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ACT XVIII OF 2009 ACT XVIII OF 2009 ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY, MARDAN ACT, 2009 An Act to provide for the establishment of a University to be known as the Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan [Gazette of N.-W.F.P. Extraordinary, 24th October, 2009] No.PA/NWFP/Bills/2009/38482, dated 24-10-2009.--The Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan Bill, 2009 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of North-West Frontier Province on 9th October, 2009 and assented to by the Governor of the North-West Frontier. Province on 20th October, 2009 is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Legislature of the North-West Frontier Province. Preamble.---Whereas it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a University to be known as the Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan and for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto, in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:--- CHAPTER - II THE UNIVERSITY 6. Powers of the University.---The University shall have the powers to- (i) provide for education and scholarship in such branches of knowledge as it may deem fit, and to make provision for research, service to society and for the application, advancement and dissemination of knowledge in such manner as it may determine; (ii) prescribe courses of studies to be conducted by it and the colleges; (iii) hold examinations and to award and confer degrees, diplomas certificates and other academic distinctions to and on persons who have been admitted to and have passed its examinations under prescribed conditions; (iv) prescribe the terms and conditions of employment of the officers, teachers and other employees of the University and to lay down terms and conditions that may be different from those applicable to government servants in general; (v) engage, where necessary, persons on contract of specified duration and to specify the terms of each engagement; (vi) confer honorary degrees or other distinctions on approved persons in the manner prescribed; (vii) Provide for such instruction for persons not being students of the University as it may prescribe, and to grant certificates and diplomas to such persons; (viii) Institute programmes for the exchange of students and teachers between the University and other Universities, educational institutions and research organizations, inside as well as outside Pakistan; (ix) provide career counseling and job search services to students and alumni; (x) maintain linkages with alumni; (xi) Develop and implement fund-raising plans; (xii) Provide and support the academic development of the faculty of the University; (xiii) confer degrees on persons who have carried on independent research under prescribed conditions; (xiv) Affiliate and disaffiliate educational institutions under prescribed conditions; (xv) Inspect colleges and other educational institutions affiliated or seeking affiliation with it; (xvi) accept the examinations passed and the period of study spent by students of the University at other universities and places of learning equivalent to such examinations and periods study in the University, as it may prescribe, and to withdraw such acceptance; (xvii) Co-operate with other Universities, public authorities or private organizations, inside as well as outside Pakistan, in such manner and for such purposes as it may prescribe; (xviii) institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships and Lecturer ships and any other posts and to appoint persons thereto; (xviv) Create posts for research, extension, administration and other related purposes and to appoint persons thereto; (xx) Recognize selected members of the teaching staff of affiliated colleges or educational institutions admitted to the privileges of the University or such other persons as it may deem fit, as University teachers; (xxi) Institute and award financial assistance to students in need fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, medals and prizes under prescribed conditions; (xxii) establish teaching departments, schools, colleges, faculties, institutes, museums and other centres of learning for the development of teaching and research and to make such arrangements for their maintenance, management and administration as it may prescribe; . (xxiii) provide for the residences of the students of the University and the colleges, to institute and maintain halls of residence and to approve or license hostels and lodging; (xxiv) maintain order, discipline and security on the campuses of the University and the colleges; (xxv) promote the extra curricular and recreational activities of such students, and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare; (xxvi) demand and receive such fees and other charges as it may determine; (xxvii) make provision for research, advisory or consultancy services and with these objects to enter into arrangements with other institutions, public or private bodies, commercial and industrial enterprises under prescribed conditions; (xxviii) enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts; (xxix) receive and manage property transferred and grants, contributions made to the University and to invest any fund representing such property, grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments or contributions in such manner as it may deem fit; (xxx) provide for the printing and publication of research and other works; and (xxxi) to do all such other acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be requisite or expedient in order to further the objectives of the University as a place of education, learning, and research.