Preston University in UNESCO International Handbook of Universities

Just checked - fewer Preston Campuses...

Hi again -

Just checked Preston (Pakistan) web page. Apparently, besides the HEC authorized campuses in Kohat and Karachi, they now only list 2 other locations, Peshawar and Islamabad.

Their website lists these two campuses as belonging under their Kohat and Karachi charters ....? On the HEC site, Islamabad Universities all appear in the "federal" section and Preston is not shown. Peshawar is in the same (NWFP) area as Kohat but there is no separate listing for Preston (Peshawar) campus.

Johann

 

Sorry it took 3 postings...

Hi

Just found out - looks like Preston is OFF the "deficiency list." The list was compiled around 2004 and included Preston - Karachi and Kohat. Schools that could not comply by 2007 were to be closed. So...it looks like Preston dodged that bullet successfully.

As to the fewer locations -- I read that there were at one time up to eight campuses in Punjab, not HEC-approved, none of which are presently operating.

That's it ... I promise!

 

Whoops there goes my promise!

From the Preston site www.prestonpak.edu.pk

Preston University Kohat, has five Campuses in Punjab and NWFP, located at Kohat, Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore and Faisalabad. Preston University; Karachi, has three Campuses in Karachi, located at Shara-e-Faisal, North Nazimabad and Malir.

So - they claim their two Charters cover eight schools some quite widely separated geographically....hmmmm

Johann

 

Preston does not appear among the 47 Pakistani universities described in the 2009 Europa World of Learning, a 3,000-page compendium published by Routledge. I asked, and they will not be in the 2010 edition either.

World of Learning is used by many, but by no means all, registrars and admissions officers as a reference source in making admission and credit transfer decisions.