Information Technology University

Information Technology University
جامعہ اطلاعیات
MottoInnovation
TypePublic
Established2012 (2012)
Endowment$10 million[1]
ChancellorGovernor of the Punjab
Vice-ChancellorAdnan Noor Mian [2]
Students1500[3]
Location
Lahore
,
Punjab
,
Pakistan
CampusUrban
AffiliationsHigher Education Commission (Pakistan), Pakistan Engineering Council, National Computing Education Accreditation Council
Websiteitu.edu.pk

The Information Technology University (ITU) (Urdu: جامعہ اطلاعیات) is a public university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 2012, the university was founded and headed by Umar Saif and is modeled after the MIT.[4][5][6][7]

The university is located within the high-rise Arfa Software Technology Park, while its permanent 183 acre campus is under construction on Barki Road.[8][9][10] The university has varying degrees of partnerships with the Harvard University[11] and also publishes the MIT Technology Review, Pakistan edition.[12] The university is home to several tenured academics, Pakistan's largest startup incubator and maintains partnerships with EdX, IBM and the US State Department.[13][14][15] It hosted International Development Design Summit, organised by IDIN and United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

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  10. ^ "ITU meeting". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
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  13. ^ "Lincoln Corner to be set up at ITU - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  14. ^ "Empowering businesses: IBM partners with ITU on data science - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  15. ^ "ITU holds 4th Robotics Expo at Arfa Park". The Nation. Retrieved 2016-12-29.