39 Master's degrees offered by the university

The History program of the University of Peshawar is designed in a way to ensure that they cater to the needs of students in line with modern system of education.

In view of the importance of Philosophy as a foundational subject, the University administration felt the need to introduce the Philosophy program at the University of Peshawar.

The Department of Sociology was established in 1982. With the grace of Allah Almighty, it has touched the high peak of success in a short time after its inception and now it is included in the list of the distinguished departments of the University. The Department has the honour to offer the Sociology program of the University of Peshawar.

The Urban and Regional Planning it is the only Department in the KPK province, which teaches this imperative discipline. Since inception, we offered the Urban and Regional Planning programme of the University of Peshawar, a progressive and interdisciplinary approach to the theory and practice of planning.

The Biotechnology - Microbiology programme of the University of Peshawar is a two year programme. The first batch of 80 students in Bachelor of Biotechnology and 9 scholars in MPhil in Biotechnology were admitted in November, 2001.

Understanding how crucial commerce is, Quaid-e-Azam College of Commerce has designed the Commerce program of the University of Peshawar.

The vision of the Education program of the University of Peshawar is to become a premier teacher-education institution in the region, recongised for excellence in teaching, learning and research, and preparing reflective teachers, researchers and leaders, imbued with the spirit and ideology of Islam and Pakistan, working for diversity and the common good of all fellow humans.

During the short span of time, IMS developed its own niche in a highly competitive market and established its own reputation among the students, academia, and professional’s community. Initially, IMS started the Public Administration program of the University of Peshawar.

The Physics program of the University of Peshawar is a two year program having annual system of examination. The admission to M.Sc is advertised after the declaration of B.Sc result in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa every year.

The main objective of the Gender Studies program of the University of Peshawar is to interrogate the power play behind gender roles and expecially by exploring identity formations and political “correctness.".

The Computer Science programme of the University of Peshawar is offered by the Department of Computer Science, one of the prestigious public-sector universities of Pakistan, is a seat of higher learning in Computer Science in Pakistan.

The Department of Social Work is the centre of thriving teaching and research activities. The department runs the Social Work programme of the University of Peshawar.

The primary focus of the Regional Studies programme of the University of Peshawar is Pakistan and its immediate neighboring countries that include India, China, Afghanistan and Iran as well as the Arabian Sea affairs.

The Economics program of the University of Peshawar is offered by the Department of Economics, which was established in 1950 and is now a well-reputed teaching, research, and training institute.

The Psychology program of the University of Peshawar came into existence in 1964. Professor Dr. Shahabuddin Muhammad Mughni laid down its foundation as its first Professor and Chairman.

Academic faculties and libraries needed trained library scientists. who could manage and establish the departmental libraries. For this purpose the Library and Information Science program of the University of Peshawar was established in 1962.

The Geography program of the University of Peshawar is committed to the mission of quality teaching and research, in the field of the Physical, Human and Applied Geography, under the major themes of man-environment interaction, natural resource management and conservation, application of Technical Geography i.e. Geomatics and Spatial Analysis of various natural and anthropogenic phenomena.

The Botany programme of the University of Peshawar is offered by the Department of Botany was established in 1958 with the late Professor Dr. N.A. Qazilbash as the founder Chairman and the sole teacher to shoulder all the teaching responsibilities.

The Department offers two fields of study in the English Literature and Applied Linguistics program of the University of Peshawar: MPhil in Literature, and MS in Applied Linguistics.