University of Chitral

University of Chitral is established by Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in District Chitral in 2017. It is created as result of Higher Education, Archives and Libraries Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa notification number SO(UE-II)3-1/2017 dated March 31, 2017.[2]

Before inception of University of Chitral, there were two university campuses operating in district Chitra. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal subcampus and Abdul Wali Khan University subcampus.[3] The student number in these campuses were growing over period of time resulting in the provision of academic facilities had also increased manifolds. The present academic, research and residential facilities were not enough to cater for the actual requirements of all the students. The situation thus warranted the construction and development of a full-fledged University at Chitral in order to meet the present and expected high demand for higher educational facilities for students. The residents of Chitral were also demanding a full-fledged University for Chitral from quite sometimes.[4] This results in the creation of University of Chitral in 2011.

University of Chitral will act as a "regional education corridor" for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia via Wakhan Strip, Gilgit Baltistan and Gilgit-Chitral, Dir, Malakand alternate CPEC Route.[5]

The university currently has the following Departments.[3]

• Department of Botany
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Economics
• Department of Education
• Department of English Language & Literature
• Department of Management Sciences
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Sociology
• Department of Tourism and Hotel Management
• Department of Urdu
• Department of Zoology

• Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal
• Abdul Wali Khan University
• University of Malakand, Chakdara
• University of Buner