 Seal of AKU | |
Other name | AKU |
|---|---|
| Type | Private research university |
| Established | 1983 |
| Chancellor | His Highness the Aga Khan |
| President | Sulaiman Shahabuddin |
| Provost | Carl Amrhein |
| Students | 3,196 [alumni: 17,219; employees: 15,275][1] |
| Campus | |
| Language | Mostly English |
| Colours | |
| Affiliations | |
| Mascot | The AKU Leopard[2] |
| Website | www |
Aga Khan University is a not-for-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. In the near future, the university plans to launch an undergraduate liberal-arts programme to educate future leaders in a wide range of fields and establish additional graduate professional schools.[3]
- ^ "AKU at a glance". www.aku.edu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "The AKU Mascot". About AKU. The Aga Khan University. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "About the University". www.aku.edu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.