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Islamia College, Peshawar

Islamia College, Peshawar (Urdu: اسلامیہ کالج پشاور‎) is a public research university located in midst of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakist...
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Islamia College, Peshawar (Urdu: اسلامیہ کالج پشاور‎) is a public research university located in midst of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1]

Founded by the personal initiatives led by Sir S.A. Qayyum and Sir George Roos-Keppel in 1913, it is one the oldest institution of higher education in Pakistan, and its historical roots are traced from the culminating point of the Aligarh Movement.[2] The university provides higher learning in fine arts, humanities and modern sciences.[2] In 1950, the University of Peshawar was founded as an offshoot of Islamia College Peshawar, with the later being associated to the university as a constituent college.[2] Initially established as Islamia College, it was granted university status by the Government of Pakistan in 2008; the word college is retained in its title for preserving its historical roots.
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