Haripur Campus

Introduction

     Haripur is the city in Haripur District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, 65 kilometer north of Islamabad and 35 kilmeter south of Abbottabad, in a hilly plain area.

     To the south of Haripur only miles away lies the ancient Buddhist university town of Taxila. To the north within miles is the world’s largest rock filled dam, Tarbela Dam, the bulwark of Pakistani power generation and irrigation system. Also to the south lies the picturesque Khanpur dam which supplies drinking water to Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

      Close to the city of Haripur also lies the industrial area of Hattar. Another major industrial complex lying at the outskirts of the main Haripur city is the Telephone Industry of Pakistan or TIP (the biggest Telephone factory in whole Asia ). Such as another industry just next to TIP is National Radio Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC).

      Haripur is a green valley rich in the fruits and vegetables and serves as the base market for mountainous cities of Abbottabad and Mansehra and rest of Hazara division. Haripur district is one of the five districts that comprise Hazara Division.

 About Campus

          The Harpur campus is located at a beautiful lush green and pollution free area with its majestic infrastructure at Haripur. It is spread over an area of 236 (29.5 acres) kanals and is situated at an altitude 257 meters and at a distance of 63 Km north from Islamabad and 37 kilmeter south of Abbottabad. The pollution free and lush green surrounding of the campus has its own charm and beauty.

           The Haripur Campus is established with the widespread support from provincial government, especially the Governor, the Chief Minister and the Minister for Environment and Forest . The land for campus was handed over by Forest Development Corporation. Haripur Campus is the third campus of Hazara University , established within last 22 years with a mission in mind of the Vice Chancellor of Hazara University to provide higher education to students at the doorsteps.

          Initially three departments have been launched in the campus offering undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental science, agriculture and education. The first batch of students has started its classes on April 21 st , 2008.

          Internet usage in teaching and research institutes has immense importance. It is now a matter of honor and pleasure for the employees of Haripur Campus that a high speed internet carrying 2 Mbps would be functional in February 2009 in all departments and offices of the campus. The student and faculty packages would provide unlimited access to internet facilities at very low cost, both at home and on campus. This facility is providing boundless benefits in promotion of research in educational and administrative affairs.

  Existing Departments are:

•  Department of Environmental Science (DES)

•  Department of Agriculture (Horticulture and Food Science)

•  Department of Education

•  Department of Management Science

 Faculty and Staff

At present, there are 25 teaching staff performing their duties at respective departments. Department wise distribution of faculty is as follows:

•  Department of Environmental Science (DES)

       Total Faculty 6 including 2 PhDs.

       Total Student 167(Ph.D 1, M.Phil 39 Masters 71 Bchelor 56).

•  Department of Management Science

       Total Faculty 3.

       Total Student 71(BBA 17, MBA 54).

•  Department of Agriculture

      Total Faculty 09 including 2 Ph.Ds.

      Total Student 69(Bchelor 69).

•  Department of Education

      Total Faculty 05 including 03 Ph.Ds.

      Total Student 84(M.Phil 25 M.Ed 24 B.Ed 35).

Current enrollment in all departments of the campus is 319 students.