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Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU)

Rawalpindi, Punjab

Fatima Jinnah Women University offers an incomparable environment for females for their academic and professional development by offering opportunities for learning and research in diverse and innovative areas to realize their potential to the optimum. Our alumni are a part of prestigious organisations, overseas and at home. Being a Public Sector University, quality education is offered to students at a generously subsidized rate by accommodating women across the country especially from rural backgrounds.

https://www.fjwu.edu.pk/  |  https://fjwu.edu.pk/hessa/

Vision

To aspire and innovate for a sustainable future by promoting higher education, research, collaboration and community engagement to achieve societal empowerment.

Mission

To achieve excellence through a conducive learning environment for collective well-being and societal transformation.

History

Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) has been established in the premises of the Old Presidency, situated at the Mall, in the heart of Rawalpindi Cantonment. Former Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif inaugurated this gift for the nation’s daughters and their families on August 6, 1998. Classes were initiated at FJWU on December 28, 1998 and the first batch of students graduated in September 2001.

27

Departments

75

Degree Programs

6,074

Enrolled Students

285

Faculty

Dr. Saima Hamid

Vice Chancellor

About

  • # of students: Males: na | Females: 6,074
  • # of total full-time faculty: Males: 34 | Females: 150
  • Student’s faculty ratio: 1:33
  • # of Ph.D. faculty: 101
  • # of offered degree programs: 31 of BS | 3 of MS | 11 of Ph.D. | 18 of Phil | 1 of other
  • # of faculties: 6

HESSA Trainees

  • Component I

    Year
    1

    Component
    II

    Year
    1

    2022

    2022

    Women Leadership

    Prof. Dr. Azra Yasmin
    Dean, FLCMAS
    Dr. Zainab Jehan
    Additional Registrar

    Career Readiness

    Ms. Naseem Akhtar
    Additional Registrar

    Deans 

    Prof. Dr. Sheikh Saeed
    Environmental Sciences
    Prof. Dr. Muhammad Bilal
    Anthropology

    Alumni Engagement

    Ms. Humera Sadia
    Placement Coordinator

    Student Support 

    Dr. Shoaib Akhtar
    Director ORIC

    Student Leadership Program/Co-Curricular Activities

    Dr. Shaheen Begum
    Associate Professor/Director
    Student Affairs

    HoDs

    Prof. Dr. Tahir Mukhtar
    Department of Economics
    Prof. Dr. Ghulam Behlol
    Department of Education
    Dr. Sadia Hina
    Associate Professor

    Entrepreneurship

    Dr. Amad-ud- Din
    Manager Industrial Linkage

    Teaching

    Dr. Akifa Imtiaz
    Associate Professor
    Dr. Sheharyar Naveed
    Assistant Professor

    Mental Health

    Dr. Sajida Naz
    Assistant Professor

     

    Financial Aid

    Ms. Saba Nawaz
    Deputy Registrar

                   

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