Director’s Message
About CEGS
Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies (CEGS) has been established under the Centre of Excellence Act on 31st August 2004 to promote Gender Studies as a learning discipline in Pakistan.
The Centre is an autonomous body working through its Board of Governors, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of the university and funded by the Government of Pakistan through the Higher Education Commission.
The Centre offers M.Phil. and BS in Gender Studies degree programs for which the academic program has been prepared and recommended by the Academic Committee of the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Objectives of CEGS
Platform for Gender Studies
Provide a number of scholars for the community and arrange conferences, seminars, workshops.
PhD and Masters Program
Establish Ph.D. and other programmes in the relevant discipline in accordance with the standard and requirement of the university in which the Centre is established.
Interdisciplinary Relation
Promote co-operation in inter-disciplinary relationship with other teaching and research establishment.
Teaching and Research
Conduct teaching and research in such particular discipline by the Federal Government in consultation with the university in which Centre is established.
Train Research Workers
Highly qualified and well-educated faculty and staff available for guidance to the students.
Arrange Conferences, Seminars & Workshops
Establishing a community of Gender experts through scholarly and literary discovery.
Our Facts
(2019 - )
(2019 - )
(2008 - 2021)
(2008 - 2021)
Programs & Courses
Explore academic programs and professional learning opportunities offered by the Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies.
M.Phil. Gender Studies
Advanced postgraduate research and academic study in Gender Studies.
BS Lateral Entry
5th Semester
Undergraduate entry pathway for eligible students.
BS Gender Studies
Undergraduate study exploring gender, society and culture.
Postgraduate Certificate
in Gender Studies
Focused postgraduate learning in contemporary Gender Studies.
Postgraduate Advanced Diploma
in Gender Studies
Advanced professional and academic learning in Gender Studies.
Our Faculty
Dr. Aisha Anees Malik
PhD, Cambridge University.
aamalik@qau.edu.pk Read More →
Fatima Ihsan
MA, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
ihsan@qau.edu.pk Read More →
Dr. Saad Ali Khan
PhD. National Institute of Pakistan Studies, QAU
sakhan@qau.edu.pk Read More →
Dr. Rabbia Aslam
PhD. School of Sociology, QAU
rabbia@qau.edu.pk Read More →
Dr. Amna Hafeez Mobben
MA Gender and Media, University of Sussex, UK
ahmobeen@qau.edu.pk Read More →
Dr. Alia Amir Ali
PhD. London School of Economics
alia.amirali@qau.edu.pk Read More →Get in Touch
We welcome your questions, academic inquiries and correspondence. Connect with the Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
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Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies
Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad
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Send us an email.
cegs@qau.edu.pk
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