Edwardes College Peshawar

51°45′40″N 1°15′12″W / 51.7611°N 1.2534°W / 51.7611; -1.2534

Edwardes College Peshawar

ایڈورڈز کالج پشاور
Edwardes College Peshawar
Other name	ECP
Motto	Latin: Ad majorem Dei gloriam
Motto in English	To the greater glory of God
Established	1900
Founder	Church Mission Society
Affiliation	Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Peshawar, University of Peshawar , Edexcel, UK and EDSML
Principal	Professor Shujat Ali
Academic staff	109
Students	3000
Location	Peshawar , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , 25000 , Pakistan 34°00′23″N 71°33′05″E / 34.006466°N 71.551522°E / 34.006466; 71.551522
Campus	Urban
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Website	www.edwardes.edu.pk

Edwardes College Peshawar (Urdu: ایڈورڈز کالج پشاور, Pashto: اېډوارډز کالج پېښور) is a semi-government degree college which is the oldest higher education institution in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The college, affiliated with the University of Peshawar, has about 3,000 students in Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Higher National Diploma, and Computer Sciences.

The college's undergraduate and graduate degree programs lead to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), 4 year BS Programme in English and Computer Science, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and 5 years LLB degrees awarded through the University of Peshawar Edwardes also offers an A-Level program and the Faculty of Arts (F.A.) and Faculty of Science (F.Sc.) certificates through the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Higher National Diploma (H.N.D.) BS English program in business and information technology offers the option of a third year in an institution in the U.K., U.S.A. or Australia.

Originally a co-educational college, it became a boys-only college in 1930s. Edwardes has become co-educational again since 2000 with about 200 female students and 15 women among its faculty members, with numbers of women anticipated to increase. The college has a vital community life, which includes freedom of worship for all faiths, sporting events, a debating society, drama productions, and student publications. Up to 1974 it was running up by as organisation affiliated with the Church Mission Society however following Nationalisation Reforms of 1974 it was handed over to the Board of Governors headed by NWFP Governor. A ruling of the Peshawar High Court dated 14 Nov 2019 dismissed the plea of the Principal challenging the nationalisation of the college.^[1]