps, cross-country/road running, sports mela, and so many
other activities take place at the Bara Gali Campus. Each year the
Independence Day is celebrated with traditional pomp and show. The
whole campus is illuminated at night. Hundreds of men, women and
children participate in the various events. Educational activities are
a matter of routine at Bara Gali during the summer vacations, giving
the University of Peshawar the unique edge that its academic activities
do not go on a standstill during the summer vacations.
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Games and Sports:
Soon after the University of Peshawar came in
existence, it was decided to organise University sports on
Inter-Collegiate level. The first meeting was held on 24th November,
1950. In 1951 the constitution of University of Peshawar sports
tournament committee was passed and Inter-Collegiate matches in Hockey,
Cricket, Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton, Relay Races and
Athletics were held. And now due to the same strong base, the
University players participate in the National and International games.
In 1998, a student of this University won a silver medal in Athletics
in South Asian Federation games. In the same year, our student
participated in the World Inter University tournament held in Italy.
The Volunteer Blood
Donor Service:
In 1952 Islamia College began to supply volunteer
blood donors for the Lady Reading Hospital and has continued to do so
regularly.
In November 1963 the present Volunteer Blood Donor
Service was inaugurated on a University basis and is rendering valuable
social service.
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Social Work Programme:
In the year 1953 a group of about thirty students
of Islamia College (a constituent college of the University) undertook
a campaign of anti-malaria DDT Spraying in association with the Public
Heath Department.
The Report of the Commission on National Education
contained a recommendation that activities broadly along these lines
should be compulsory for all students, and hence a glorious tradition
was established. It is a requirement of the University that to earn a
bachelors degree a student must have participated in social work for at
least two months.In 1952 Islamia College began to supply volunteer
blood donors for the Lady Reading Hospital and has continued to do so
regularly.
In November 1963 the present Volunteer Blood Donor
Service was inaugurated on a University basis and is rendering valuable
social service.
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