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The Aga Khan University (AKU) was granted its charter in 1983 as Pakistan's first private, autonomous university.[1] It was founded by His Highness the Aga Khan, and is part of the Aga Khan Development Network. It has campuses on three continents, but its principal campus is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ...
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The Ä€gÄ KhÄn IV, or His Highness Prince KarÄ«m al-HussaynÄ« Ä€gÄ KhÄn IV, KBE, CC, GCC, (Arabic: سمو الأمیر Ø´Ø§Û Ú©Ø±ÛŒÙ… الØسیني آغا خان الرابع) -- (born December 13, 1936) is the current (49th) ImÄm of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. ...
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Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ...
Sindh (Sindhī: سنڌ, Urdū: سندھ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Sindhis, and Muhajirs and various other groups. ...
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is an organization that facilitates the development of higher educational system in Pakistan[1]. Its main purpose is to upgrade the Universities of Pakistan to be world-class centres of education, research and development. ...
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1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Ä€gÄ KhÄn IV, or His Highness Prince KarÄ«m al-HussaynÄ« Ä€gÄ KhÄn IV, KBE, CC, GCC, (Arabic: سمو الأمیر Ø´Ø§Û Ú©Ø±ÛŒÙ… الØسیني آغا خان الرابع) -- (born December 13, 1936) is the current (49th) ImÄm of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. ...
Founded and guided by Aga Khan, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) focuses on health, education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the promotion of economic development. ...
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Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ...
Sindh (Sindhī: سنڌ, Urdū: سندھ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Sindhis, and Muhajirs and various other groups. ...
AKU’s objective is to promote human welfare in general, and the welfare of the people of Pakistan in particular, by disseminating knowledge and providing instruction, training, research and service in the health sciences, education and such other branches of learning as the University may determine.[1]
Academic Profile
AKU is a non-denominational institution open to all, irrespective of religion, ethnicity, gender or national origin. Student enrollment is non-discriminatory and one of the most competitive in Pakistan.
Forty-four percent of the University’s faculty are women, many in senior posts. Fifty percent of students in the Medical College are also women. The University’s admissions policy is needs-blind and based on merit. Over 33 percent of the students receive financial aid. Most graduates end up pursuing their careers within the USA, but an increasing number are now leaning back towards the United Kingdom because of the complex immigration rules and regulations of the USA post 9/11.[citation needed]
The University has partnerships with several universities including McMaster and McGill in Canada and Harvard in the United States. It is primarily a health sciences university with a medical school, a nursing school and post graduate and medical doctorate programmes. In addition they also have an Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) and an Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (AKU-ISMC). McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 18,238 full-time and 3,836 part-time students (as of 2006). ...
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The Aga Khan University (AKU) is the first private university in Pakistan, chartered in 1983, it is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...
The Aga Khan University (AKU) is the first private university in Pakistan, chartered in 1983, it is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...
In its first two decades, AKU’s major development focus was in the fields of health and education. In the decade ahead, the University plans to move beyond professional education towards becoming a comprehensive university, with the establishment of a Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In due course the Faculty also proposes to offer postgraduate and professional training, with the objective of developing leaders for the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Academic and physical planning is in the advanced stage. The Aga Khan University (AKU) is the first private university in Pakistan, chartered in 1983, it is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...
In addition, the University is in the process of planning new academic and research units. These include an Institute of Economic Growth and Society and an Institute of Planning and Management of Human Settlements. Another programme under consideration is an Institute of Human Development, which will be dedicated to advancing the understanding of the effects and conditions of early childhood on subsequent well-being and performance, and the application of this understanding to the development of interventions and evaluation to assess their potential efficacy and applicability. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Campuses and Facilities The Aga Khan University is an international university, currently operating on campuses in Central and South Asia, East Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Existing campuses and international programmes include: Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ...
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A new campus for the University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences is currently under development. Five hundred sixty acres of land have been acquired just outside Karachi, and Payette Associates are the project architects. The estimated cost of this project is over 200 million US dollars.[citation needed] Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ...
Karimabad is one of the neighborhoods of Gulberg Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...
Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ...
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Sports and Rehabilitation Centre The Sports and Rehabilitation Centre is built in a landscaped setting at the AKU Health Sciences campus. The Centre offers facilities of international standard for various indoor, outdoor and water sports. Its Olympic-sized swimming pool is unique in Pakistan. Other features include a sports ground with three cricket pitches and a 480-metre jogging track, four tennis courts, a patients' rehabilitation centre, a children's play area, and a well-equipped gymnasium.
Libraries AKU has several well-equipped libraries on its campuses. The Jivraj Health Sciences Library and the Kurji Periodical Library in the Faculty of Health Sciences are considered among the best in Pakistan and have been recognised by the World Health Organization as training centres. The libraries add appropriate new titles and regularly update their collections, while also providing access to health and education literature databases through MEDLINE, CINAHL and ERIC. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ...
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- Jivraj Health Sciences Library - Faculty of Health Sciences, Karachi
- Holds 28,000 volumes of books and monographs, with additional books on CD-ROM.
- Kurji Periodical Library - Faculty of Health Sciences, Karachi
- Subscribes to nearly 500 journals in medical, nursing and basic science disciplines.
- Subscribes to over 110 professional and scholarly journals, and stocks over 6,000 books and 1,200 reports.
Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ...
Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ...
Karimabad is one of the neighborhoods of Gulberg Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...
Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ...
Organization
Faculty of Health Sciences
Medical College Established in 1983, the Aga Khan University Medical College offers various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Its curricular objectives include clinical competence both in community settings and hospitals, as well as the assessment of health and prevention of disease in communities through the primary health care programmes that AKU monitors in a number of urban squatter settlements. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The College has agreements with leading academic institutions, including Harvard University in the United States, McGill and McMaster Universities in Canada and Karolinska Institute in Sweden, which have contributed to faculty and curriculum development. More recent affiliations have been established with the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and University of Alabama, USA. These partnerships enable higher training and research, specifically in areas where such opportunities are not available in Pakistan. Harvard redirects here. ...
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McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 18,238 full-time and 3,836 part-time students (as of 2006). ...
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Programme offerings include:
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree
- A five-year undergraduate programme.
- Master's degree programme in Epidemiology
- Master's in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (joint)
- Master's programme in Health Policy and Management
- PhD programme in Health Sciences
- Designed to train professionals in strategic and operational planning, policy analysis, institutional management and in health systems research and development.
School of Nursing The Aga Khan University School of Nursing (AKU-SON) was established in 1980, becoming the first academic component of AKU and its Faculty of Health Sciences. Since its inception, the AKU-SON has played a leading role in establishing an internationally acceptable model for nursing education and practice in Pakistan. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and McMaster University have provided valuable assistance to AKU-SON. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
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The School offers several programmes in nursing, including a three-year Diploma Programme, a four year BScN and a two-year Post RN BScN and a Master of Science in Nursing (MScN).
The University's first academic initiative outside Pakistan, the Advanced Nursing Studies (ANS) Programme, began in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in 2001. It is designed to improve the quality of patient care by encouraging practising nurses to enhance their expertise through the pursuit of higher education. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 2000, AKU-SON received its Charter in the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI).[2][3] STTI is an international honour society of nursing, with over a quarter million members representing more than 90 countries through its chapters in colleges and universities in Australia, Canada, China, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States. This article is about the year 2000. ...
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Affiliated teaching hospitals The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi (AKUH) was established in 1985 as the primary teaching site of the Aga Khan University’s (AKU) Faculty of Health Sciences. ...
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi is part of the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS). ...
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Based on the strategic vision outlined in the Aga Khan University Chancellor's Commission Report of 1994[4] AKU is in the process of creating a new Faculty of Arts and Sciences (AKU-FAS). The Faculty will be located on a new campus just outside Karachi, Pakistan and by 2012 is expected to have up to 1600 students. It will offer a liberal arts education with an aim to develop skills in critical thinking and analysis, raise proficiency in verbal and written communication, enhance human resource development in the region, and advance understanding in particular academic disciplines. Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan. ...
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The Faculty's academic prospectus has been developed by a planning group chaired by Dr Robert Edwards, an AKU Trustee and former President of Bowdoin College, and was approved by the University's Board of Trustees in December 2002. In addition to undergraduate programmes, the Faculty plans to develop a limited number of graduate programmes in its areas of strength, and expects to contribute to widening the curriculum for students in the Medical College and the School of Nursing. Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college, founded in 1794, located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine. ...
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Institute for Educational Development The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) was established in 1993. Its facilities are located in a Professional Development Centre (PDC) which functions as a training and support facility for professional teachers and education managers.
AKU-IED focuses on the development of educational systems in the developing world. Its major focus is on improving the performance of teachers and other stakeholders (education managers belonging to public and private sectors) through professional development, ultimately leading to school improvement. It also engages in outreach activities through a network of Professional Development Centres in Pakistan, Central Asia and East Africa. Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ...
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The Institute offers a series of professional development programmes for teachers and other educators, as well as graduate programmes.
Professional programmes:
- A two-month Certificate in Education: Curriculum Areas
- A ten-week Certificate in Education: Educational Leadership and Management
- A one-year field-based Advanced Diploma in Education: Curriculum Areas
- A one-year Advanced Diploma in Education: Educational Leadership and Management
Graduate programmes: - Master of Education programme
- Focused on teacher education. The aim of the programme is to produce graduates who are exemplary teachers and effective teacher educators.
- A four-year, full-time programme that aims to develop high quality educational researchers who will be able to undertake a range of responsibilities and leadership roles in research and development.
The Institute offers its programmes in cooperation with schools and a number of partner institutions including the Aga Khan Education Services, non-governmental organizations, community-based organisations, and some public educational institutes. It has developed these programmes with assistance from its partners - the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) is one of four agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) supporting activities in the field of education. ...
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Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations In 2002, the University established the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) in the United Kingdom. The Institute aims to strengthen research and teaching on the heritage of Muslim societies in all its historic diversity. The Institute studies systems of moral and ethical thought, structures of governance and public life and artistic and creative expressions in all forms. In addition, the Institute will seek to create opportunities for interaction among academics, traditionally trained scholars and other professionals so as to deepen understanding of pressing issues of public life affecting Muslim societies. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
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Institute's programme offerings:
- MA in Muslim Cultures
- Certificate Course for Educators
Seal  The Seal (Logo) of the Aga Khan University is a visual representation of the principles which underlie the founding of the University.[5] The circular form of the Seal has its visual roots in the rosettes of early Islamic periods. It also symbolizes the world and reflects the internationality of the Aga Khan University. At the centre of the Seal is a star or sun representing light - a universal symbol of the enlightenment that education provides. The light is also symbolic of Nur (Divine light). Antarctica Oceania Africa Asia Europe North America South America Middle East Caribbean Central Asia East Asia North Asia South Asia Southeast Asia SW. Asia Australasia Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia Central America Latin America Northern America Americas C. Africa E. Africa N. Africa Southern Africa W. Africa C. Europe E. Europe N...
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The star incorporates 49 points to commemorate the University's founding by His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, the Forty-Ninth Imam of the Ismaili Muslims. The outer ring circumscribes a Quranic Ayat (3:103) rendered in classic thuluth script and reads as follows: The Ä€gÄ KhÄn IV, or His Highness Prince KarÄ«m al-HussaynÄ« Ä€gÄ KhÄn IV, KBE, CC, GCC, (Arabic: سمو الأمیر Ø´Ø§Û Ú©Ø±ÛŒÙ… الØسیني آغا خان الرابع) -- (born December 13, 1936) is the current (49th) ImÄm of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. ...
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And hold fast,
All together, by the rope
Which God (stretches out for you),
And be not divided among yourselves,
And remember with gratitude
God's favour on you:
For ye were enemies
And He joined your hearts
In love, so that by His grace
Ye became brethren
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Founded and guided by Aga Khan, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) focuses on health, education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the promotion of economic development. ...
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