Editing Peshawar (section)

== Education ==

[[File:Beautiful view of Peshawar Uni museum.jpg|thumb|Museum of Peshawar University]]

[[File:FAST Peshawar campus.jpg|thumb|FAST Peshawar Campus]]
{{Main|List of universities in Peshawar}}
Numerous educational institutes — schools, colleges and universities — are located in Peshawar. 21.6% of children between the ages of 5 and 9 were not enrolled in any school in 2013,<ref name="SPDC" /> while 16.6% of children in the 10 to 14 age range were out of school.<ref name="SPDC" />

Currently, Peshawar has universities for all major disciplines ranging from [[Humanities]], [[General science|General Sciences]], [[Science]]s, [[Engineering]], [[Medicine|Medical]], [[Agriculture]] and [[Management science|Management Sciences]]. The first public sector university, [[University of Peshawar]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uop.edu.pk/ |title=University of Peshawar |last=UoP |first=CITS |website=University of Peshawar |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219102400/http://www.uop.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (UOP) was established in October 1950 by the first [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]. [[University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uetpeshawar.edu.pk/ |title=University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan |website=uetpeshawar.edu.pk |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202111919/http://www.uetpeshawar.edu.pk/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> was established in 1980 while [[University of Agriculture, Peshawar|Agriculture University Peshawar]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aup.edu.pk/ |title=The University of Agriculture, Peshawar-Pakistan |website=aup.edu.pk |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224131819/http://www.aup.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> started working in 1981. The first private sector university [[CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences|CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cecos.edu.pk/ |title=CECOS – University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences |website=cecos.edu.pk |language=en-US |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224055353/http://www.cecos.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was established in 1986. [[Institute of Management Sciences (Peshawar)|Institute of Management Sciences]] started functioning in 1995, which become degree awarding institution in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.imsciences.edu.pk/ |title=IMSciences |website=imsciences.edu.pk |language=en-gb |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224205338/http://www.imsciences.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are currently 9 Medical colleges in Peshawar, 2 in public sector while 7 in private sector.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pmc.gov.pk/Colleges/PrivateMedicalColleges |title=RECOGNIZED MEDICAL COLLEGES IN PAKISTAN |website=pmdc.org.pk |access-date=21 December 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819060118/http://www.pmdc.org.pk/AboutUs/RecognizedMedicalDentalColleges/tabid/109/Default.aspx |archive-date=19 August 2010}}</ref> The first Medical College, [[Khyber Medical College]],<ref name="Newspaper">{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/660792 |title=University status for Khyber Medical College planned |last=Newspaper |first=the |date=21 September 2011 |work=Dawn|location=Pakistan |access-date=21 December 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=13 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213012006/https://www.dawn.com/news/660792 |url-status=live }}</ref> was established in 1954 as part of [[University of Peshawar]]. The first Medical University, [[Khyber Medical University]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kmu.edu.pk/ |title=Khyber Medical University {{!}} Committed to Excellence in Medical Education and Research |website=kmu.edu.pk |language=en |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224144037/http://kmu.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Newspaper" /> while a women only Medical college, [[Khyber Girls Medical College]] was established in 2007.

At the start of the 21st century, a host of new private sector universities started working in Peshawar. [[Qurtuba University]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qurtuba.edu.pk/ |title=Qurtuba University of Science & Information Technology |website=qurtuba.edu.pk |language=en-gb |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=18 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218235155/http://qurtuba.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology|Sarhad University of Science and IT]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.suit.edu.pk/ |title=Sarhad University |website=suit.edu.pk |language=en |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219200654/http://www.suit.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences|Fast University, Peshawar Campus]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pwr.nu.edu.pk/ |title=FAST-NUCES Peshawar {{!}} National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences |website=pwr.nu.edu.pk |language=en-US |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219153117/http://pwr.nu.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar|City University of Science and IT]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cityuniversity.edu.pk/cusitnew/index.php |title=CUSIT: City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar |website=cityuniversity.edu.pk |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=25 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225172421/http://www.cityuniversity.edu.pk/cusitnew/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> were established in 2001 while [[Gandhara University]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gandhara.edu.pk/ |title=Gandhara University Peshawar Pakistan: Home Page |website=gandhara.edu.pk |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101013915/http://www.gandhara.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was inaugurated in 2002 and [[Abasyn University]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://abasyn.edu.pk/ |title=Abasyn University |website=abasyn.edu.pk |language=en |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=20 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220091258/http://abasyn.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in 2007.

[[Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sbbwu.edu.pk/sbbwu/ |title=Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar |last=SBBWU |first=ITC |website=sbbwu.edu.pk |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=20 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220122440/http://www.sbbwu.edu.pk/sbbwu/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1370646 |title=Universities asked to promote research |last=Report |first=Bureau |date=15 November 2017 |work=Dawn|location=Pakistan |access-date=21 December 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=22 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052403/https://www.dawn.com/news/1370646 |url-status=live }}</ref> the first women university of Peshawar, started working in 2009 while private sector [[IQRA National University]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.inu.edu.pk/ |title=IQRA NAtional University {{!}} Peshawar, Hayatabad |website=inu.edu.pk |language=en-GB |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226013547/http://inu.edu.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was established in 2012.

Apart from good range of universities, Peshawar has host of high quality [[further education]] (Post School) educational institutes. The most renowned are, [[Edwardes College]] founded in 1900 by Herbert Edwardes, is the oldest college in the province and [[Islamia College Peshawar]], which was established in 1913. Islamia College became university and named as [[Islamia College University]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1144436 |title=Khattak lauds academic standard of Islamia College University |last=Report |first=Bureau |date=14 November 2014 |work=Dawn|location=Pakistan |access-date=21 December 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=22 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222090814/https://www.dawn.com/news/1144436 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The following is a list of some of the public and private universities and colleges in Peshawar:
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*[[Abasyn University]] (Abasyn University, Peshawar)
*[[Agricultural University (Peshawar)]]
*[[CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences]]
*[[City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar]]
*[[Edwardes College]]
*[[Forward Degree College]]
*[[Frontier Women University]]
*[[Gandhara University]]
*[[Government College Hayatabad Peshawar]]
*[[Government College Peshawar]]
*[[Government Girls Degree College, Peshawar]]
*[[Government Superior Science College Peshawar]]
*[[IMSciences]] (Institute of Management Sciences)
*[[Iqra National University, Peshawar]] (formerly Peshawar Campus of Iqra University Karachi)
*[[Islamia College University]]
*[[Jinnah College for Women]]
*[[Jinnah Medical College]]
*[[Khyber Girls Medical College]]
*[[Khyber Medical College]]
*[[Khyber Medical University]]
*[[National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences]], Peshawar Campus (NU-FAST)
*Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar
*Peshawar Medical College
*Kabir Medical College
*Sardar Begum Dental College
*[[Preston University (Pakistan)|Preston University]]
*[[Qurtuba University]] (Qurtuba University of Science & Information Technology)
*[[Rehman Medical College]]
*[[Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology]]
*[[Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University]]
*[[University of Agriculture, Peshawar]]
*[[University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar]]
*[[University of Peshawar]]

The Pakistani military operates Army Public School Peshawar. It was the site of the [[2014 Peshawar school massacre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/12/16/remembering-the-peshawar-school-massacre|title=Remembering the Peshawar school massacre|publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]|date=16 December 2015|accessdate=28 June 2023}}</ref>