Gomal University (

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: جامعہ گومل) is a

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located in

Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan (; Urdu and , ), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 10th largest city of Pakistan and third or fourth largest in the province of Khy ...

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, Pakistan. Founded and established in 1974, the university is one of the older institutions in the province and occupies one of the largest campuses in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Gomal University offers a wide range of courses at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels, besides research degree programs in most of the departments. It consists of four faculties of science, with a strong emphasis on natural and medical sciences courses. Gomal University is affiliated with the Higher Education Commission and the National Testing Service. The university was founded by

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, and the donation came from Nawab Allah Nawaz Khan, who donated a large area of his land for the establishment of the university. Nawab Allah Nawaz Khan Saddozai was also Gomal University's first

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in 1974. Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad is the current vice-chancellor.

History

Gomal University was established as a chartered and

co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

university. The university is the 12th oldest university in terms of HEC's seniority listings. The university was founded by

who laid the establishment of Gomal University in D.I.Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. Prime Minister Bhutto laid down the foundation stone of Gomal University on 1 May 1974 putting forward his educational policy of highly educated Pakistan to meet the challenges of the modern world in every aspect of life. Notably, the donations and land were provided by Nawab Allah Nawaz Khan who served as the university's first and founding

. Nawaz Khan donated 11000 Kn agricultural land to the establishment of the university. The Act No. X of 1974 provides the constitutional establishment of the university as a public research university categorization of the

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. The post-graduate schools of Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, States, and Economics were founded in 1974. The

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and the school of

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were founded in 1974 as well. In 1975, the Department of Pharmacy started its classes. The faculty of agriculture was established and began its classes in December 1979.

Academics

Institute of Engineering and Technology

The Institute of Engineering and Technology of Gomal University grants Bachelor of Science degrees in tele-systems,

electronics Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...

, and

telecommunications Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

engineering disciplines. The school also awards a

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degree in

Telecommunications Network A telecommunications network is a group of Node (networking), nodes interconnected by telecommunications links that are used to exchange messages between the nodes. The links may use a variety of technologies based on the methodologies of circuit ...

. Gomal University also grants undergraduate degrees in

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. The institute also awards bachelor's degrees in the following disciplines: *

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

Electronics Engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flow ...

Telecommunications Engineering Telecommunications engineering is a subfield of electronics engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication eng ...

Biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

In 2003,

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helped the university financially in building an auditorium that was named after him.

Gomal University Law College

The Law College is one of the constituent colleges of Gomal University dedicated to the promotion of legal education. The Law College grants the LLB degree and it consisted of 11 registered faculty members in the Law college.

Gomal College of Veterinary Sciences

The Gomal College of Veterinary Sciences was established as the Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences. The college grants

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and

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academic degrees. The college is under the jurisprudence of the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock.

Graduate schools and departments

The university offers master programmes in

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

, mathematics,

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

, and

biological science Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution of ...

. The research on physics began in 1974 after the physics department gained independence from Peshawar University the following year. Earlier, the Physics Department was established in the Government Post-Graduate College (GPGC) under the University of Peshawar in 1968 and was transferred to Gomal University in 1974. During the same time, scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan joined the research faculty and briefly taught courses on physics as a visiting professor. Gomal University currently focuses its research and development in radiation physics,

particle physics Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of Elementary particle, fundamental particles and fundamental interaction, forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the s ...

plasma physics Plasma () is a state of matter characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons. It is the most abundant form of ordinary matter in the universe, mostly in stars (including th ...

, and

computational physics Computational physics is the study and implementation of numerical analysis to solve problems in physics. Historically, computational physics was the first application of modern computers in science, and is now a subset of computational science ...

(as well as

Monte Carlo integration In mathematics, Monte Carlo integration is a technique for numerical integration using random numbers. It is a particular Monte Carlo method that numerically computes a definite integral. While other algorithms usually evaluate the integrand at ...

Degrees offered

Gomal University offers the following degrees:

Bachelors

# Bachelor of Computer Science # Bachelor in Information Technology # Bachelor of Science (Telecommunication Engineering) # Bachelor of Business Administration # Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) # Bachelor of Education # Pharm.D # Doctor of Veterinary Medicine # Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology) #Bachelor of Science Medical Emergency Care Technology #Bachelor of Science Dental Technology #Bachelor of Science Medical Lab Technology #Bachelor of Science anesthesia Technology #Bachelor of Science Surgical Technology #Bachelor of Science Medical imaging Technology #Doctor Of Physical therapy

Postgraduate

# Master of Science in Journalism and Mass Communication # Master of Computer Science # Master of Science in Health and Physical Education # Master of Science in Biology # Master of Science in Chemistry (world) # Master of Science in Economics # Master of Science in Mathematics # Master of Science in Physics # Master of Science in Statistics # Master of Arts in Islamic Studies # Master of Business Administration # Master of Arts in Pak Studies # Master of Business Administration (Banking & Finance) # Master of Commerce # Master of Education # Master of Arts (English) # Master in Public Administration # Master in Public Health # LLB

Sexual harassment scandals

In 2020, multiple women including students and faculty accused Professor Hafiz Salahuddin of sexual misconduct. The university then fired him after allegations of sexual harassment against him were proved. In 2021, Assistant Professor Muhammad Zubair of Political Science was fired after allegations of sexual harassment against him were proven.

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History

Academics

Institute of Engineering and Technology

Gomal University Law College

Gomal College of Veterinary Sciences

Graduate schools and departments

Degrees offered

Bachelors

Postgraduate

Sexual harassment scandals

See also

References

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