Department of Islamic Studies and Arabic

 

 

 

 

Islamic Studies and Arabic Faculty Member Courses

 

Introduction

 

This Department was established in the end of 1979 at City Campus of this University and was named the Department of Arabic, Islamic Studies and Research. Initially the Department launched M.A Islamic Studies program with a view to provide facilities for advanced studies and original research in the field of Islamic Studies. The department shifted to Arts Block at Main Campus in 1983 but again shifted to City Campus in 2006. The Program of M.A in Islamic Studies has been successfully continued since establishment of the department but M.A in Arabic program continued hardly for three sessions due to lack of interest of candidates. The department started M.Phil/ Ph.D programs in 2002 and 2004 respectively. Distance Education Program in the relevant fields is being offered by the department as well. The B.S 4 years Program in Islamic Studies will be launched shortly in the Department. The Department renamed as Department of Islamic Studies and Arabic during 2012. By the grace of ALLAH now it is a large department among the departments of Faculty of Arts.

 

Academic Facilities

A departmental library is housed in this department with a collection of about 7500 books. It is meant to provide reading facilities to the students of this department in addition to the Central library of  Gomal University. In departmental library a variety of titles are found concerning different courses of both under-graduate and post-graduate classes. Our cautiously chosen curriculum considering the demands of the student and the existing period, offers excellent study of the ancient times and the contemporary era. The highly qualified staff is offering the services for  the students in their studies and research activities. Moreover different extra curricular facilities are being provided to the students. Besides teaching and studies, original research work is also carried out in the department. Research activities at M.Phil and Ph.D level are also in progress.

 

Students future career/academic opportunities

After obtaining Master Degree in Islamic Studies there is a scope of job for brilliant students, in Schools, Colleges, Universities, Madaris, Armed forces and different Government and non government organizations. They can apply for the posts of BPS-17 exist in the relevant field. Some students passing out from this department are providing their services in educational, research as well as religious institutions. On the basis of Master degree in Islamic Studies the desirous students can improve their qualification by appearing in N.T.S Tests/ getting admission in M.Phil program. Moreover after passing requisite N.T.S examination they can apply for  Higher Education Commission’s indigenous M.Phil leading to Ph.D Scholarship program.

 

Achievements

This department is too rich with reference to highly qualified faculty having Ph.D degree in the relevant fields. It is an honour that among seven Ph.D staff members, a staff member completed his Post Doctoral Research in a renowned  university of Malaysia and another staff member got his Ph.D degree from a famous university of U.S.A. The teaching staff of the department has been actively engaged in various research activities. Enough research papers of the staff have been published in Research Journals of National and International repute. Some of the faculty members of the department also participate in the National/International Conferences and Seminars and provide their views on different national and international issues of Islam and Muslim Ummah as well as dialogue among religions. The research activities in the department are remarkable as this department produced 5 Ph.Ds and 3 M.Phils till now.

 

Future Programs

The Department intends:-

1.      To launch evening classes in Arabic language.

2.      To start Separate Discipline for M.A Arabic Program.

3.      To make success the Distance Education Program.

4.      To establish Islamic Research Center at Gomal University.

5.      To open Computer Lab in the department.

6.      To publish the Research Journal under the auspices of the department.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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