HOD Message
Dr. Farheen Ahmed Hashmi
On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of the Department of English (Graduate Studies), I welcome you to our website. Established in 2001, the Department of English (Graduate Studies) consists of 40 PhDs in Linguistics and Literature, making it one of the largest departments of English in Pakistan. Being the major component of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, the department is home to 11 research clusters, based on the research concentration of our faculty members. The department offers six degree programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The degree programs are: PhD in English (Literature), PhD in English (Linguistics), MPhil in English (Linguistics), MPhil in English (Literature), BS (Bridging) in English, and MA in English (phased out). With a mission to cultivate our students’ professional expertise, critical thinking skills and imaginations by means of studying language and literature, we make concerted efforts to prepare them for creating knowledge. Since all our MPhil and PhD programs are a combination of coursework and thesis, knowledge of the emerging trends in Linguistics and Literature as well as an understanding of the required theoretical underpinnings and methodological expertise that we teach them during the coursework are crucial in leading them towards various careers and helping them practice public humanities to connect to their communities. In my role as Head of the Department of English (Graduate Studies), I am privileged to meet so many inspiring and engaged alumni, faculty and students, and I am looking forward to more interactions that further shape our vision for achieving the collective goal of quality education. All our graduate programs are geared towards enabling our research scholars to contribute to the existing knowledge by means of analyzing diverse media and texts, and developing rhetorical awareness, communication skills and portable literacy. The purpose is to encourage them to navigate their contemporary worlds and imagine new ones in the domains of Linguistics, Literature and beyond.
