1,255 graduates conferred degrees at 20th convocation of FJWU.

Rawalpindi -- The 20th convocation of Fatima Jinnah women University (FJwU) was held at the Jinnah Convention Center on Friday to commemorate the outstanding academic accomplishments of the graduates of 2022. Governor punjab and Chancellor FJwU Engr Mohammad Baligh Ur Rehman was the chief guest while Chairperson Higher Education Commission, dr Mukhtar ahmad was the guest of honour. The 1,255 conferred degrees included 12 phd, 238 MS and M. phil, 136 Masters and 869 Bachelors. as many as, 47 gold and 30 silver medals were also awarded to the students getting distinction in their respective programs. Sponsored gold medals were awarded by 'First women Bank limited', 'Media development Trust Mishaal pakistan' and 'Qudratullah Shahab Organization'. in her welcome address, Vice Chancellor Fatima Jinnah women University, Rawalpindi, dr. Saima Hamid expressed her gratitude to the Honourable Chancellor for presiding at the commencement. She congratulated the graduating students and their parents, and wished them a peaceful and prosperous future.

She appreciated the students' hard work, outstanding achievements and their parents' commitment to excellence in education and emphasized the hope that the students would make optimal use of the productive, creative and inventive professional skill sets that the university had imparted them with.

The Vice Chancellor FJwU highlighted the fact that the university currently offers 75 degree programs, under 27 departments - including 12 associate degrees, 31 Undergraduate programs, 21 MS/ Mphil, and 11 phd programs. She also emphasized that FJwU had been active in forging national and international collaborations, and in the last year alone 31 MoUs had been signed with national/international academic institutions, and industry organizations. FJwU is one of the 16 partner universities under the HESSa project which is a five-year program for improving pakistan's higher education system and boosting the employability of university graduates.

The university is also working with the University of Malmo, Sweden, on joint teaching and research through the recently secured grant. as founding member of all pakistan women Universities Consortium, FJwU now has a network of 13 women-only universities across pakistan. Being a member of Talloirs network of Engaged Universities, FJwU has launched 70 multidisciplinary courses for FJwU students, alumnae and the general public. She further elaborated that last year FJwU launched...

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