Beaconhouse National University

Beaconhouse National University

Seal of BNU
Other name	BNU
Type	Private
Established	2003
Accreditation	HEC
Affiliation	ACU, SARC
Vice-Chancellor	Moeed Yusuf
Location	Beacon House Society, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan 31°21′55″N74°13′01″E / 31.3654°N 74.2169°E / 31.3654; 74.2169
Campus	Urban
Newspaper	The BNU Gazette
Website	bnu.edu.pk

Beaconhouse National University (BNU) is a private liberal arts university located in Lahore, in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. ^{[1] [2]}

BNU was founded in 2003 by its parent company Beaconhouse School System, it is located at Raiwind, a subdivision of Lahore District; the BNU campus is adjacent to the Bahria Town. ^[3] It was chartered by the Government of Punjab in 2005.

BNU offers study programmes in visual design and arts, architecture, liberal arts, computer information technology, psychology and mass communication. It is a member of the Higher Education Commission and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. ^{[4] [1]}

Academics

Mariam Dawood School of Visual Arts at BNU, Lahore

The university consists of the following eight schools or institutes:

• Mariam Dawood School of Visual Arts & Design (MDSVAD)
• Razia Hassan School of Architecture
• School of Media & Mass Communication (SMC)
• School of Business
• Seeta Majeed School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (SLASS)
• School of Computer & Information Technology (SCIT)
• School of Education
• Institute of Psychology
• School of CKG

Notable alumni and faculties

• Dost Muhammad Khosa, politician
• Daniyal Raheel, actor
• Eman Suleman, actor and fashion model
• Gohar Rasheed, theatre, television and film actor
• Kubra Khademi, fine artist
• Zara Noor Abbas, actress
• Mooroo, musician, actor, vlogger
• Amar Khan, actress
• Zain Afzal, actor
• Sanam Saeed, theatre, television and film actor
• Haroon Shahid, actor and singer

BNU has a 88 full-time and 92 adjunct faculty members including:

• Nayyar Ali Dada, architect. ^[5]
• Tariq Rahman, Dean of School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences in 2017; linguist. ^{[6] [7]}
• Asghar Nadeem Syed, Visiting Faculty at department of Theatre, Film and Television; he is a playwright, columnist, and author. ^{[8] [9]}
• Rashid Rana, School of Visual Arts and Design, artist.

References

1. Overview and rank of Beaconhouse National University on UniRank international website, Retrieved 28 September 2017
2. Beaconhouse National University on topuniversities.com website, Retrieved 28 September 2017
3. Here's why students at Lahore's BNU covered campus walls with sanitary padss, The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 12 April 2016, Retrieved 28 September 2017
4. "Association of Commonwealth Universities members". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
5. Profile of Nayyar Ali Dada on Overseas Pakistanis Foundation website, Retrieved 28 September 2017
6. "70 years of writing in Pakistan". Dawn (newspaper). 26 August 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
7. Tariq Rahman on the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad website, Retrieved 27 September 2017
8. "Asghar Nadeem Syed". IMDb .
9. "Urdu Books of Asghar Nadeem Sayed".

External links

• Beaconhouse National University