National University of Modern Languages

National University of Modern Languages
قومی جامعہ جدید زبانیں
Other name	NUML
Former name	Institute Of Modern Languages
Type	Public
Established	1969
Accreditation	Higher Education Commission; Pakistan Academy of Letters; Pakistan Engineering Council; National Computing Education Accreditation Council; Association of Commonwealth Universities
Chancellor	President of Pakistan
Rector	Maj Gen Shahid Mahmood Kayani HI(M), Retd
Director General	Brig Shahzad Munir, nswc, psc
Administrative staff	~1,000
Students	~14,000
Location	Islamabad, Pakistan; 33°40′N 73°03′E / 33.667°N 73.050°E
Campus	Urban
Colours	Blue, white, yellow
Website	numl.edu.pk

The National University of Modern Languages (NUMLs) (Urdu: قومی جامعہ جدید زبانیں) is a multi-campus public university with its main campus located in Islamabad, Pakistan^[2] and other campuses in different cities of Pakistan.

Overview

The university offers Undergraduate, Graduate and Postgraduate programs in Languages, Linguistics, Social Sciences, Media & Communications, Management Sciences, Electrical & Software Engineering and Computer Sciences.

History

The National University of Modern Languages was established as an institute of modern languages in 1969. Initially, the institute provided language training facilities to the Armed Forced personnel and other government servants. In May 2000, its status was upgraded from an institution to a federal charter University.

Faculties and departments

Faculty of the Engineering and Computer Sciences

Department of Software Engineering
Department of Computer Science
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Mathematics
Department of Artificial Intelligence
Department of Information Technology

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Department of English for Under-Graduate Studies
Department of English for Graduate Studies

Faculty of Management Studies

Department of Economics
Department of Management Science
Department of Commerce and Accounting

Faculty of Social Sciences

Department of Educational Sciences
Department of International Relations & Peace and Conflict Studies
Department of Governance and Public Policy
Department of Media Studies
Department of Pakistan Studies
Department of Islamic Thought and Culture
Department of Applied Psychology
Department of Area Studies China

Faculty of Languages

Department of Arabic Language and Culture
Department of Chinese Language and Culture
Department of English Language Teaching
Department of French Language and Culture
Department of German Language and Culture
Department of Italian Language and Culture
Department of Japanese Language and Culture
Department of Korean Language and Culture
Department of Pakistani Languages
Department of Persian Language and Culture
Department of Russian Language and Culture
Department of South Asian Languages and Cultures
Department of Spanish Language and Culture
Department of Turkish Studies
Department of Urdu Language and Literature
Department of Translation and interpretation

International Institutes, Centers and Chairs Operating at NUML

Confucius Institute, China
Iranology Center, Iran
King Sejong Institute, Republic of Korea
Yunus Emre Institute, Turkiye
Belarusian Language and Culture Chair, Belarus
Jean Monnet Chair – Europe

Research Journals

Sr.	Name	ISSN#
a)	Al Basirah	2520-7334
b)	DARYAFT	2616-6038
c)	NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry (JCI)	2789-4665
d)	Journal of Research in Social Sciences (JRSS)	2306-112X(E)
e)	NUML International Journal of Business & Management	2521-473X (Online)
f)	NUML International Journal of Engineering and Computing	2788-9629
g)	Polyglot: A Journal of Language, Culture & Translation Studies	2790-2307

Distinguished People

General Pervez Musharraf NI(M) TBt
General Khalid Shameem Wynne NI(M), HI(M) (Late)
General Raheel Sharif NI(M) HI(M)
Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) TI(M) (Retd)
Admiral Asif Sandila NI(M) HI(M) (Retd)
Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, TBt, NI(M), HI(M) (Retd)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Late) [Minister of Foreign Affairs]
Ms. Zobaida Jalal [Federal Minister]
Mr. Salman Bashir (Retd) [Foreign Secretary of Pakistan]
Mr. Masood Khan [President of Azad Kashmir]
Tehmina Janjua [Foreign Secretary of Pakistan]
Mr. Kashif Abbasi [Journalist/Anchor Person, Ary News]^{[citation needed]}

Rectors

Sr.	Name	From	To
1)	Brig Aziz Ahmed Khan (Retd)	29-05-2000	23-06-2011
2)	Maj Gen Masood Hasan HI(M), Retd	24-06-2011	30-06-2015
3)	Maj Gen Zia Ud Din Najam HI(M), Retd	10-07-2015	10-07-2019
4)	Maj Gen Muhammad Jaffar HI(M), Retd	10-07-2019	09-01-2024
5)	Maj Gen Shahid Mahmood Kayani HI(M), Retd	10-01-2024	To date

Alumni

NUML alumni are pride of institute and they are remarkably performing in their respective fields. Some of leading alumni are as follow.

Name	Job Title	Department	Institution
Mr. Mansoor Khan	Vice President	Company Secretary Office	Hashoo Group
Mr. Qasim Chattha	Controller	Military Accounts	Military Accounts
Mr. Salman Yasin	Country Manager	Business Intelligence	Business Intelligence
Mr. Shahneed Ahmed	Manager	Corporate Business	Jubilee Life Insurance
Ms. Madiha Hamad	HR Manager	HR	AAI German
Mr. Muhammad Tayyab	Marketing Executive	Marketing	DESTO
Mr. Sohaib Afzal Khan	Finance Executive	Finance	Attock Petroleum Ltd
Ms. Raima Amjad	Resident Auditor	Local Fund Audit	Govt. of Pakistan
Mr. Syed Komail Shamim	Area Manager - North	Psychiatry & Neurology	Lundbeck Pakistan
Ms. Sameen Mansoor	CEO	CEO	Palki Creations
Mr. Jawwad Zuberi	CEO	CEO	Mohsin Sons
Mr. Shaun Shafqat	Senior Manager	Financial Services	S&P Global
Mr. Dr. Muahmamd Asif	Professor	Management Sciences	SZABIST Islamabad

Establishment of Intellectual Forums

Different intellectual and academic forums have been established to study and investigate contemporary geo-political challenges and socio-cultural dynamics. Some of these include:-

NUML Dialogue Forum
Centre for Regional Studies
Centre for Research on Languages and Cultures
Center for Multidisciplinary Research
NUML Writer's Forum
NUML Mehfil Forum

NUML Dialogue Forum engages the faculty and the students in critical interactions about the contemporary issues. It has a semi-structured pattern of discussion in which a talk is given by some renowned personality and subsequently a question-answer session follows.

Center for Regional Studies is dedicated to the study and investigation of regional issues which are political, cultural and sociological in nature. It is primarily a research-based center which seeks to explore the significant dynamics related to South Asian Region.

CRLC aims at tracing back the history of languages and cultures to their genesis. Investigating their linkages and role in culture-formation area/era-wise with special emphasis on major civilizations. Developing repository (scripts and audio) – corpus of languages. Publicizing research and providing policy-related input to relevant stakeholder.

Center for Multi-Disciplinary Research (CMR) Established in 2021, provides technical platform for cross-disciplinary research incorporating IT and commercialization. One project has been submitted (FE&CS – FMS) while seven (FE&CS – FoL, FAH, FMS, FSS) are in process. Two publications have been submitted (FE&CS – FMS, FAH) while eleven (FE&CS – FMS, FSS, FoL, FAH) are in process

NUML Writers’ Forum (NWF) established to incentivize and encourage faculty, students and alumni to accomplish research and write books on important socio-economic and political issues. Authors are being facilitated in terms of availability of time, provision of relevant research material, compilation, formatting, editing and publication.

Finally, NUML Mehfil Forum is a cultural and literary forum which organizes various talks and events related to literary and cultural topics. It has a more informal pattern and some intellectual personality is invited for a non-structured talks, poetry recitations, autobiographical narratives and question-answer sessions.

Facts & Figures

NUML has a huge network of academic collaborations and scholarship awards. Just in the financial year 2021–22, over 1,850 students worth 111 Million PKR were awarded as scholarships. 282 students were awarded HEC Need-based Scholarships (Rs 33.36 Mn). 521 students were given Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarships (Rs 58.06 Mn). 630 students were given Merit Scholarships (Rs 4.32 Mn). 445 students cases (Ongoing 270 + Fresh 175) - Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal. 08 x Scholarships for Differently-abled Students, Wards of Shuhada and Sports were awarded.

NUML Placement Centre, established July 2021, organizes a number of Corporate Grooming Sessions, Job Fairs and on-Campus Recruitment Drives.

Faculty of Languages houses 13 departments and offers teaching in 21 languages. The FoL is the real raison d’etre of NUML as back in 1969, it was conceived as a language institute before its development into a multidisciplinary, broad-based university in 2000. Still, language teaching remains its strongest suit as it is the only HEI in Pakistan which offers language teaching at such a large scale.

NUML and University of North Texas (UNT) ran a partnership program to train faculty from 2013 to 2015. As a follow-up, NUML is training 45 faculty members of 6 x newly established universities of Pakistan.

NUML successfully completed English Works Program sponsored by RELO (Regional English Language Office) - US Embassy Islamabad. 135 under-privileged students were trained in communicative, interpersonal and entrepreneurial skills; over 30 students got employment and educational opportunities.

Global Undergraduate Exchange Program is being administered by United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP). The program provides opportunities to Pakistanis to study, research and engage with international students, scholars and professionals in the US. This year, 16 students were selected from Pakistan to study in the US for one semester, out of which, 5 were from NUML

Promotion of Sports Culture

NUML won two Bronze Medals in HEC All Pakistan Intervarsity Intervarsity Boxing championship 2023-24
Sajjad Akbar won HEC Zone E Badminton Championship 2023-24
NUML won the HEC Intervarsity Football Championship Zone E 2023-24
NUML Debating Society (NDS) have won the Team Trophy award in CUST Allama Iqbal Twin City Bilingual Declamation Contest.
NUML won the HEC Intervarsity Zone-E Volleyball men championship 2023-24
NUML won Table Tennis Championship (Men) for Year 2023-2024
Almaa Shfan, Won Silver Medal in All Pakistan Inter-Varsity 15th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship 2022
NUML Won Inter-University Hockey Championship Zone C
NUML Won Inter-University Volley-ball Championship Zone C
Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive Inter-Varsity - 90 Plus Students Participated in Men (Hockey, Boxing, Judo, Athletics) and Women (Football, Volleyball, Athletics) Sports Events
NUML Female student participated in COAS Pakistan Open International Taekwondo Championship – 2021
Janita Javed, Won Silver Medal in Table Tennis (All KPK Games 2022)
NUML Won Bronze Medal in All Pakistan Inter-Varsity Boxing Championship
3 Gold and 4 Silver Medals, Kamyab Jawan Talent Hunt Wrestling - Province Level

Student Facilities

Auditorium

NUML has an auditorium for different events like Convocations, Conferences, Open house job fair etc.

Hostels

Each Hostel (separate for boys and girls, and also for faculty) in the university is self-contained with amenities such as a reading room, an indoor games room, a lounge and a dining hall with mess.

NUML Video Conferencing

Video conference facility at NUML is frequently used for conduct of conferences and relaying seminars/workshops/talks or any important academic or non-academic events held in the Islamabad Campus. A video conference setup is also established at the university auditorium through which important events are shared with all regional campuses. Moreover, interviews, interaction with the regional directors and PhD/MPhil scholars’ final defence of thesis are also conducted through this.

Mosque

The mosque is located in the heart of the campus near where the university community offers their daily prayers as well as Jumma prayer. The mosque is open to the public for prayer. Daily sermons are delivered in both Arabic and Urdu. The spacious mosque offers separate prayer facilities for men and women.

NUML Placement Center and Job Fair

NUML Placement Centre, established in July 2021, organizes a number of Corporate Grooming Sessions, Job Fairs and On-Campus Recruitment Drives.

Cafeterias

NUML has two cafeterias.

Sports Facilities

There is a gymnasium with facilities i.e. basketball, handball, volleyball, badminton courts, table-tennis and weight training gadgets, aerobic and anaerobic fitness machines at NUML. A standard ground for football which is also used for practice of hockey and cricket has also been upgraded. An international standard futsal ground, outdoor volleyball court and a basketball court has also been constructed recently.

Library

NUML has a dedicated block with two floors for library. The present library is holding over one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) books, journals, documents and non-book material on various disciplines. This facility is available 7 days a week.

E-Library

NUML has established E-Library for its students/scholars and faculty with online access to a wide range of books along with MPhil/PhD thesis.

Research Room and Facilitation Center

In the library, a dedicated research room and facilitation center with 18 & 28 computers respectively have been established for undergraduate and MPhil/PhD scholars and faculty members. NUML has a valid subscription to HEC digital library, which is extended to faculty, students and researchers. Additional digital library resources are arranged from the HEC which include IEEE and ACM etc. Access of Digital Library resources (on-campus and off-campus) for the students and researches are arranged.

Day-Care Facility

To facilitate academic and administrative staff members, NUML provides Daycare facility for their kids so that they can perform their duties without stress.

FM Radio

NUML has FM Radio on fm band 104.6 accessible with in the campus. Its programme cue sheet is also available on website.

Solarization – Main Campus

On main campus Solarization - 600KW installed (40% of total consumption) and Additional 310KW is being installed (overall 54% of consumption)

NUML – Go Green Project

NUML took initiated to work on Under NUML's Go green project 2,000 Chinar and 8,000 Rose Plants were planted in last 2 years.

Campuses and branches

Campuses

Campuses of the university are located in the following cities:

Lahore Campus^[3]
Faisalabad Campus^[4]
Karachi Campus^[5]
Multan Campus^[6]
Quetta Campus^[7]
Peshawar Campus^[8]
Hyderabad Campus^[9]
Mirpur Campus
Rawalpindi Campus
Gwadar Campus

Branch

The university also has a branch in Rawalpindi formerly known as APCOMS.^[10]

References

^ "ACU Members – Asia – Central and South". The Association of Commonwealth Universities website. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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