National University of Modern Languages

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National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad

Established:	1970 (became university 1999)
Type:	Public University
Chancellor:	Pervez Musharraf President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Rector:	Dr. Aziz Khan
Undergraduates:	4678
Postgraduates:	6044
Location:	Islamabad, Pakistan
Campus:	Urban
Website:	www.numl.edu.pk

National University of Modern Languages is located at Islamabad, Pakistan. The university began as an institute in 1970 to help people communicate and understand each other in different languages, to assimilate different cultures and to act as a springboard for emerging disciplines. At present it is a fully autonomous, degree awarding University. It has crossed several barriers and now teaches 23 languages in addition to many emerging arts and sciences.It is open to all persons, regardless of class, creed, gender, race,religion or color.

1 Administrative Set-Up
2 Faculties
3 Foreign Collaboration
4 External links

[edit] Administrative Set-Up

The President of Pakistan is the Chancellor while the Federal Minister of Education is the Pro-Chancellor .The day to day administration is controlled by a Board of Governors headed by the Chief of the Army Staff. Federal Secretaries of different ministries and prominent citizens from both private and public sectors function as its member.The Rector (Vice Chancellor) is responsible for keeping the university operative at an optimum level both in academics and administration.

[edit] Faculties

The university consists of the following faculties:

Faculty of Modern Languages
- Department of English
- Department of French
- Department of German
- Department of Chinese
- Department of Italian
- Department of Hindi
- Department of Japanese
- Department of Persian
- Department of Russian
- Department of Spanish
- Department of Urdu
- Department of Turkish
- Department of Indonesian Language
- Department of Arabic
Faculty of Management Sciences
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Commerce
Faculty of Information Techonology
- Department of Computer Sciences
- Department of Computer Engineering
- Department of Telecom Engineering
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of Mass Communication
- Department of International Relations
- Department of Islamic/Pak Studies
- Department of Education
- Department of Advanced Integrated Studies

[edit] Foreign Collaboration

The National University of Modern Languages firmly believes that education has no geographic boundaries. Students all over the world have a natural right to access valuable academic information. With this objective in mind, NUML has signed agreements with the following prestigious seats of learning: