The Abasyn University is a private research university located in the residential neighborhood of Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The university also has a teaching campus in Islamabad; however, its main campus is in Peshawar.
Founded with the efforts led by the provincial government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in 2007, the university is a private-sector institution of higher learning.The university offers undergraduate and post-graduate studies; it’s noted for its engaging research in the development of augmented reality and artificial intelligence.
Abasyn University is now offering admission in BS and MS for Fall 2016, Abasyn is also offering scholarships for talented students as well as for Govt Employees and Retired Govt employees.
Students with high percentage of marks at the intermediate level or equivalent examination can avail scholarship on the following basis:
- Students with 75% or more marks will get a 50% tuition fee waiver for the first semester. Scholarship will continue if the student maintains a minimum CGPA of 3.25
- Students with more than 60% and less than 74% marks will get a 25% tuition fee waiver for the first semester. Scholarship will continued if the student maintains a minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Students are required to apply for scholarship to the University during the admission process.
Fee discount on need basis is also available but students are required to apply using specific form available for this purpose during the admission process. All applications for fee discount will be analyzed and decided on cases to case basis by the financial Aid and Scholarship committee of the campus. The committee may require a face to face interview with the student and/or his or her parent.
Medals
The University offers various academic medals to encourage brilliant students for their outstanding academic performance. These medals include Chancellor Gold Medal for overall best academic performance, Vice Chancellor silver medal for overall 2nd best academic performance. The all-rounder gold medal is awarded to the student who has contributed best in both curricula and extra curricula activities. The all-rounder medal is named with the father of nation ‘Quaid-I-Azam’ gold medal. Details rules related to gold medal awards are available at the Registrar office at the University. The University also awards a special ‘Dr. Abdus Salam Medal’ to student who has shown outstanding contribution in research and innovation during his/her studies at the University.
