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	'''National University of Modern Languages''' ({{lang-ur\|''' جامعہ قومی لسانیات جديد '''}}) is located at ], ]. The ] 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 is the largest and the oldest university in ] that specializes in linguistics and foreign languages. It has crossed several barriers and now teaches 27 languages in addition to many emerging arts and sciences.The university accommodates more then 10,000 students and over 1,000 staff members.NUML has been recognized as one of the two Pakistani universities that got place in competing for World Top ranking universities.		'''National University of Modern Languages''' ({{lang-ur\|''' جامعہ قومی لسانیات جديد '''}}) is located at ], ]. The ] 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 is the largest and the oldest university in ] that specializes in linguistics and foreign languages. It has crossed several barriers and now teaches 27 languages in addition to many emerging arts and sciences.The university accommodates more then 10,000 students and over 1,000 staff members.NUML has been recognized as one of the two Pakistani universities that got place in competing for World Top ranking universities.

	==Administrative Set-Up==		== Administrative Set-Up ==
	The ] is the Chancellor while the ] is the Pro-Chancellor. The day to day administration is controlled by a Board of Governors headed by the Chief of the Army Staff,the GHQ. 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.		The ] is the Chancellor while the ] is the Pro-Chancellor. The day to day administration is controlled by a Board of Governors headed by the Chief of the Army Staff,the GHQ. 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.

	==Campuses==		== Campuses ==
	The university has main campus located in the south west of Islamabad, Pakistan in sector H-9 in the backdrop of Margalla hills spreaded over an area of 25 acres whereas it has sub-campuses located in ], ], ],] ,], ] and ]		The university has main campus located in the south west of Islamabad, Pakistan in sector H-9 in the backdrop of Margalla hills spreaded over an area of 25 acres whereas it has sub-campuses located in ], ], ],] ,], ] and ]

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	==Faculties==
	The university consists of the following faculties:

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	* Faculty of Modern Languages
	** Department of English Language (functional courses and undergraduate studies BAML)
	** Department of English Literature and Applied Linguistics
	** 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 Language and Literature
	** Department of Turkish
	** Department of Bahasa,Indonesian Language
	** Department of Arabic
	** Department of Azeribaijani Language
	** Department of Balochi Language
	** Department of Bangla Language
	** Department of Kashmiri Language
	** Department of Korean Language
	** Department of Punjabi Language
	** Department of Pushto Language
	** Department of Sindhi Language

	* Faculty of Management Sciences
	** Department of Business Administration(HR, Marketing, Finance)
	** Department of Commerce
	** Department of Business research and advanced studies

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	* Faculty of Engineering & Information Techonology
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	** Department of Telecom Engineering
	** Department of ~~Computer~~ ~~Sciences~~		*
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	** Department of Computer Engineering
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	** Department of Software Engineering
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	* Faculty of Social Sciences
	** Department of Economics
	** Department of Mass Communication
	** Department of International Relations
	** Department of Islamic studies
	** Department of Pakistan Studies
	** Department of Education
	** Department of History
	** Department of Advanced Integrated Studies and research
	** Department of Governance and Organizational Sciences

	* Faculty of Quality enhancement,Research and publications

	==Offered Programs==
	The university undergoes short courses in every Language discipline it offers, in addition it offers leading to P.HD undergraduate and graduate degree in all languages,MS,IT and social sciences studies. The university offers M.S and P.HD degree in nine disciplines namely Arabic,Chinese,Education,French,German,Management Sciences, Computer Sciences, Islamic Studies,Persian and Urdu.

	==Confucious Institute==
	NUML hasbeen honoured to host and run the chinese confucious institute by Pak-China agreement in April 2005.This is the only Chinese training institute in Pakistan where the chinese language profeciency tests(HSK hanyu shuipiny kaoshi),chinese on-job,pre-job training and preparation of HSK test is offered.In addition it also offers short Chinese kong-fu,sword combat and martial arts cultural training.

	==Quality Enhancement Cell==
	The Quality Enhancement Cell of the National University of Modern Languages is predicated on a vision of excellence and growth, and is committed to a constant cycle of improvement in the university’s programs, so that present and future generations of students in different parts of the country may be served with useful, affordable education comparable in quality with best in the world.It,s main motives are to Monitor instruction at different levels in a number of important Pakistani and world languages,Train new teachers and upgrade the competence of working teachers in general teaching practices,Promote public confidence in the quality and standards of NUML’s degrees and Encourage extra-curricular and co-curricular activities for creating the participatory environment.

	==Facilities==
	* Auditorium
	The main Campus in Islamabad hosts three air conditioned state of the art auditoriums with pre installed sound systems for conferences,seminars and student so-curricular activities.All the regional campuses are also equipped with one state of the art auditorium.

	* Network and computing facilities
	NUML has modern computing facilities with more then 700 work stations loaded with latest operating systems and operating Packages. All the blocks are interconnected with fiber optic cable.The university is equipped with 16MB internet connection round the clock.Nine computer labs are opened for university students.

	* E-Learning facility
	The university is equipped with one basic electronic laboratory for fulfilling requirement of engineering students,a digital and micro controller laboratory is also in the process of being established.A video conferencing facility is available for sharing of lectures, seminars and conferences with other universities.Five different types of language learning laboratories are well equipped for enhancing the students audiovisual abilities.

	* FM104.6 nUmL cAlLiNg
	NUML runs it,s own educational channel of 104.6 frequency under the call signal "NUML CALLING".The channel is intended to create an ambiance and aura of academic,intellectual,artistic,literary and research pursuits by projecting curricular and co-curricular activities of the university in the broader perspective of Pakistan.The radio station is equipped to provide to the students of mass-communication department in their various related field works.
	* Nazir Library
	The two storied centrally air-conditioned Library provides 12 hours access to over 150,000 books periodicals and journals on various subjects.It was founded in 1970 and can accommodate 500 students at a time.It is one of the largest libraries of the public sector libraries in the country.

	* UN Reference Library
	Recently the United Nations System in Pakistan has shifted reference library with over 15, 000 titles on various subjects to the premises of Central Library of NUML.The library is open to all researchers and academicians from across the country and abroad.The catalogue is available online :


	* Publications and Journals
	** NUML News:The NUML newsletter is published on monthly basis and includes news of activities and events taking place in the university and regional campuses.
	** NUML Journals:The following journals are produced by NUML
	*** Research magazine(english)
	*** Daryaft(urdu)
	*** Takhleeqi adab(urdu)
	*** Journal of management and technology
	The articles published are not only from in-house faculty members and reseacrhers but also from contributors all over Pakistan and aboroad.These magazines provide a useful platform for researchers.

	*Health Facility
	The university takes care of physical and mental health of it,s students.A full time physician with rekated staff is available in the MI room for students, faculty members and hostelides round the clock.A fully equipped ambulance is available full time for serious and emergency cases.

	*Cafetaria
	A two storied cafetaria building having space for 500 persons caters for refreshments needs of the students with all the branded and hygienic eatables at reasonable rates.

	*Sports and recreation
	The university has a sports section which arranges different sports activities round the year.A new facility of multiple sports complex gymnasium is constucted .This huge faciltity also encourages girls students to participate in different games in better environment.NUML sports teams comprise of Pakistani as well as foreign students thus creating an aura of International harmony in the world of sports.
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	*Student Hostels
	Accomodation has always been an acute problem for students coming from outside Islamabad.NUML has the facility available on the campus.It has five hostels.Two for boys,one for girls,one for foreign students and one for faculty memebers with accommodation at total of about 700-800 students.The accommodation is allocated on the basis of genuine need. One more hostel complex for foreign students is under construction.

	*Transport
	A fleet of 26 busses provides commuting facility for morning and evening students,coming from different parts of the twin cities.The routes of the buses cover almost entire twin cities locations.

	==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:

	*University of De-Franche-Comté,Besançon, France
	*INALCO, Paris, France
	*NINGXIA University, China
	*NINGXIA Academy of Social sciences,China
	*Peking University,China
	*Beijing University of Language and culture,China
	*WUHAN University,China
	*Jamia Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt
	*Utrecht University,Netherlands
	*Agency of International Cooperation of Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Spain
	Durham University,UK
	International institute of Linguistics and Law,Ukraine
	KAZAKH Ablai Khan University f International relations and World Languages, Almaty, Kazakhstan
	*Korea Foundation,Seoul, Korea
	*Middlesex University,UK
	*NAKHCHIVAN State University Of the Republic of Azerbaijan
	*University DEFRANCHE-COMTE Besancon,France
	*UTRECHT University,Netherlands
	*University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	*University of Maryland,USA(in progress)
	*George Mason University,Fairfax,West Virginia,USA(in progress)
	*Member Association of Commonwealth Universities

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National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
Type	Public University
Established	1970 (became university 29th May 2000)
Chancellor	Asif Ali Zardari President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Rector	Brig (R) Aziz Khan
Undergraduates	4678
Postgraduates	6044
Location	Islamabad, Pakistan
Campus	Urban
Website	www.numl.edu.pk

National University of Modern Languages (Template:Lang-ur) 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 is the largest and the oldest university in Pakistan that specializes in linguistics and foreign languages. It has crossed several barriers and now teaches 27 languages in addition to many emerging arts and sciences.The university accommodates more then 10,000 students and over 1,000 staff members.NUML has been recognized as one of the two Pakistani universities that got place in competing for World Top ranking universities.

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,the GHQ. 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.

Campuses

The university has main campus located in the south west of Islamabad, Pakistan in sector H-9 in the backdrop of Margalla hills spreaded over an area of 25 acres whereas it has sub-campuses located in Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi,multan ,Quetta, Peshawar and Hyderabad

External links

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