National College of Arts

National College of Arts
Motto Kasb-e-Kamal Kun Ke Aziz-e-Jahan Shavi
Motto in English
Seek excellence in your work, so you can be admired by the world
Type Public art school
Established 1875 (as Mayo College of Arts)
Principal Prof. Dr. Murtaza Jafri
Administrative staff
70
Students 1200
Location Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Campus Urban
Affiliations HEC, PCATP
Website nca.edu.pk

The National College of Arts (NCA) is a degree-bestowing art university in Lahore, Punjab. Created as the Mayo School of Industrial Arts in 1875, it is the first art college in Pakistan. It became a degree-awarding institution in 1985 and a university in June 2011. The main campus of the school is situated between the Lahore Museum and the town hall. A smaller secondary campus with a more limited class offering is located in Rawalpindi.

History

John Lockwood Kipling first principal of Mayo College of Arts with son Rudyard Kipling.

One of two art colleges created by the British Crown in British India in reaction to the Arts & Crafts Movement, the Mayo School of Industrial Arts was named in honor of the recently assassinated British Viceroy of India Lord Mayo in 1875. Its first principal was Lockwood Kipling, who was also appointed the first curator of the Lahore Museum, which opened the same year in an adjacent building. The school was renamed the National College of Arts in 1958. Designated the premier art institution in the country, it was transferred to the Education Department from the Department of Industries in the 1960s. It received degree-awarding status in 1985 and created its first graduate programs in 1999. In 2006, the school opened a second campus, at Rawalpindi. It became a university in June 2011.[1]

Departments

The school features the following departments:

Principals

Mayo School of Arts

National College of Arts (1958 - present)

References

External links

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