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| Type | Not-For-Profit | |||||||||||||
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| Established | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Chairman | Imran Khan | |||||||||||||
Academic staff | 49[1] | |||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 500 | |||||||||||||
| Location | ,, | |||||||||||||
| Campus | Suburban | |||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Namal | |||||||||||||
| Affiliations | Higher Education Commission (Pakistan),Pakistan Engineering Council | |||||||||||||
| Website | namal | |||||||||||||
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TheNamal University is aprivate university inRikhi,Mianwali District,Punjab, Pakistan.[2] It is located on 30 km,TalagangMianwali Road nearNamal Lake.
In 2002,Imran Khan began developing the concept of establishing acollege adjacent toNamal Lake in theMianwali District after observing highunemployment rates among the youth, many of whom were unskilled.[3][4] After being appointedChancellor of the University of Bradford in 2005, Imran Khan initiated efforts to establish a connection between his proposed Namal College and the university.[5][6] In December 2005, an agreement was reached to grant Namal College associate status at the University of Bradford.[5][7] The construction of the college began in 2006 and it was inaugurated as Namal College in 2008 by Imran Khan.[8][9] The college was then affiliated with the University of Bradford and later it established theImran Khan Foundation to fundscholarships for more than 90 percent of students who would study at the college coming from humble backgrounds.[10][11] The 40 kanal of land area for the college was provided by theGovernment of Punjab, Pakistan.[12]
In 2007, Imran Khan invited tenstudents from Bradford to spend a week studying at Namal College in Pakistan. The program aimed to educate participants about the economic, cultural, and social challenges facing Pakistan and to observe the effects ofglobalization ondeveloping countries. The initiative was organized by the Yorkshire regional team of the Young Enterprise organization and supported by Bradford Kickstart of theBradford Council.[13]
In 2009, Namal College enrolled its inaugural class of 68 students in programs includingcomputer science,software engineering, andnetwork administration.[3]
In 2019, Namal College became a degree awarding institute (DAI) and was renamed as Namal Institute.[14]
Imran Khan is the chairman of Board of Governors Namal Education Foundation which is the sponsoring body of Namal Knowledge City including this institute.[14]
List of universities in Pakistan
Grateful to the people of the region, Imran Khan began work on a top-class university called Namal College in 2008. The college, an associate of the University of Bradford, also established the Imran Khan Foundation. In recognition of his contributions, Imran Khan has been honoured as a chancellor at the University of Bradford. Situated in a remote area against a picturesque mountain backdrop, 90 per cent of the students at Namal College hail from humble backgrounds and study on scholarships.
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