National University of Modern Languages
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National University of Modern Languages is located at Islamabad, Pakistan.The University began as an institute in 1970 to help people communicate and understand each other in different languages, to assimilate different cultures and to act as a springboard for emerging disciplines. At present it is a fully autonomous, degree awarding University. It has crossed several barriers and now teaches 23 languages in addition to many emerging arts and sciences.It is open to all persons, regardless of class, creed, gender, race,religion or color.
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National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad |
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| Established | 1970 (became university 1999) |
| Type | Public University |
| Rector | Dr. Aziz Khan |
| Chancellor | General Pervez Musharraf President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| Undergraduates | 4678 |
| Postgraduates | 6044 |
| Location | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.numl.edu.pk |
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[edit] Administrative Set-Up
The President of Pakistan is the Chancellor while the Federal Minister of Education is the Pro-Chancellor .The day to day administration is controlled by a Board of Governors headed by the Chief of the Army Staff. Federal Secretaries of different ministries and prominent citizens from both private and public sectors function as its member.The Rector (Vice Chancellor) is responsible for keeping the university operative at an optimum level both in academics and administration.
[edit] Faculties
The university consists of the following faculties:
- Faculty of Modern Languages
- Department of English
- Department of French
- Department of German
- Department of Chinese
- Department of Italian
- Department of Hindi
- Department of Japanes
- Department of Persian
- Department of Russian
- Department of Spanish
- Department of Urdu
- Department of Turkish
- Department of Bashasa Indonesia
- Department of Arabic
- Faculty of Management Sciences
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Commerce
- Faculty of Information Techonology
- Department of Computer Sciences
- Department of Computer Engineering
- Department of Telecom Engineering
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of Mass Communication
- Department of International Relations
- Department of Islamic/Pak Studies
- Department of Education
- Department of Advanced Integrated Studies
[edit] Degrees Offered
- Bachelor Programmes:
- B.S. (Hons) Economics & Finance
- Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages
- Bachelor of Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering in Telecom Engineering
- Bachelor of Good Governance and Organizational Sciences
- Master Programmes:
- M.Sc. Economics
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Computer Sciences
- Master of Information Technology
- Master of Commerce
- Master of Education and Education Technology
- Master of English
- Master of English (Linguistics & Literature)
- Master of Chinese,Persian,French,German and Hindi
- Master of Educational Planning and Management
- Master of Good Governance and Organizational Sciences in Collaboration With Utrecht University Netherlands
- Master of Islamic Studies
- Master of Mass Communication
- Master of International Relations
- Master of Pakistan Studies
- Master of Urdu
- M.Phil Programmes:
- (Arabic,English,Education,French,German,Human Resource Developement,Islamic Studies,Linguistics,Management Sciences,Persian and Urdu)
- Ph.D Programmes:
- (Arabic,English,Education,French,German,Human Resource Developement,Islamic Studies,Linguistics,Management Sciences,Persian and Urdu)
[edit] Libraries
The major source of knowledge of the university is the central library serving as the knowledge backbone for research and development regarding all the streams that are being offered by the university. The two storied centrally air-conditioned Library provides 12 hours access to over 150,000 books periodicals and journals on various subjects.It is one of the biggest libraries of Pakistan regarding languages, learning and rare research materials. The library contains huge collection of books, journals and research projects.
[edit] UN Reference Library
Recently the United Nations System in Pakistan has set up a reference library with over 10, 000 titles on various subjects The library is open to all researchers and academicians from across the country and abroad.
[edit] Language Labs
The language labs are well equipped to enhance the students’ audiovisual abilities. In addition, PDPs have also been provided to facilitate students taking help from the visual programs related to their subject of study.
[edit] Foreign Collaboration
The National University of Modern Languages firmly believes that education has no geographic boundaries. Students all over the world have a natural right to access valuable academic information. With this objective in mind, NUML has signed agreements with the following prestigious seats of learning:
- University of De-Franche-Comte,Besancon, France
- Inalco University, Paris, France
- NingXia University, China
- Jamia Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt
- Utrecht University,Netherlands
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