Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

History

The Lahore university of Management sciences (LUMS) is a world elegance instructional institution with a proud history of fulfillment, and bold plans for the destiny. the concept of setting up the college took root within the mind of Syed Babar Ali, seasoned chancellor, LUMS who's the guiding spirit behind the university. along with his resilient efforts and patronage of the enterprise community, academia and representatives of the government, started out the establishment of what was to become one of the leading universities of south Asia.

With support of ten of the leading public and private area groups of Pakistan, the country wide management foundation (nmf), the sponsoring frame of the university, turned into incorporated on november 7, 1984. the nmf changed into granted a constitution by way of the government of Pakistan for organising the university on march 8, 1985. thru this constitution, the university turned into given the prison proper to set up degree-granting programmes. further to this, the authorities also granted authorisation to set up different schools below the aegis of the "lahore university of control sciences".

The board of governors of the NMF, being the sponsors of LUMS, boost the vital budget for the college’s operations and meet its infra-structure necessities. therefore all land and college homes are owned by NMF. many members of the board are representatives of the business network and form a important link between the university and the business international. the board of trustees, the coverage-making body of the college, comprises main members of the enterprise network, academia and representatives of the government. the foremost features of the board are to set wide policy guidelines and to study the operations of the university which capabilities on no-income, no-loss basis.

Due to the fact its inception in 1985, LUMS has strived to achieve the goal of offering international magnificence training while encouraging studies and intellectual boom inside the U . S .. as a end result, LUMS has performed a key position in putting excessive requirements of teachers and generating specialists who can compete with counterparts from any college the world over.

the LUMS business school, now called the Suleman Dawood College of Business (SDSB) opened its doorways to the primary batch of MBA students in 1986. the LUMS MBA programme is first-rate in standards and is based totally at the case method of teaching, that's the distinct high-quality of the LUMS MBA programme. tailored from leading enterprise schools everywhere in the international and then customised through nearby cases, this technique has produced top enterprise graduates of the u . s .. the first class of MBA students graduated in 1988 and turned into unexpectedly positioned in national and international corporations whilst others became a success entrepreneurs.

the BSC honours programme at LUMS was initiated in 1994 and in 1996, The College of Arts and Sciences (SAS) was shaped to manage the undergraduate programmes. The College of Arts and Sciences (SAS) first of all housed the laptop technological know-how (both BSC and MS), Economics, Social Sciences, and Arithmetic majors along with the accounting and finance minor. later the accounting and finance minor turned into altered into a first-rate. in 2002, a 5 year, included, BA-LL.B degree was released by using the college of arts and sciences.

to counter the scope and diversity of the elevated programmes and departments two schools were set up at LUMS. the mushtaq ahmad gurmani school of humanities and social sciences (mgshss) was hooked up to oversee the arts and social sciences, economics and law departments and the Syed Babar Ali school of technological know-how and engineering (SBASSE) became set up to supervise the departments of biology, chemistry, laptop science, electric engineering, arithmetic, and physics.

Over time, LUMS also initiated masters programmes in economics, computer technology and computer engineering (relaunched in 2012 as ms in electrical engineering). an government MBA programme changed into launched in 2002 to facilitate managers and marketers. in addition, LUMS also gives a big selection of government courses via the rausing govt development centre (REDC), which changed into installed in 1994 with support from the rausing own family of Sweden. seeing that its inception the centre has maintained its role as one of the finest institutes presenting govt schooling in Pakistan.

LUMS additionally initiated PHD programmes in computer  technology, laptop engineering and arithmetic in keeping with its purpose to promote research in the U . S . A .. thus far, 10 applicants have obtained PHD ranges in these disciplines. in 2006, a PHD in control was added to the list of doctoral programmes at LUMS, to cater to the developing want of organisational control and operations management professionals.

In 2011, two majors had been introduced to the undergraduate programmes at LUMS. the school of humanities, social sciences and law added a BA history to their widespread listing of majors. the suleman dawood faculty of commercial enterprise started supplying a BSC in management science to cater to the multiplied demand of a business primary at the undergraduate level. residing as much as its dedication of presenting new graduate programmes, the university added new ms and PHD programmes to the portfolio of the faculty of science and engineering in 2012. new ms degree in electric engineering became delivered alongwith new doctoral programmes in biology, chemistry, electric engineering, and physics. shaikh ahmad hassan college of law (SAHSOL) turned into introduced which gives BA-LL.B previously offered under the law department.

Because the years spread, the college remains dedicated to presenting new programmes in applicable, emerging fields for the teenagers of the location.