The University of Haripur (UOH) is a public university situated in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The establishment of University of Haripur (UoH) is an important milestone in the history of higher education in Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; a region which entails the international Karakorum Highway.
The existing premises of University of Haripur (spread over an area of 236 Kanals) were once a Rosin and Turpentine factory established by the Forest Development Corporation (FDC) on Wednesday, September 9, 1953. The factory remained functional till 1980 and was completely shut down in 1985 due to non-availability of raw material.
Hazara University, being the only public sector university in this region, was not sufficient enough to cater for the educational needs and requirements of the entire Hazara Division. Being at approximately 100 km from Haripur, the people of District Haripur, HassanAbdal, Chaj,Wah, Taxila, Mardan and Swabi had low access to University particularly the female students. The need of a campus in Haripur was seriously felt in order to facilitate the deserving students who have accessibility problems to Mansehra campus. The choice of this Rosin and Turpentine factory among others was found the most suitable one for the establishment of Haripur campus. On March 8, 2008, the factory was formally handed over to Hazara University for the establishment of its Haripur Campus. The campus was upgraded to full-fledged University of Haripur (UOH) in 2012 by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Faculties and departments
The university currently has the following departments and faculties.
Faculty of Social and Administrative Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of Education
- Department of Islamic and Religious Studies
- Department of Management Sciences
- Department of Psychology
Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences
- Department of Agriculture Sciences
- Department of history & Education
- Department of Islamic and religious studies
- Department of Environmental Sciences
- Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of Geology
- Department of Information Technology
- Department of Medical Lab Technology
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Public Health
- Department of Agronomy
- Department of Entomology
- Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics
- Department of Food Science and Technology
- Allied Section
Academic programs
The University currently offers the following courses
| BS (4 years) | Masters (2 years) | MPhil and PhD |
| BS Accounting and Finance | MBA | MPhil and PhD (Environmental Sciences) |
| BS Computer Science | MCS (Computer Science) | MPhil and PhD (Microbiology) |
| BS Software Engineering | MSc Economics | MPhil and PhD (information technology) |
| BS Artificial intelligence | MSc Environmental Sciences | MPhil and PhD (Education) |
| BS Data Science (to be inaugurated soon) | MSc Agriculture Sciences | MPhil (Forestry and Wild Life) |
| BS Telecom and networking | MEd (Education) | MPhil (Islamic and Religious Studies) |
| BS Economics | MSc Psychology | PhD Agricultural Sciences – Entomology |
| BS Environmental Science | MSc Medical Lab Technology (Diagnostic and Research Center) | PhD Agricultural Sciences – Agronomy |
| BS Education | MSc Microbiology | PhD Agricultural Sciences – Food Science and Technology |
| BS Psychology | MSc Public Health | PhD Agricultural Sciences – Horticulture |
| BS Medical Lab Technology (Diagnostic and Research Center) | PhD Agricultural Sciences – Plant Breeding and Genetics (PBG) | |
| BS Geology | PhD Agricultural Sciences – Soil and Environmental Sciences | |
| BS Forestry and Wild life | ||
| BS Physics | ||
| BS Food science | ||
| BS health and physical education | ||
| BS Biochemistry | ||
| BS Botany | ||
| BS zoology | ||
| BS Public Health |
Location
| Hattar Road Near Swat Chowk Haripur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan 22620, Pakistan |
| http://www.uoh.edu.pk/ |
| +92-995-920602 |