Baba Guru Nanak University

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Not to be confused with the pre-existing Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar.

Baba Guru Nanak University
Established TBA
Type Public
Location Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan
Campus 2,500 acres (10 km2)

Baba Guru Nanak University (Punjabi: ਬਾਬਾ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ bābā gurū nānaka yūnīvarasiṭī) is a planned international university that will be located in Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan, the birthplace of Guru Nanak.

[edit] Introduction

Baba Guru Nanak University (BGNU) is a proposed University to be located in Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] Plans to call for a number of 5,000 to 10,000-students in this University from All over the World. To be modelled on the great universities of Oxford and Cambridge[1] and offering Departments in "Medicine", "Dentistry", "Pharmacy", "Engineering", "Computer science", "Languages", "Music" and "Social sciences".[1] After a facilities planning meeting in June 2007,[2] High Court (Uganda) Judge Anup Singh Choudry and an Anti-India group based in Southall, UK known as the World Muslim Sikh Federation have produced a detailed concept plan and blueprints calling for 2,500 acres (10 km2) to be set aside for the proposed institution.[1]

[edit] Name

The "World Muslim Sikh Federation" (WMSF) proposes that the name of the University should be one of the following three:[citation needed]

  • Guru Nanak International University
  • Baba Nanak International University
  • Nanak International University

A short name of this university would be "Nanak University" which will be locate at Nankana Sahib City, Punjab, Pakistan.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Baba Nanak University Draft Proposals, accessed 2008-07-27
  2. ^ Meeting to finalise the structure and faculties, 15–16 June 2007, accessed 2008-07-27


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