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Iqra University
Iqra University, (Urdu: دانش گاہِ اقراَ) is a Private University primarily with its main campus located in the Defence View area of Karachi, Pakistan.[1] It has additional campuses in other parts of the city, in Islamabad and Peshawar. 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.[2] Iqra University also collaborates with universities of international repute for student exchange program. HistoryChartered by the Government of Sindh, Iqra university was founded as Asian Management Institute (AMI) in 1998, by a group of Karachi-based industrialists. Later, the university name was updated to "Iqra University" after being granted the status of university by HEC in 2002. In 2015, Iqra University inaugurated its North Campus (named Iqra University North Campus Archived 2016-10-29 at the Wayback Machine[3]). It was ranked in the top three business higher education institutions by HEC in 2015.[4] Also, the university has the largest research publication output of other higher learning institutions of the country.[5][6][7][8][9] University managementThe university was founded by Pakistani businessman Hunaid Lakhani, founding chancellor and Chairman, who served as the president of Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal Sindh. Co-founder: Mrs. Erum Asad Vice Chancellor / President: Dr. Nassar Ikram Registrar: Mr. Aseem Majid Rizvi   Main Campus Gulshan AIFD-(Clifton) N. Nbd. Location of Iqra University campuses in Karachi CampusesKarachi
Islamabad
Peshawar
Programs offeredThe university offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral studies programmes in engineering, film studies, management sciences, administration, and related social and natural sciences disciplines.[12] University also offers associate degrees in different disciplines. Academics profileUniversity offers degrees in different departments. Associate Degrees
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Information Resource CenterThe Information Resource Centre (IRC) at Iqra University has around 80000 volumes on various themes, including all curriculum topics, professional reading material, and general reading material. One of the greatest sources of secondary data is the Information Resource Centre, which keeps an up-to-date database of government publications related to the curriculum. IRC facilities
RankingsIqra University was ranked at no.01 in Business as per Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) rankings 2012.[13] 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.[5][6][7][8][9] In 2011, Iqra University was ranked as the no. 1 among all private institutions. [5] In a meeting held on July 13, 2012, NCEAC-HEC (National Computing Education Accreditation Council of Higher Education Commission) 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 (W-Category).[14] References
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