Riphah International University has added four new buses to its existing fleet to improve the transport facilities provided to its students. The launching ceremony of the buses was held at the main campus of the university in Sector I-14 on Thursday. Pro Chancellor Hassan Muhammad Khan, the chief guest at the occasion, said: “Riphah International University is imparting quality professional education in various disciplines that are recognised by regulatory bodies at home and abroad. The expansion in the various study programmes has resulted in increased enrollment.” He said the University had been endeavoring to provide better academic and logistics facilities to the students. The university’s administrator said new routes for its buses have been introduced which will cover all the localities in Rawalpindi and Islamabad as well as a new route to and from Taxila.
Riphah was chartered by the Federal Government. The president of Pakistan is the university’s patron. Maj Gen (Retd) Muhammad Zulfiqar Ali Khan is the Chancellor and renowned scholar Prof Dr Anis Ahmad is the Vice Chancellor. The university is offering programmes for MBBS, BDS, BS (Electrical Engineering), BSc Bio-Medical Engineering, MS electrical engineering, computing, MBA, BBA, MSc/MS in Mathematics and post-graduate and undergraduate degrees in media sciences. The Higher Education Commission has placed Riphah International University in the W category for being one of the best private sector universities in Pakistan.
