Baba Guru Nanak University
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بابا گرو نانک یونیورسٹی | |
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Other name | BGNU and GNU |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 2020 |
| Accreditation | Punjab Higher Education Commission |
| Chancellor | Governor of the Punjab |
| Vice-Chancellor | Muhammad Afzal |
| Location | , Pakistan |
| Website | gnu |
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Baba Guru Nanak University (Punjabi and Urdu: ; bābā gurū nānaka yūnīvarasiṭī) is a public university located in Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan, the birthplace of Guru Nanak.[1] On 28 October 2019, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan laid the foundation stone of the university.[2][3]
Baba Guru Nanak University (BGNU) is a university and this project is given to Shafiq Construction Company which is under construction in Nankana Sahib, in the Punjab region of Pakistan.[4] It plans to facilitate between 5,000 and 10,000 students from all over the world at the university.[citation needed]
Master plan
The plans are for it to be modeled along the lines of renowned universities like Oxford and Cambridge,[4] with focus on Punjabi language and Khalsa studies[5] offering faculties in "Medicine", "Dentistry", "Pharmacy", "Engineering", "Computer science", "Languages", "Music" and "Social sciences".[4] After a facilities planning meeting in June 2007,[6] High Court (Uganda) Judge Anup Singh Choudry and a group based in Southall, UK known as the World Muslim Sikh Federation have produced a detailed concept plan and blueprints calling for 2,500 acres (10 km2) to be set aside for the proposed institution.[4]
Foundation stone
The Pakistani government's Evacuee Trust Property Board announced that the university's groundbreaking will commence by the end of August 2016.[7] The foundation stone for the university was laid for second time on 28 October 2019[8][9] ahead of the 550th Guru Nanak Gurpurab.[10]
Project cost
6 billion Rupees are to be spent on construction of Baba Guru Nanak University project in Nankana Sahib.[11]
