Momentum for development of Psychology at the Women University Swabi can be traced to the establishment of the Department of Psychology in year 2013. In the discipline of Psychology, faculty members are involved in the acquisition, representation, modeling, integration, interpretation, and transformation of psychological data & methodologies. The department aims to produce knowledgeable, self aware, thoughtful, responsible and well adjusted individuals who are responsive to the needs of rapidly changing social world. To achieve these objectives, the Department of Psychology endeavors to enhance the understanding of students about social, environmental and cultural factors relevant to mental health and also to enable them apply this knowledge in their own lives and in the society at large for better adjustment and learning. The Department of Psychology was set up to develop a comprehensive training program for professional Psychologists in the country and expand the role of Psychology to deal with a wide range of problems of the individual as well as the community at large. Department endeavors to raise the standard of training of Psychologists in different fields of the subject on national and international levels, enhance the standing of Psychology as an independent professional discipline, to meet the growing needs and changing demands of the society, and direct research towards developing an empirical knowledge base of indigenous Psychology in Pakistan.
Vision:
To establish and strengthen relationship of the department with her counterparts in advanced countries.
To bring syllabus of the department at par with those of the developed nations.
To carve out the discipline in such a manner that can facilitate the establishment of more departments.
Mission:
To provide for young, responsible and energetic leadership for induction to the different levels of elected institutions;
To ensure transformation of the political culture of Pakistan through the encouragement of Public-spirited, honest and patriotic leadership.
To encourage the induction of such leadership who can ensure decency and fairness in the political processes of the country;