Government College Peshawar

Government College Peshawar is a public sector college located in Zaryab Colony, Faqirabad, Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The college offers programs for intermediate level both in Arts and Science groups, which are affiliated with Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Peshawar.^[1] The college also offers 2 years BA & BSc programs plus 4 years BS programs in various disciplines, which are affiliated with University of Peshawar.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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Government College Peshawar
Address	Faqirabad, Near Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan
Type	Public Sector
Established	1959
Location	Peshawar , Pakistan 34°1′11.2″N 71°34′40.4″E
Website	Official Website

Overview and history

Government College Peshawar is one of the colleges in Peshawar city.^[8]^[3] The college was established in June 1959.^[9] The college was relocated to its present location in 1961 prior to that it was functioning in the Provincial Assembly building for 4 years. The college building spreads over an area of around 40 Kanals and is located next to historic Shahi Bagh.^[9]

Departments and faculties

The college currently has the following departments and faculties.^[9]

Faculty of Humanities

The main departments of humanities faculty are Arabic & Islamiyat, Economics, English, Health & Physical Education, History, Law, Library Science, Pakistan Studies, Pashto, Political Science and Urdu.

Faculty of Biological Sciences

There are currently three departments in Biological Sciences faculty: Geography, Botany and Zoology.

Faculty of Physical Sciences

The main departments of physical sciences faculty are Chemistry, Computer Science, Maths, Physics and Statistics.

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Academic programs

The college currently offers the following programs.^[5]

Intermediate

Currently the college has 2 years intermediate programs in FSc: Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering and Computer Science while FA in General Science and Humanities.

Degree Level (2 years)

The college currently offers 2 years Degree level programs in BA (Humanities) and BSc (General Sciences and Computer Sciences).

BS Degrees (4 years)

The college currently offers 4 years BS programs in Computer Science, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics, Urdu, Geography, English, Statistics, Islamiyat.

Sporting Activities

Government College Peshawar is actively participating in sports activities besides education. The college cricket team won the 2016 BISE, Peshawar cricket tournament played between 24 teams of schools and colleges affiliated with BISE, Peshawar.^[10] In 2017, KP Inter-Divisional games were held in the college in which around 200 players from Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Malakand, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and Hazara divisions participated in the sports gala.^[11]