Director of Tarbiyah
Abdullah Muddassir
Mr. Abdullah Muddassir serves as the Director of Tarbiyah at Riphah International University, Faisalabad. He is deeply committed to student development through a holistic approach that integrates academic, personal, and spiritual growth. With a strong background in student mentoring and organizational leadership, he works to create an environment where students can excel not only in their studies but also in character and values.
His leadership emphasizes the importance of co-curricular engagement, welfare services, and the cultivation of students’ intellectual, social, and cultural capacities. Through structured programs, student societies, and guidance platforms, Mr. Muddassir ensures that the Tarbiyah Directorate plays a pivotal role in enriching the overall university experience while staying aligned with Riphah’s mission of value-based education.
Director of Tarbiyah – Message
The Directorate of Tarbiyah is dedicated to serving the needs of our students and guiding them throughout their academic journey. From the moment a student first visits the university to the completion of their degree, our office functions as both a resource and a companion—supporting academic goals while promoting personal, cultural, and spiritual development.
Through a wide range of services, programs, and activities, we encourage students to grow intellectually, socially, and ethically. Our mission is not only to facilitate academic advising and co-curricular activities but also to foster leadership, creativity, and a sense of responsibility.
We strive to make every student’s stay at Riphah a rich and transformative experience of multi-dimensional growth—preparing them to succeed in life and contribute positively to society.
About The Department
Riphah International University is a vision-based institute with an aim to inculcate Islamic ethical values in its students, staff, employees and ultimately the society. A need was felt to develop a more informal rapport with the students and staff to gauge their ethical commitment towards the organization in specific and towards life in general. It is for this very purpose that an independent department by the name Tarbiyah Department was established at Riphah, Faisalabad Campus which tends to the Tarbiyah (character building) needs of all those who are associated with Riphah.
These ethical values are also known as ‘Riphah Values’ enlisted as follows:
Fundamentally, Tarbiyah Department is responsible to ensure mission compliance at Riphah; therefore, its scope is not confined to the academics only but extends to the administrative facets of the institution as well. The scope of Tarbiyah Department covers three aspects: students, staff and the overall campus environment. Some major activities conducted at all three areas are mentioned below for your perusal:
Objectives of Tarbiyah
- Clarify the concept (meaningful) of life to students.
- Enable students, how to:
- Fulfill their obligations (Faraiz) towards The Creator and His creation.
- Refrain from evil ways (‘Munkarat’).
- Enable students to translate the concept of life (meaningful life) into their plans in all domains of life.
- Develop leadership qualities in students.
Tarbiyah (Character Building) of Students:
Tarbiyah of Students is carried out through following activities:
Mentoring Program:
This program ensures teacher-student relationship where teacher acts as a mentor and provides guidance to his mentees at personal, as well as professional matters of life. This is Riphah’s unique feature that endures building a closer relation between a teacher and his student in a guided and secured environment.
Life & Living Courses:
These courses include Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies, and professional ethics. They are not only taught to the students in a conventional method but also through special activities during classes for practical learning are planned and delivered.
Daily Engagement through Interaction and Discussion:
Tarbiyah team members have chosen different campus locations where students find it comfortable to interact and communicate with them. These conversations are deemed to be highly important as in such places students tend to communicate openly and discuss important matters with their counselors.
Weekly Students Counseling Sessions:
Weekly time is allocated for counseling sessions where students meet with the Tarbiyah representatives and discuss their personal and professional matters.
Special Lectures/Trainings/Workshops/Short Courses:
Monthly lectures, workshops and seminars are scheduled for students where different trainers from within and outside Riphah interact with the students regarding Riphah’s values in the light of RAS (Riphah Aspired Students) framework to comprehend the true picture of Islam.
Hostel Activities/Classes:
Tarbiyah Department has also extended its scope to the hostels where students are engaged in a number of activities along with the Quran classes, such as aerobics, field trips and other fun activities, that include social welfare projects as well.
Study Tours and Trips:
Students are taken on different tours; those that relate to their Life & Living Courses and also for recreational purposes. Such trips are mainly planned by the DSA but Tarbiyah team always takes an active part to make them more productive in terms of their character building.
Implementation of RAS (Riphah Aspired Student) Framework:
Tarbiyah Department is responsible for developing RAS implementation plan and synchronizing all other activities with the requirements of the framework. Implementation plan includes carrying out a survey and developing strategies to meet the expectations of Framework.
Tarbiyah of Faculty & Staff
- PGD (Post Graduation Diploma) in Teaching Methodology and Professional Ethics which is mandatory for every faculty member to complete.
- Faculty & staff discussion forum where staff and faculty are given the chance to speak out on the chosen topic. This forum is gender-segregated because the purpose of this is to give everyone a chance to share and discuss openly without feeling uncomfortable because of the presence of the opposite gender. Counseling and guidance to faculty and staff are provided in an informal manner where they are not only assisted in terms of providing Islamic guidelines regarding their issues but also solutions to their personal and domestic issues.
- Special lectures/workshops for faculty and staff are arranged where highly trained professionals are invited to interact with them.
Campus Culture & Environment
- Assistance to Proctorial Board in terms of providing counseling to the students that are fined for disciplinary matters.
- Distribution of ethical and Islamic literature such as copies of Quran and other handbooks regarding the Islamic monthly themes.
- Community services are carried out with the assistance of DSA and other student bodies.
- Posters, brochures, and standees on different monthly themes are displayed on all the central locations of the campus.
- Ensuring gender segregation in classrooms and events.
- Daily quotes and inspirational messages, write-ups, etc., in students’ WhatsApp groups and on social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
- Sports and fun activities in collaboration with the DSA so that students feel comfortable and Tarbiyah team is not labelled as “Haram Police”.
- Plantation and cleanup drives, etc.
- Riphah outreach programs for females where wives of Riphah employees are invited in an open forum to discuss and speak out their experiences on a particular topic chosen by themselves in the former sessions.
- Friday Sermons at campus on practical and social issues.
- Riphah Dastarkhwan in collaboration with DSA for the deserving; where janitorial staff are invited for lunch and Tarbiyah sessions are carried out.
- Distribution of Ramadan packages and clothes to University’s supporting staff.
- Distribution of Ramadan gifts for faculty members and management staff.
- Celebration of Islamic Themes and National Days with the assistance of DSA.
- YouTube Channel: Tarbiyah Department has its own YouTube Channel where all the recorded activities of Tarbiyah Department are uploaded and shared with the public.