Riphah International University () is a private university in
Pakistan
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, chartered by the Federal Government of Pakistan in 2002.
It is sponsored by the not-for-profit Islamic International Medical College Trust (IIMCT). The first project of the IIMCT was the
Islamic International Medical College in
Rawalpindi
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, established in 1996 by its founding managing trustee, Zulfiqar Ali Khan. The university has 14 constituent units and an overseas project, the RAK College of Dental Sciences, in the
United Arab Emirates
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. The university is also working towards the establishment of a campus in
Mauritius
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.
Governance
The
president of Pakistan
The president of Pakistan () is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The president is the nominal head of the executive and the supreme commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces. is the patron of the university.
Zulfiqar Ali Khan
Zulfiqar Ali Khan (Urdu: ذوالفقار علی خان; 10 December 1930 – 8 March 2005) , was the first four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and later a diplomat. He was the Air Force's Chief of Air Staff from 15 April 1974 to ...
was the founding chancellor and Hassan Muhammad Khan is the pro-chancellor of the university. Educationist
Anis Ahmad
Anis Ahmad (Urdu: انیس احمد; born 23 March 1944; popularised as Prof. Dr. Anis) is a Pakistani social scientist, an educationist, and professor of Islam. He is recipient of award, by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, awarded fel ...
is the founding vice-chancellor of the university. The board of governors and the academic council are the highest policy-making bodies of the university. The vice-chancellor is the chief executive and academic officer of the university.
Faculties
The university consists of several colleges with undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programmes:
*Islamic International Dental College
*Islamic International Engineering College
*
Islamic International Medical College
*Riphah College of Rehabilitation Sciences
*Riphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
*Riphah Institute of Media Sciences
*Faculty of Computing
*Riphah Center of Islamic Business
*Riphah Institute of Informatics
*Riphah School of Leadership
*Riphah Institute of Systems Engineering
*Faculty of Basic Sciences
[
*Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities][
*Riphah Institute of Public Policy
*Riphah College of Veterinary Sciences (RCVetS), established in 2012. The college offers a five years ]Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
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(DVM) degree besides other short courses, and is accredited by the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC) and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC).
University ranking and quality certification
Riphah International University, Islamabad was included in "W Category" universities by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan in 2005 and was later included in the top five universities in the private sector, qualifying to receive research grants from the Government of Pakistan through the HEC. Subsequently, Riphah university ranked in the sixth position among private and public sector national universities of medium size with a quality score of 9.70 on the basis of quality assurance and research output criteria set by the HEC. Further, the Quality Enhancement Cell of the University was given first position among the private sector "W Category" universities of Pakistan according to the score card formulated by the HEC. Riphah was the first university in Pakistan to be certified under ISO 9001:2008 Standard by the UK based Lloyd's Register
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, one of the top five global independent risk management and safety assurance organizations.
Riphah College of Science and Technology's Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Pakistan Engineering Council
The Pakistan Engineering Council (Urdu: ; acronym: PEC) is a professional body for accreditation of engineering education and regulation of engineering profession in Pakistan. It was established on 10 January 1976 by the Parliament under th ...
(PEC).
Quality Enhancement Cell
The Quality Enhancement Cell was established at Riphah International University in October 2009 by the HEC,
References
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Educational institutions established in 2002
2002 establishments in Pakistan
Universities and colleges in Islamabad
Private universities and colleges in Pakistan
Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations
Islamic universities and colleges in Pakistan