Iqra University Bahria Town Karachi Campus
A Medical and Nursing School will be opened in Bahria City, Karachi by Iqra University in 2020. The campus is unique in Pakistan as this is the first campus where all foreign faculty members will be hired to teach and perform study here from international universities.
Graduate and postgraduate degrees in various cutting-edge programs in health sciences, information technology, media science, fashion design, and business administration will be provided by the custom-designed world-class campus. Iqra University has been ranked by HEC as the best business school in the nation for the last few years.
The campus is situated next to the Grand Jamia Masjid, the third-largest in the world and the largest in Pakistan. The university launch is a significant achievement for Bahria Town Karachi, which now provides its residents with educational facilities from playgroup to Ph.D. level. This university was to be inaugurated on the 31st of December 2020. During the inauguration, there were planned fireworks.
Background:
On January 17, 2020, Iqra University, one of Pakistan’s leading universities, signed an agreement with Bahria Town to open a state-of-the-art campus in Bahria Town, Karachi. The Bahria Town Karachi campus will soon be operational and its students will be awarded both graduate and postgraduate degrees.
The opening of the Bahria Town Karachi campus at Iqra University is certainly great news for the residents of this city.
An agreement signed by Bahria Town & University of Iqra
Recently, Iqra University signed an agreement with the management of Bahria Town to formally open its Bahria Town Karachi campus. This agreement was concluded on January 17th, 2020. The Founding Chancellor of the IU, Mr. Hunaid Lakhani, and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Wasim Qazi are the participants in this signing ceremony.
In addition, Dr. Kamran Raza, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, and Ms. Kaif Ghaznavi, Head of the Department of Media Science Department (HoD), were also present at the site.
This agreement was signed between Khalid Mahmood, Senior General Manager of the Bahria Town Karachi (Retired) Brigadier, and Mr. Lakhani. However, via video conferencing, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bahria Town, Malik Riaz, also attended the meeting.
He explains the meeting and describes it as a happy start of the New Year with landmark progress in the education sector. He further stated that this new Iqra University campus will not only play an exemplary role in Pakistan’s education sector but will also fulfill the needs of locals for high-quality education.
The management of Iqra University, meanwhile, also announced that this will be the first campus in Pakistan where all faculty members from abroad will be included. Vice-Chancellor Dr. Wasim Qazi also told the guests that 15 members of the international faculty had already been recruited for the new campus.
All of Bahria Town’s housing projects provide the best educational facilities. Iqra University’s new campus will be the fourth major educational campus to be officially opened in Bahria City.
In Bahria Town, Karachi, the first three standard and official educational institutions are:
- The Bahria Town School & College Junior Campus in Precinct 1
- Primary School of Bahria Town in Bahria Golf City
- Roots Millennium School’s Future World Campus in Precinct 1
The growth of Bahria Town Karachi’s Iqra University will provide its citizens with the best educational facilities from playgroup to Ph.D. level. It will also promote educational, occupational, and growth possibilities for the residents of the towns. You will be able to witness an increase in the overall repute and market value of the homes in Bahria Town Karachi through this project.
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