adabhoy Institute of Higher Education

http://www.dadabhoy.edu.pk

Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education (DIHE) was set up in the year 2000 by Dadabhoy Foundation. The institute received its charter from the government of Sindh in 2003. It has been recognized by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the Charter Inspection and Evaluation Committee (CIEC) of Education Department Government of Sindh. DIHE ranks as a top grade educational institution and also as a “W” (A) grade educational Institution because of its well designed academic programs, appropriate educational facilities, high class foreign educated PhD faculty and state-of-the -art facilities. The Institute offers academic programs at two campuses, the Hill Park Campus, located at Shaheed-e-Millat Road and North Nazimabad campus located in Block “A” North Nazimabad. The Hill Park Campus offers degree programs in the faculties of Business Administration, Science and Law.

Chairman's Message Rector's Message Vision, Mission and Goals Dadabhoy Foundation

Degrees offered in Faculty of Business Administration include:
BBA, BBA (Financial Engineering), MBA (Islamic Banking), MBA (Banking and Finance), MBA (Human Resource), MBA (Finance), MBA (Marketing), and M.Phil leading to PhD. The Executive Development Center of Business School complements the degree based programmes and provides a continuous range of seminars, workshops and short courses on specialized topics of particular interest to employees of the corporate sector.

The Science Faculty offers degree programmes for BS (Computer Science), BS(Software Development), BS (Information Technology), BS(Electronics and Communication), BS( Process and Financial Engineering), MCS and MS(Information Technology), MS/Phil leading to PhD .

The degree programs offered by Law Faculty include: LLB and LLM.

While DIHE benefits from an excellent academic foundation, it also offers second to none environment that nurtures the overall development of all the students. Some of the activities that are focused on these objectives include:

• Remedial English classes (Free of cost classes for students who need them.)
• Student Grooming classes
• An active sports programme,
• Ongoing cultural activities like theatrical programmes, poetic and musical evenings etc
• Student’s societies

North Nazimabad Campus was taken over by DIHE in May 2004 since then all efforts have been made for the improvement and significant advancement. Initially NN Campus was offering degree program in MBA and B-Tech (Adv/Hons) for evening students only. In 2005 Morning Programs in BBA, BS (CS) and B.Com were introduced. Recently MIT program for evening students has been launched to meet the emerging needs of IT Managers in market.

The administrative staff and faculty member of NN campus are committed to their professional responsibilities. The NN Campus is moving towards the path of excellence.

Baqai Medical University

http://www.baqai.edu.pk

The Baqais( Dr.Fareed Uddin Baqai and Dr.Zahida Baqai) both medical practitioners and surgeons by profession, after completing their medical education in Pakistan and Great Britain, started practicing the art of healing in an underdeveloped country and in a fast growing city of Karachi, the then capital of Pakistan. The enormity and complexity of health care problems and the paucity of proper infrastructures for health care delivery systems motivated them to develop a comprehensive concept of community development on the basis of self reliance and without depending upon the public sector financing. The concept started unfolding itself in concrete actions when the Baqai Foundation acquired a large piece of land on Super Highway just at the outskirts of Karachi and established the first ever rural Medical Centre supported by secondary and tertiary health care facilities in 1976.

Mission

To provide quality education comparable to international standards to its students so that they can acquire the state of art knowledge of subjects for which they otherwise would have to go abroad to internationally known seats of learning. To provide educational programs in accordance with the actual needs of the society both in Pakistan and in the neighboring world. To develop a wholesome and broad based personality of its students inculcating in them a sense of moral and social responsibility. To achieve the above objectives : The admission to Baqai Medical University are controlled strictly, Merit is the only criterion for admission. No quotas, reserve seats or donation seats are allowed for seeking admission to the University. Entrance tests, interviews and scholastic records are important constituents of determining the merit of a student. Baqai Medical University ensures a highly qualified faculty keeping in view the international academic standards. The university has a permanent continuing education program through its Centre for Medical Education. University as an incentive also provides subsidies and scholarships for the teaching faculty as an encouragement to go abroad for higher education, professional seminars and conferences. An intensive evaluation program constantly provides a criterion for the faculty to prove its worth. Baqai Medical University also keeps in view the normative needs of the society. Provisions of inter disciplinary courses and practical involvement of faculty and students in community work ensures an overall and altruistic development of the personality of a university graduate.

Bahria University

http://bimcs.edu.pk

Pakistan Navy with its inherent flair for disciplined training and over 30 years of experience in the field of education had a vision to help build an educated and prosperous PAKISTAN in the 21st century. The vision was to consolidate all its efforts to create an education system that would be capable of providing state of the art facilities for quality education to the population of Pakistan with out any prejudice of class, creed, color or domicile.

This vision became a reality on 7 Feb 2000, when BAHRIA UNIVE

RSITY was established through the Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000.

BAHRIA UNIVERSITY today is a multi-campus university with its headquarters at Islamabad. The constituent units of the university are spread at Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. These include the Pakistan Naval Academy Karachi, PN War College Lahore, Bahria Institutes of Management and Computer Sciences at Karachi and Islamabad, the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Islamabad, the Institute of Professional Psychology at PNS SHIFA Karachi and Bahria Colleges at Karachi and Islamabad.

The University is planned to run on self-financing basis without depending heavily on the Government funds. Through its' own resources, and with the generous support of the Navy, two new campuses for management and computer sciences have been constructed at Islamabad and Karachi. These beautiful buildings are custom built with state of the art facilities, high tech computer/electronic laboratories and well stocked libraries with free internet access. The faculties of Earth & Environment Sciences and Economics are also established within the premises of these two institutes at Islamabad and Karachi respectively. The institute of Professional Psychology is located in a renovated premises at PNS Shifa Karachi, well suited to the needs of modern teaching facilities in Psychology. A disciplined and peaceful academic environment is maintained at these campuses to facilitate learning and timely completion of degree programs.

Bahria University is a multi-campus institution of higher education, which will remain committed to the attainment of highest standards in teaching, learning and research. The scholars and professionals it produces will be encouraged to pursue truth, civility and integrity. In pursuing this mission, the University has following objectives:

Establish Campuses, Research Institutes, Schools and Colleges across the length and breadth of Pakistan to turn the rapidly increasing population into knowledge based force.

Prepare the younger generation to become future leaders and managers for a prosperous and educated Pakistan, through development of their physical, mental, moral and professional strengths.

Ensure academic excellence through quality education in disciplined and peaceful learning environments.

To offer students the benefits of intellectual challenge, and to nurture skills and qualities they need for their professional careers ahead and to enable them to achieve full potential as individuals.

Constantly monitor and upgrade facilities and update the curricula to keep pace with the emerging trends and technologies.

Coordinate and provide facilities for exchange of knowledge and applied research in the newly emerging fields in collaboration with national and international Universities and Research Institutions.

Aga Khan University

http://www.aku.edu

Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University is a private, autonomous university that promotes human welfare through research, teaching and community service. Based on the principles of quality, access, impact and relevance, the University has campuses and programmes in Afghanistan, East Africa, Egypt, Pakistan, Syria and the United Kingdom. Its facilities include teaching hospitals, Nursing Schools and a Medical College, Institutes for Educational Development, an Examination Board and an Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations. It occupies a pivotal place within Aga Khan Development Network.

AKU brings international expertise to bear upon the establishment and enhancement of its current and future programmes and services through ongoing partnerships with prestigious overseas institutions. Additionally, in line with its commitment to the advancement of the status and professional opportunities for women, the University seeks similar collaborations to strengthen women-oriented professions such as nursing and teaching.

AKU is a non-denominational institution open to all, irrespective of religion, ethnicity, gender or national origin. Forty-four per cent of the University's faculty are women, many in senior posts. Fifty per cent of students in the Medical College are also women. The University's admission policy is needs-blind and based on merit.

While the University sets its sights on the latest breakthroughs in health sciences and technology, as well as the application of well-proven and appropriate technologies that have been insufficiently applied in Pakistan, it also seeks to integrate systems of values, ethics and principles. In doing so, AKU is an important force for pluralism, teaching the skills of critical thinking, analysis and problem-solving, while inculcating moral reasoning, ethics and respect for others.

In its first two decades, AKU's major focus was in the fields of health and education. In the decade ahead, the University plans to step beyond professional education towards becoming a comprehensive university.

Following the liberal arts model, a Faculty of Arts and Sciences will be established on a new campus in Karachi and East Africa. It will develop skills in critical thinking and analysis, raise proficiency in verbal and written communication, enhance human resource development in the region, and advance understanding in particular academic disciplines.

Another programme under consideration is an Institute of Human Development, which will be dedicated to advancing the understanding of the effects and conditions of early childhood on subsequent well-being and performance, and the application of this understanding to the development of interventions and evaluation to assess their potential efficacy and applicability.

University of Karachi

http://www.uok.edu.pk

by: Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui

Spread over 1200 acre of land, the University of Karachi was established through the parliament as a Federal University in 1951. However, through another act of the parliament in 1962 its status was redefined as university of the province of Sindh. On 23rd October, 1950 the Karachi University Act was passed and after an amendment in 1951 it was enacted and Prof A.B.A Haleem was appointed as its first Vice Chancellor. For the first two years, the University of Karachi remained as an examination University for the affiliated colleges. In the year 1953 it started its teaching and research activities at two Faculties of Arts and Science. Opened with an initial intake of 50 students, the university is now a sprawling structure of 53 Departments and 20 world class and highly reputable Research Centers and Institutes, under eight faculties of Arts, science Islamic Studies Pharmacy Commerce & Business Administration, Law, Education and Medicine. At present the enrolment of a regular student at the Campus is slightly over 24,000. There are about 700 teachers and more than 2500 supporting staff.

The University in the beginning was housed in small buildings was housed in small buildings adjacent to the Civil Hospital. Meanwhile, due to rapid expansion, it began to be felt that the space in which the university was functioning was not enough for its needs.

Moreover the atmosphere of the congested and polluted area was not conducive to higher education and research. Thus a plot a of a1279 acres of land was acquired on the Country Club Road (now University Road). On 18th January 1960 the university was shifted to the new campus. Thus began a new phase in the life of the university. The day is still commemorated by various old students’ Association and the University administration jointly.

Karachi University always proudly mentions the names of renowned educationists and scholars associated with this institution of higher learning like, Dr. I. H. Qureshi, Dr. Mahmud Hussain, Dr. Salemuzzaman Siddiqui, Dr. Afzal Hussain Qadri, Dr. M. M. Ahmed , Dr Mujtaba Karim, Prof. M. Ilyas, Prof. Q. Fareed, Dr. Ibadur Rehman Khan, Prof Muntakhib ul Haq, Prof. Memony, Dr. S. M. Yousuf, Dr. M.A Wali, Dr. Karawala. The faculty was drawn not only from Pakistan but also included eminent educationists form Europe and America.

The Karachi University today is the biggest university of in the country. It comprises eight faculties with which all the colleges of the city are affiliated B.S, M.S, M.Phil and Ph.D classes under five of these faculties Arts, Science, Pharmacy, Commerce and Islamic Learning are conducted on the campus, while under the Faculties of Medicine, law and Education it examines the students admitted to their affiliated colleges. Research programmers leading to M.Phil and Ph.D Degree are offered under all the faculties.

Science

The Science Faculty which consists of 23 departments and five research Institutes can be said to be the biggest scientific centre in the country. The Research Institutes include the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, which is world renowned and has also been designated World Academy of Science. It is the prime research institutes of the country and has high level research faculties for chemical science particularly Natural Product Chemistry.

Other Institutes are Dr. Punjwani Centre for Molecular Medicines and Drug Research, Khan Institutes if Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Dr Afzal Hussain Qadri Biological Research Centre, which is a common research facility for all the biological science departments; the Marine Resources Collection and Research Centre, which is the biggest repository of marine life from the Arabian Sea. National Nematological Research Centre, which undertakes research in plant pest control. Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, a federally founded centre for the study of marine fauna of the Arabian Sea; the Institute of Environmental Studies, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Umair Basha Institute of Information Technology which is going to become operational after up gradation of the present department of Computer Science.

It is noteworthy that the number of M.Phil/Ph.D in science produced by the Karachi University far exceeds the number produced in any other university of the country. So far, about 600 M.Phil, 300 Ph.D, 7 D.Sc and 7 D.Litt. degrees in Science have been awarded by the university. The University teachers are also involved in various research projects and contribute regularly to publications of home and abroad. Only in 2006 the number of published research papers by the reaching and research faculty of the university is 506.

Library

The library of the university is one of the largest libraries in the country. Housed in spacious building, it has a collection of 360,000 books, and 110,000 copies of national and foreign journals and periodicals.

There is also a microfilm section which has copies of rare manuscripts from the British museum, the India Office Library and the Bodleian and Cambridge University libraries.

A highlight of the library is the Quaid-i-Azam’s personal collection of books, many of which carry his own signature. Copies of the All India Muslim League papers are also available. Work is in progress for setting up a resource centre, equipped with internet and scanner microfiche. Now the Central Library is being gradually digitalized and will be able to cater the larger number of students. The LEJ National Science Centre is the most significant addition to the Karachi University which is a recent development.

The centre not only houses one of the largest digital one libraries of the mechanism and capacity to assist other campus library by resources and provide leadership in the application of technology to help the researchers, scientists, scholars and students of academic and R&D institutions of Pakistan Facilities of video conferencing are available and fully operative. Beside the central library, every department also has its own seminar library equipped with the necessary books.

Evening Program

The University of Karachi introduced the Evening program in 195 to provide an opportunity to the in service peoples and professionals to pursue higher education in the evening initially at a few departments The program started while gradually the number of departments offering degree courses in the evening has increased.
Four Year Degree Program: The latest development this year is the introduction of four year degree program at the University to bring the university education at par with the International standards. In the revised curricula of four years program a number of new subject have been added to enable the passed out students to have wider opportunities in the job market.

New Era of Development

The University of Karachi witnessed a new era of speedy developments in all spheres when Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan took over as Governor of Sindh and Chancellor of the universities in the province. His deep personal interest and commitments in the university affairs is an ongoing source of continued interest in academic, research and managements activates at the intellectual growth at the campus.

The University has now embraced upon a gigantic process of multifaceted progress with emphasis on capacity building and quality enchantment. Ever since its inception, it is in this era that constitutional and statutory bodies of the university are holding their meeting with regular intervals, further bolstering the process.

Regular holding of Selection Boards has enabled the University to add more than two hundred new teachers to various faculties and departments in 2006 07. Many departments in faculties of science and Arts where strengthened by modernizing facilities recently to enhance their quality and productivity.

These include Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Statistics Food Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Computer Science and Mass Communications. For common facilities for science in various scientific disciplines a centralized science lab has been established. It has further enhanced the capabilities for scientific research. Some noteworthy developments which serve as land marks in the university include a highly sophisticated and well equipped Herbarium for research in plant science.

Already completed Botanical Garden is first of its kind in the country. The Garden adds plenty of beauty to the campus on the one hand while on the other it serves as an open lab for the Plant scientists.

Construction of hostels for the visiting faculty and research scholars and additional facilities for M.Phil/Ph.D scholars, have further enhanced chances for quality and speedy research. The perennial residential problems at the campus is also expected to solve partially with the completion of new blocks of the staff apartments.

All these and many other successes were due to active encouragements the university received from the Higher Education Commission and the Chancellor of the University.

A number of new developments projects are on the anvil while many others are at various stages of completion. The University is now moving fast on the path of developments playing its due role in the national development.

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