University of Karachi, founded in 1951, is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in Pakistan. University of Karachi, offers rigorous and vibrant Graduate and Post-graduate degree programs in the fields of Arts, Business Management, Islamic Studies, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy and Science. These postgraduate programs are being offered in 54 teaching Departments and 17 Research Institutes/Centres, under nine Faculties. The programs have been developed in view of the emerging needs of industries and R&D organizations both in public and private sectors. The research and teaching programs are supervised by more than 800 highly qualified and internationally recognized eminent faculty members.

To date, University of Karachi has produced more than 1300 PhDs and more than 1500 M.Phils. Presently, more than 2600 students are enrolled in M.S./Ph.D and other research programs. The excellence in academics, research and development has placed University of Karachi among the World Top 600 Universities as ranked by QS World University Ranking out of 17000 Universities around the world. Whereas its rank in Natural Sciences is 223rd which is the highest ranking for any Pakistani University.

In pursuance of acquiring excellence in research, faculty of the University has been actively involved in supervising research projects, results of which are being accepted and published in top quality journals of international repute. In 2007-08 alone, the faculty of the University of Karachi has published more than 700 research papers in peer-reviewed journals indexed by Thomson-Reuter (ISI Web of knowledge) and ranked at number two among 60 Universities/ Institutions (public and private sectors) of Pakistan. The alumni of the University are holding key positions in various prestigious national and international organizations.

The University of Karachi provides excellent opportunities to its Postgraduate students to hook-up with the World top Universities under collaborative research and Sandwich/split programs. In this context, various Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) were signed between University of Karachi and the counterpart foreign Universities. For instance, in the year 2008-09, interactions started with the University of Isfahan and University of Hormozgan, Iran; University of Peace, Costa Rica; University of Apartado, Mexico; University of Bedfordshire and University of Stafford Shire, UK,  University for Foreigners of Perugia and University of Sassari, Italy. Likewise, University of Karachi is also smoothly running various collaborative research projects under the supervision of its faculty members with the University of Hamburg, Germany, at UAE University, at Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Beijing, China, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany, New York Blood Center, USA and University of Salzburg, Austria, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University and New Jersey Medical School, Public Health Research Institute, USA.
University of Karachi offers the upcoming graduate and post-graduate students a multi-disciplinary environment, state-of-the-art laboratories, digital library, video conferencing facilities and is committed on its tradition of producing top-quality graduates in cutting-edge areas of Social and Natural Sciences and Technology.

Prof. Muhammad Rais Alvi
Registrar/Secretary