Jinnah University for Women

Jinnah University of Woman
Motto in English
Enter to learn and go to serve
Established 1986
Type Private
Chancellor Wajeehuddin Ahmed[1]
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Naeem Farooqui[2]
Academic staff
259[3]
Administrative staff
215[3]
Students 44[3]
Location Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Campus Urban
Colours Cerulean, Grey        
Nickname JUW
Affiliations HEC
Website www.juw.edu.pk/index.html

The Jinnah University for Women (Initials: JUW), is a private research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[4] It is an all–woman university and is noted as being the first ever women's university in the country.[3]

Established as a post-graduate college, its status as full fledged university was upgraded in 1998 the Sindh Assembly.[3] Major financial endowment and funding are managed by the Anjuman-e-Islam Trust.[3] The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral programmes in science, arts, humanities, and general studies. as of 2010, the university is ranked among top institution of higher learning in "general category" by the HEC.[3]

Campus

The Jinnah University campus is divided into five Blocks: Block A, Block B, Block C, Block D, Block E and Admissions section. These Blocks include an Auditorium with the capacity of 400 persons, lecture halls, classrooms, laboratories, museums, faculty rooms and seminar libraries. The university is located at Nazimabad, Karachi.[5]

References

  1. "Chancellor of JUW". Chancellor of JUW. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. "Vice Chancellor of JUW". Vice Chancellor of JUW. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Introduction of JUW". JUW. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. Staff editor. "Location of the University". JUW Press. JUW Press. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. - Profile of Jinnah University for Women

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