Iqra University


Iqra University is a Private University primarily located in the Defence Area of Karachi, Pakistan. It has additional campuses in other parts of the city as well as in Islamabad. Iqra University was ranked as the number 1 business school in Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan in the rankings announced in 2016.
Founded as Asian Management Institute in 1998 by a group of Karachi-based industrialists, the university was renamed to "Iqra University" after being granted university status in 2002 by HEC. The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral studies programmes in engineering, film studies, management sciences, administration, and related social and natural sciences disciplines. In 2015, Iqra University inaugurated its North Campus.
It was ranked as the top business higher education institution by HEC in 2015. In addition, the university is the largest employer of doctorate holders as faculty. Also, the university has the largest research publication output of other higher learning institutions of the country.

Management

It was founded by Pakistani businessman Hunaid Hussain Lakhani, who currently serves as the chairman. The chancellor is Mrs. Erum Asad and the vice-chancellor is Prof. Dr. Wasim Qazi. Registrar is Dr. Irfan Hameed.

Campuses

Karachi

Iqra University was ranked at no.01 in Business as per Higher Education Commission of Pakistan rankings 2012. According to the HEC 2015 ranking, Iqra University was in the first position in Pakistan in the Business category.
Latest figures from ISI Thompson shown that IQRA University has published more research papers than the other top business schools of Pakistan. In 2011, Iqra University was ranked as the no. 1 among all private institutions.
In a meeting held on July 13, 2012, NCEAC-HEC has granted accreditation to the Computer Science Program of Iqra University for the batches graduating in the academic years 2008-12, 2009–13 and 2010-14. NCEAC-HEC also evaluated the quality standard of the said program and placed it into the top most ranking.