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Lahore
University
of
Management
Sciences
Lahore
University
of
Management
Sciences
(LUMS)
جامعۂ
لاہور
برائے
علومِ
انتظامیات)
is
a
private
research
university,
located
in
Lahore,
Punjab,
Pakistan.
In
1984,
Syed
Babar
Ali,
a
renowned
businessman
in
Pakistan,
recognized
the
shortage
of
qualified
managers
in
the
country.
He
proposed
to
establish
a
world-class
university
that
would
attract
and
retain
the
highest
caliber
of
students
and
faculty.
He
shared
this
idea
with
fellow
businessman
and
close
friend,
Abdul
Razak
Dawood,
who
was
in
full
support
of
the
vision.
The
university
has
since
then
expanded,
launching
a
liberal
arts
undergraduate
school
in
1994,
an
engineering
school
in
2008,
a
law
school
in
2004
and
an
education
school
in
2017.
The
university
launched
a
National
Outreach
Programme
(NOP)
in
2001
to
provide
financial
aid
to
students
and
in
2015,
in
partnership
with
Afghan
government,
launched
a
scholarship
programme
for
Afghan
students
to
diversify
its
student
body.
As
of
2021,
the
university
has
a
student
body
of
5,092
graduate
and
undergraduate
students,
a
faculty
of
300
out
of
which
nearly
three-quarters
have
doctoral
degrees.
Its
campus,
where
more
than
half
of
its
student
population
and
faculty
lives,
spreads
over
100
acres.
Its
business
school
is
accredited
by
Association
to
Advance
Collegiate
Schools
of
Business.
It
is
also
one
of
two
business
schools
in
Pakistan
to
be
certified
by
the
South
Asian
Quality
Assurance
System
and
is
ranked
as
one
of
the
top
business
schools
in
the
country.
The
university
is
also
a
member
of
Association
of
Commonwealth
Universities.
LUMS
is
ranked
as
the
top
university
in
Pakistan
in
the
QS
University
Rankings
for
the
year
2016,
111th
in
Asia
and
among
the
top
700
in
the
world.
It
is
also
ranked
by
QS
as
among
the
top
250
universities
globally
for
business
and
among
the
top
400
universities
globally
in
mathematics.
In
2020,
LUMS
was
ranked
40
globally
in
"World's
Best
Small
Universities"
by
Times
Higher
Education,
being
the
only
Pakistani
university
on
the
list.
Following
a
liberal
arts
curriculum,
LUMS
is
one
of
Pakistan's
most
expensive,
selective
and
progressive
universities.
LUMS
counts
several
prominent
Pakistani
intellectuals
and
public
figures
among
its
alumni
and
current
and
former
faculty
including
Umar
Saif,
Hina
Rabbani
Khar,
Adil
Najam,
Arif
Zaman,
Amer
Iqbal,
Ayesha
Jalal,
Asad
Abidi,
Osama
Siddique
and
Pervez
Hoodbhoy.
It
also
counts
several
Fulbright,
Chevening
and
Rhodes
scholars
among
its
alumni.
History
The
university
was
granted
a
charter
by
the
government
of
Pakistan
in
March
2023.
The
LUMS
Board
of
Trustees
comprises
members
of
the
domestic
business
community,
academics
and
government
representatives.
The
principal
functions
of
the
board
are
to
set
policy
guidelines
and
to
review
the
operations
of
the
university.
The
Board
of
Governors,
as
the
sponsor
of
LUMS,
raises
funds
for
the
university's
operation
and
maintenance.
In
1986,
a
business
school
by
the
name
of
Lahore
Business
School
was
established
for
an
MBA
Programme.
Later
the
school
was
renamed
and
is
known
as
Suleman
Dawood
School
of
Business.
After
the
construction
of
the
current
campus,
LUMS
started
undergraduate
programmes
in
Economics
and
Computer
Sciences
in
1994.
In
1996,
the
School
of
Arts
and
Science
was
introduced
to
oversee
the
undergraduate
programmes.
LUMS
established
the
School
of
Humanities,
Social
Sciences
and
Law
to
oversee
the
Social
Sciences,
Economics
and
Law
departments.
The
School
of
Sciences
and
Engineering,
for
the
disciplines
of
Mathematics,
Computer
Science
and
other
science
subjects,
was
established
in
2008.
In
2016,
the
university
charges
Rs.
272,400
tuition
fee
per
semester
for
undergraduate
students.
From
2020,
the
university
changed
the
fee
structure
to
a
credit-based
system.
For
the
year
2021–2022,
the
per
credit
hour
tuition
fee
was
Rs.
23,760.
LUMS
launched
the
National
Outreach
Programme
(NOP)
in
2001
to
reach
out
to
bright
students
from
underprivileged
areas
of
Pakistan.
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