EDUCATION IN PESHAWAR

The historic old city of Peshawar was once a heavily guarded citadel with high walls. Today, not much remains of the walls, but the houses and havelis have an essence of days gone by. Most of the houses are made of unbaked bricks with wooden structures for protection against earthquakes. Many of them have beautifully carved wooden doors and latticed wooden balconies. Areas such as Sethi Mohallah still contain many fine examples of the old architecture of Peshawar. There are many historic monuments and bazaars in the Old city, including the Mohabbat Khan Mosque and Kotla Mohsin Khan, Chowk Yadgar and the Qissa Khawani Bazaar.

The walled city was surrounded by several main gates which severed as the main entry points into the city, some of which still survive today. They include:

• Lahori Gate

• Sarasia Gate

• Ganj Gate

• Sirki Gate

• Sard Chah Gate• Kohati GateEducational institutionsWith the level of higher education on the rise, there has been a surge of prestigious educational institutions in Peshawar.• Abasyn University

• Khyber Medical University

• Institute of Management Sciences

• Agriculture University of Peshawar

• University of Engineering & Technology (U.E.T.)

• National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NU), (Peshawar Campus)

• Islamia College Peshawar (1913)

• Gandhara University

• Iqra University

• Institute of Management Studies

• ICMS

• Oxfords College University Town Peshawar

• City University Of Science & Technology

• Institute of Business & Management Sciences

• CECOS

• Gandhara Medical College

• Sarhad University

• Ghulam IOshaq Khan Institute of Science & Technology, Topi, NWFP

• College of Aeronautical Engineering (CAE, NUST), Risalpur, NWFP

• Peshawar Medical College

• University of Peshawar

• Preston University

• Greenwich University

• PAC

• Government Frontier College Peshawar

• Jinnah College for Women

• Edwardes College Peshawar

• Government College Peshawar

• Superior Science College Wazirbagh Peshawar.

• Fazaia Degree College (PAF Degree College)

• St. Francis' High School

• University Public School (1964)

• University Model School

• Peshawar Model School

• Collegiate School Islamia College

• Oxfords College School University Town Peshawar

• Peshawar Public School and College

• The Convent High School

• Army Public School

• BeaconHouse School System

• The City School

• The Educators

• The Roots School

• American International School

• I.L.M

• The Smart School

• Qadeems Educational System

• Iqra School

• daffodils Kindergarten (Hayatabad Town)

• Frontier Model School

• Peshawar Grammar School

• Lahore Grammar School (Peshawar Campus)

• Saint Mary's High School

• Forward Model School

• Forward Public School