History
The University established under the Act of Provincial Assembly of the NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) on 29 April 1997. The then-Governor, KP took the bold step of establishing Hazara University in 2001 in the old buildings which were vacated from Neuropsychiatry Hospital, Dhodial and Agriculture Department. It was formally inaugurated on 14 April 2002.