Aga Khan University
Seal of AKU | |
Other name | AKU |
|---|---|
| Type | Private research university |
| Established | 1983 |
| Affiliation | |
| Chancellor | Aga Khan |
| President | Sulaiman Shahabuddin |
| Provost | Tania Bubela |
| Location | |
| Campus | Urban |
| Language | English |
| Colours | |
| Mascot | The AKU Leopard |
| Website | www |
Aga Khan University is a private research university based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is a non-profit institution and an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. It was founded in 1983 as Pakistan's first private university. Starting in 2000, the university expanded to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom and Afghanistan.
AKU began life as a health-sciences university. It is among the largest private health-care providers in Pakistan and East Africa. AKU hospitals were the first in those regions accredited by U.S.-based Joint Commission International.
More recently, the university has initiated programmes in teacher education, the study of Muslim civilisations, journalism, early childhood development and public policy. The university has also launched an undergraduate liberal-arts programme to educate future leaders in a wide range of fields and establish additional graduate professional schools.