| Pakistan Adventist Seminary | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Prudence. Advancement. Service |
| Established | 1920 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Selmon H. Dio |
| Location | Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Website | www.pasc.edu.pk |
Pakistan Adventist Seminary is a Christian co-educational institution of higher learning located in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The purpose of the Pakistan Adventist Seminary is to train workers to serve the church in Pakistan and beyond, as well as to prepare Christian youth for useful service to society.
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Pakistan Adventist Seminary is located 60 km west of Lahore on Sargodha Road at Farooqabad Mandi. The institution is located on 35 acres (140,000 m2) of land.[1] Pakistan Adventist Seminary $ College (PASC) developed from a small Seventh-day Adventist boy's school founded in 1920. In 1937 it became a co-educational institution with the integration of the seventh-day Adventist girls' school. Steady growth followd as students came in from all parts of the Punjab and North West India.
In 1957 PASC started offering a 2 year Junior Seminary program. Later a senior Seminary program was developed and the first grduates received their degrees in 1970. The institution now incorporates the Elemenary School (class 1-8), High school (class 9&10) and college, offering two year diploma, and 4 and 5 year degree in different disciplines.
PASC is an institution that is administered by the Pakistan Union of Seventh-day Adventists and has been a part of the Trans-European Division of the Senventh-day Adventists territory since 1985. In 2003 it offered Pre-medical, BBA, ICS, BA, and Theology.
PAS Overseas Alumni Association was organized in 2005 by graduates of Pakistan Adventist Seminary & College who recently moved overseas including USA, UK, UAE and many other parts of the world. PASOAA exists to promote awareness, communication and interaction between overseas alumni and the college, and to unite graduates, former students, and friends of the college for mutual benefit and to promote the welfare and advance the interests of the college.