Islamia College, Peshawar (ICP) is a public university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Founded by Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum, who is commonly called The Sir Sayyed of the Frontier and his sincere colleague Sir George Roos-Keppel in 1913.
Islamia College Peshawar, the symbol of academic excellence is rich in history. Its building, which is the best embodiment of Muslim civilization in south Asia and its lush green lawns attract visitors from all over the country and abroad. It is not only the culminating point of the Aligarh Movement, it is in fact the beautiful combination of Aligarh and Deoband Schools of Thought. When the new province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (previously N.W.F.P) was formed in 1901 after its separation from the Punjab, there was only one college (Edwardes College) in whole province.
This scarcity of quality educational institutions forced local youth to travel to faraway regions of the country (British India) in pursuit of higher education. This same lack of educational opportunities in the region motivated Nawab Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum and Sir George Roos-Keppel to establish an institution that would not only cater the academic needs of the region but also produce leaders from the region. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah visited this College in 1936, 1945 and 1948. Quaid-e-Azam who became lifelong honorary member of the Khyber Union ICP in 1936 made the College one of the heirs of his property in 1939. 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. 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. Islamia College Peshawar was destined to become mother institution of the three universities and several colleges on its campus.
Departments
- Department of Arabic
- Department of English
- Department of Pakistan Studies
- Department of Pashtoo
- Department of Urdu
- Department of Economics
- Department of Education
- Gandhara Study Centre
- Department of Management Sciences
- Department of Political Sciences
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Islamic Theology
- Department of Sharia & Law
- Department of Botany
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Geography
- Department of Physics
- Department of Zoology
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Electronics
Contact Detail
| Address: | Grand Trunk Rd, University Campus, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Web: | http://www.icp.edu.pk/ |
| Phone Nr. | +92-919222036 |
| Email: | registrar@icp.edu.pk |