By utilising the top professors of the country to develop and deliver hand-crafted courses, Virtual University of Pakistan aims at providing the very best education to not only its own students but also to all other aspirants across the country, thereby alleviating the lack of capacity in the existing universities while simultaneously tackling the acute shortage of qualified professors in the country.

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Milestones and Achievements
President of Pakistan Inaugurated
 the Virtual University of Pakistan                                23-Mar-02
First batch of 500 students starts classes                         26-Mar-02
Federal Charter granted by Government of Pakistan                  11-Sep-02
Virtual University start broadcasts
 over its own TV channels (VTV1, VTV2)                             15-Jun-04
VU selected as coordinating institute
 of multi-country IDRC funded project                              01-Mar-05
Launch of MCS, MIT and MBA programs                                06-Mar-06
Launch of two new channels VTV3 & VTV4                             25-Sep-06
VU become Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Member              7-Nov-06
VU agreement with Ujala TV Dubai for telecasting VU programs       30-Nov-06
VU agreement with University of Veterinary &
 Animal Sciences for offering joint
BS Bio-informatics program                                         25-May-07
Launch of MS program in Computer Science                           Fall 2007
Launch of B.A., B.Com., B.Sc. (2-year programs)                    Fall 2007
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