FC College

Name: Forman Christian College
Nickname: FCC
Established: 1864
Type : Private
Chairperson: Mr Jamshed Rehmat Ullah
Founder: Charles William Forman

Chancellor: Governor of Punjab

President: Rev Dr Robert Johnson
Director: Ms Amber Mall
Address:Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Contact: +92 (42) 9923 1581

Introduction

The Forman Christian College University , is a private chartered university located in the residential area of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.Founded in 1864 by American Christian activist and academician Dr. Charles William Forman, it gained "university status" granted by the Government and offers various academic programmes for undergraduate and post-graduate studies.Since its establishment it has reputed itself as one of the premier institution of higher learning in the country in various academic disciplines.As of 2013, the university is currently rank as one of the top institution in "general category" by the HEC.Since its establishment, the university is noted for producing notable scholars, intellectuals, and statesmen who played vital role in the affairs of Pakistan. In addition, the university is one of few quite institution that offers an American-style education.

History

The university was founded by Dr. Charles W. Forman who arrived to South Asia in 1847 and, two years later, settled in Lahore (now in Pakistan).He was the founder of the Rang Mahal School, Lahore, which was the first Anglo-vernacular school in the Punjab. The school added a college department in 1865 which was later became university in 2005 and known as Forman Christian College University.It started offering American style, world class education in Pakistan. FCCU started new postgraduate courses along with MBA in 2007.
One of Forman's faculty members, Prof. Arthur Compton, conducted the bulk of his research on cosmic rays at FCC University for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1927. One of Professor Compton's former students Professor Piara Singh Gill taught at the college as Lecturer in Physics between 1940 and 1947. Two alumni, Dr. Sir S. S. Bhatnagar and Dr. Bashir Ahmad, laid the foundation for scientific and industrial research in both parts of the subcontinent by establishing ICSIR and PCSIR respectively.
The first two Science graduates of FC College University were also the first Science graduates of the University of the Punjab (1900–1902). In this way FCCU was the first to establish, in this part of the sub-continent, Departments of Biology (1898), Greek, Latin and Hebrew Languages (1895–96), Industrial Chemistry (1917), Geography (1924), setting up the Experimental Psychology Laboratory, introducing the tutorial system(1908), appointing Deans of the Faculties introducing co-educational system (1902), and establishing an alumni Association (1896).Besides this FCCU also starts Software engg, CS,and IT in 2006.

Offered Programs

Intermediate

Sciences

• Pre-Engineering
• Pre-Medical
• Computer Science (Physics/Statistics)
• General Science
• Commerce
• Arts and Humanities

Baccalaureate (Hons)

Forman Christian College offers 21 majors in its 4-year Baccalaureate honors degree programs leading to degrees in:

• BA/BS (Hons)
• BS (Hons) Computing
• BS (Hons) Business
• BS (Hons) Biotechnology
• BS (Hons) Bioinformatics (Evening)

Postgraduate Programs

Forman Christian College offers the following post-graduate degrees:

• PhD Biotechnology
• PhD Chemistry
• PhD Physics
• Executive MBA
• MBA
• Executive MA Public Policy
• MPhil Public Policy
• MPhil Biotechnology
• MPhil Food Safety and Quality Management (Evening)
• MPhil Molecular Pathology and Genomics (Evening)
• MPhil Chemistry
• MPhil Physics
• MPhil Applied Economics
• MPhil Applied Economics (evening)
• MSc Economics (Conventional, evening)
• MPhil English (Evening)
• MPhil Political Science (Evening)

Executive Education Programs

Forman Christian College offers the following executive education programs:

• Executive MA Public Policy
• Executive Education in Business