Motto | قيمة كل امرىء ما يحسنه |
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Motto in English
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Every Human Being’s worth is in their Yohsin (thoughtful self-cultivation) |
Type | Private |
Established | 2014 |
Endowment | $40 million |
Chancellor | Mr. Rafiq M. Habib |
President | Mr. Wasif Rizvi |
Location | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Campus | University Avenue in Gulistan-e-Jauhar |
Affiliations | Chartered by the Government of Sindh Recognized by HEC |
Website | www |
Coordinates: 24°54′19″N 67°08′16″E / 24.90515°N 67.137740°E
Habib University is an independent liberal arts university located in Karachi, Pakistan.
Funded by the House of Habib, the Habib University Foundation was established in 2010, and was chartered in 2012 as an independent university. Based on a 6.3 Acres (295,800 sq ft.) campus in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi, it is a multi-disciplinary varsity offering undergraduate degree's in science, engineering, arts, humanities and social sciences. It has a strong liberal arts focus and requires all students all its students to take a set of liberal arts courses consisting of sociology, history, philosophy and anthropology.
In 2010, the House of Habib formed the Habib University Foundation (a not-for-profit organization).The Habib University project was launched with a grant of US$40 million. Construction on the campus in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi began in 2012, after the charter for establishment of HU was passed by Sindh Assembly in June of that year.