Motto | Discover Yourself |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1987 |
Chancellor | Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho |
Vice-president | Dr. Altaf Mukati, Nasreen Haque |
Location | Karachi, Larkana, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Dubai, Sindh, Islamabad CT, Pakistan, UAE |
Campus | Urban, Rural and Residential |
Colours | Cobalt, White, Black |
Nickname | SZABIST |
Affiliations | HEC,PEC, UoL, UoSW |
Website | szabist |
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), is a private chartered institute located, with multiple campuses, in the residential and commercial areas of Pakistan as well as the UAE. Its main campus, however, is located in the residential town of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Founded in 1995 under the vision of its founder, Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and led by Dr. Javaid Laghari as its first President and Project Director, the university is honored and named in remembrance of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Financial endowment and research funding are coordinated by the leadership of the PPP. The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral studies in various academic programmes. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, as well as other international education associations. It is regarded as one of the more notable private research institutions of higher learning in Pakistan and ranked among the nation's top-ten institutions by the HEC, as of 2013.
In addition, its business management programme is notably listed as top ranking by the publication Business Week and is ranked among other noticeable science institutions by CNN & Time as well as Asiaweek. The university is identified as a major centre of higher learning in Pakistan and is one of the largest private universities in the country by area, according to the HEC.