The Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan (AWKUM) () () is a public university located in the Mardan District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Named after Abdul Wali Khan, the university has forty nine institutions affiliated with it. The university started in the historical postgraduate college of Mardan. It has nine campuses and more than ten thousand students enrolled in thirty one disciplines as of 2015. The campus at Swabi, opened in October 2010 in the Anbar Elementary College building has since then become the University of Swabi. The Palosa campus is home to Bacha Khan University. Currently the university has three constituent colleges and six faculties. Those include the faculties of Arts & Humanities, Agriculture, Chemical and Life Sciences, Physical & Numerical Sciences, Economics & Business and Social Sciences. The Pashtunkhwa College of Art, Womans' College and the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary College are also constituent colleges of the university.
Faculties and departments Abdul Wali Khan University consists of six faculties, which have the following departments:
Faculty of Arts & Humanities English Pakhtunkhwa College of Arts Islamic Studies Pashto Museum
Faculty of Agriculture Agronomy Entomology Food Science and Technology Horticulture
Faculty of Business & Economics Economics Institute of Business Studies and Leadership Management Sciences Museum Tourism & Hospitality
Faculty of Chemical & Life Sciences Biochemistry Biotechnology Botany Chemistry College of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences Environmental Sciences Microbiology Pharmacy Zoology
Faculty of Technologies & Engineering Sciences Computer Science Mathematics
Faculty of Numerical and Physical Sciences Physics Statistics Geology
Faculty of Social Sciences Education International Relations (IR) - where a brilliant scholar Dr. Dalir Khan Khattak also teaches. Political Science Physical Education & Sports Journalism & Mass Communication Law Pakistan Studies Psychology Sociology
University Institutes and Colleges
Institute of Business Studies and Leadership University College for Women Pakhtunkhwa College of Arts College of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences
Campuses and libraries
The university has several campuses, each with library facilities: Main Campus—Central Library Garden Campus Pabbi Campus Palosa Campus Riffat Mahal Campus Shankar Campus
There is also a digital library serving all campuses.
University College of Science, Shankar The University College of Science in Shankar has departments of Chemistry and Computer Science. It is housed in a 12.5-acre complex with state-of-the-art research laboratories. It has full-fledged working laboratories in physical chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry and computer science. A video lecture facility is also available.
Garden Campus The newly constructed Garden Campus of the university is spread over on more than 2000 Kanals of land having state of the art infrastructure, well equipped laboratories, one of the biggest libraries of the region, computer labs, three hostels with a capacity of 1500 students, two on campus colleges, sports complex and many other facilities. Classes in the campus have been started.
Journals Tahdhīb al Afkār
Tahdhīb al Afkārbiannual is the biannual Islamic studies research journal of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan published in three different languages English, Urdu and Arabic. Journal of Business and Tourism Pakhtunkhwa Journal of Life Science (PJLS)
Extra-curricular activities
The university provides extra-curricular activities such as painting, articles, photography and sport. The students can participate through proper channels. The university provides facilities for many sports; they have been merged into the Department of Physical Education and Health and named as Department of Physical Education and Sports.
Academic collaborations Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan establish partnerships with national as well as international universities, associations, institutes and academies and have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOUs or MoUs) with each. The following is the list of international collaborations.
S/N University / association Country 1 Birmingham City University United Kingdom 2 Brunel University London 3 Durham University 4 School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London) 5 University of Leicester 6 University of Sheffield 7 University of Southampton 8 University of Rostock Germany 9 University of Ulm Germany 10 University of Malaya Malaysia 11 University of Technology, Malaysia (UTM) Malaysia 12 Sejong University South Korea 13 Kyungpook National University South Korea 14 Seoul National University South Korea 15 University of Barcelona Spain 16 University of Camerino Italy 17 Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus Turkey 18 Pamukkale University Turkey 19 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Turkey 20 Eskişehir Osmangazi University Turkey 21 Şırnak University Turkey 22 University of Kentucky United States 23 North Dakota State University United States 24 University of Missouri-Kansas City United States 25 Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University Thailand 26 Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand 27 Massey University New Zealand 28 Eastern European University Association Russia 29 Hanns Seidel Foundation Germany 30 Relief International UK United States 31 Promotion of Education in Pakistan (PEP) Foundation, Inc. United States
Mashal Khan incident
On 13 April 2017, Mashal Khan, a journalism student at the university, was murdered by a mob apparently including university employees and some of his classmates on the false suspicion of uploading blasphemous content on the social networking site Facebook.
Vice Chancellors Dr. Ihsan Ali (SI) (2009 – March 20, 2017) Dr. Mohammad Khurshid Khan (September 18, 2017 – March 20, 2020) Dr. Zahoor-ul-Haq (1 May 2020– 8 May 2025) Dr. Jamil Ahmad (May 9, 2025 – Present)
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