Registered Private Universities

​​​​Any other institution which is not included here in the list of registered / recognized universities/Institutions/Campus (s) available on the HERA website may be termed as non-recognized / un-registered.​​​​​​

Registered Private Universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

S#	Name of University	Reg # and Date	Website	District	Remarks
TOTAL				13
1	Abasyn Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar.	46 11/7/2005	http://peshawar.abasyn.edu.pk/	Peshawar
2	CECOS University of IT & Emerging Sciences	18 29/7/2004	http://www.cecos.edu.pk/	Peshawar
3	City University Of Science & Information Technology	14 22/7/2004	http://www.cityuniversity.edu.pk/	Peshawar
4	Gandhara University	05 20/02/2004	http://www.gandhara.edu.pk/	Peshawar
5	Iqra National University	182 04/02/2011	https://www.inu.edu.pk/	Peshawar
6	Northern University	49 2/7/2012	http://www.northern.edu.pk/	Nowshera
7	Preston University	09 4/4/2004	http://preston.edu.pk/index.php	Peshawar	Admissions stopped in all campuses & Principal seat at all levels w.e.f. Oct 5, 2016
8	Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology	17 27/04/2004	http://www.qurtuba.edu.pk/	Peshawar
9	Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology	47 22/7/2005	http://www.suit.edu.pk/	Peshawar
10	Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology (Campus)	17 27/04/2004	http://www.qurtuba.edu.pk/	D.I.Khan
11	Preston University (Campus)	09 4/4/2004	http://preston.edu.pk/index.php	Kohat	Admissions stopped in all campuses & Principal seat at all levels w.e.f. Oct 5, 2016
12	Brains Institute (Degree Awarding Institute)	349 06/12/2018	https://www.brains.edu.pk/	Peshawar
13	Iqra National University (SWAT Campus)	23/08/2019	https://www.inu.edu.pk/	Swat	INU Swat fulfills minimum requirement of provisional registration with HERA to run Departments of Arts & Design, Allied Health Sciences, Computer Sciences and Management Sciences subject to provision of NOC from HEC, Islamabad.