Welcome to the fastest-growing academic community in the Country – the Virtual University of Pakistan. In just a few years this Federal Government University has become one of the largest higher education institutions in the country. Its graduates are gainfully employed by prominent industrial and business concerns and many have established their enterprises and are providing employment to others. A large number of VU graduates are continuing their studies at other top-tier universities both within and outside Pakistan.
You must be aware that VU is the pioneer in Information and Communications Technology-based education in Pakistan. It employs a unique pedagogy involving video content delivered through multiple modes including broadcast television, the World Wide Web, and DVDs. Comprehensive student-teacher interaction and support are provided over the Internet and supplemented using mobile devices. The University has developed world-class courses for you and to fully benefit from them, you should become completely familiar with the University’s Learning Management System (LMS).
To become an internationally acclaimed technology-based university that improves access to higher education while maintaining the highest quality standards.
The development of Higher Education is a primary condition for socio-economic development and societal transformation. It builds the critical human capital necessary for research, innovation, growth, and development across all sectors of the economy. Inclusive access to higher education can thus transform our strong demographic advantage into a peaceful, modern, and prosperous society. To fully benefit from the prevailing demographic reality, we need to educate our people in the shortest possible time. However, the supply of qualified faculty vis-`a-vis demand is the single largest challenge in accomplishing the task without compromising the quality of education. A practical solution to the problem is the use of modem Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools to deliver education while maintaining high and internationally compatible standards of education.
The Virtual University of Pakistan is the pioneer university to leverage the use of ICT in imparting the best possible education to its students all over the country including the remote areas as well as the Pakistani diaspora overseas. With its extremely flexible mode, Virtual University enables the students to manage their studies at their convenience and offers every opportunity to discover hidden talents.
The Virtual University, Pakistan’s first University based completely on modern Information and Communication Technologies, was established by the Government as a public sector, not-for-profit institution with a clear mission: to provide an extremely affordable world-class education to aspiring students all over the country.
Using free-to-air satellite television broadcasts and the Internet, the Virtual University allows students to follow its rigorous programs regardless of their physical locations. It thus aims at alleviating the lack of capacity in the existing universities while simultaneously tackling the acute shortage of qualified professors in the country. By identifying the top Professors of the country, regardless of their institutional affiliations, and requesting them to develop and deliver hand-crafted courses, the Virtual University aims at providing the very best courses to not only its students but also to students of all other universities in the country.
The University opened its virtual doors in 2002 and in a short period, its outreach has reached over one hundred cities of the country with more than one hundred and ninety associated institutions providing infrastructure support to the students. Pakistani students residing overseas in several other countries of the region are also enrolled in the University's programs.
