Abdullah Abid

University of SWAT

On May 29th , 2010 the Prime Minister of Pakistan, visited swat and announced the establishment of university of swat. The university came into formal existence at dated 07/07/2010 by the Honorable Governor. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mr.Awais Ahmad Ghani with the prior approval of the President of Pakistan. Its first Vice Chancellor Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan (Shaheed) was appointed on 23/08/2010. The Higher Education Department (HED) handed over two buildings to the university located at saidu sharif swat. Land Acquisition for the University's own campus has been initiated and shall be sorted out soon. In its first Academic session 2010-11 the university opened the following seven department. Department of Business Administration Department of Computer Science Department of Development Studies Department of Economics Department of Education Department of Law and Shari'a Department of Statistics In the session 2011-12 one discipline of Software Engineering and four more departments of Zoology, Microbiology and Environmental Sciences at BS level are introduced.