Motto | Youth Empowerment |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1979 |
Chancellor | Governor of Sindh |
Vice-Chancellor | Dr. Yousuf Khushk [1][2] |
Students | ~8000 [3] |
Undergraduates | ~3500[4] |
Postgraduates | ~1500 |
~500 | |
Location | , , |
Campus | Rural |
Colours | Gold, Blue, White |
Nickname | SALU |
Affiliations | Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Pakistan Bar Council |
Website | www |
Shah Abdul Latif University (Urdu: جامعہ شاہ عبداللطیف, Sindhi: شاه عبداللطيف يونيورسٽي; abbreviated as SALU), is a public research university in Khairpur, Pakistan.[5] The university is named after the mystic poet and spiritualist Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.
The university also maintains teaching campuses in Shahdadkot and Ghotki.[6] Founded in 1976 as a single campus, the university has grown in both keeping its reputation and physical enlargement whilst developing a strong and transparent system of higher education in the north of Sindh. The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctorate programmes in various academic disciplines.[1] The university is noted for its academic staff consisting of foreign scholars, and research directed towards the development of humanities, archaeology, Sindh studies, natural and social sciences.[1]
In addition, it is ranked as one of the top institution of high learning by the HEC on "general" category.[7] its ranking as per country rank is 97 in Pakistan and world rank 7968.[8][9][10] Nearly ~7000 students currently enrolled in the university, the university's main focus is committed to enabling its graduates to lead and serve the nation apart from their own better well-being.[3]