The Information Technology University ( ITU ) ( Urdu : جامعہ اطلاعیات ) is a public university in Lahore , Punjab , Pakistan . Founded in 2012, the university was founded and headed by Umar Saif and is modeled after the MIT.
6-565: The university is located within the high-rise Arfa Software Technology Park , while its permanent 183 acre campus is under construction on Barki Road. The university has varying degrees of partnerships with the Harvard University and also publishes the MIT Technology Review , Pakistan edition. The university is home to several tenured academics, Pakistan's largest startup incubator and maintains partnerships with EdX , IBM and
12-586: Is a skyscraper building and information technology park at Ferozepur Road , Lahore , Pakistan . Built in 2009, it is home to the Information Technology University and PITB . The main building consists of 17 floors and, at 106 meters tall, is currently the tallest building in Lahore . On 15 January 2012, Chief Minister of Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif announced a name change of Software Technology Park to Arfa Software Technology Park after
18-577: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). 139 students of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering graduated in the first convocation. ITU gave Lahore Technology Award at its first convocation to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ’s Nergis Mavalvala for her work in the gravitational theory. Arfa Software Technology Park Arfa Software Technology Park (previously known as Software Technology Park )
24-541: The US State Department . It hosted International Development Design Summit , organised by IDIN and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). ITU was established in 2013. The university was formerly led by Umar Saif (PhD from University of Cambridge ) who has previously taught at the Cambridge–MIT Institute . Dr. Sarfraz Khurshid (PhD from MIT ) was the second Vice Chancellor of
30-532: The Punjab , Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), World Bank and Department for International Development (DfID). The university's first convocation was held on December 17, 2017. `The university awarded its first Honorary Doctorate Degree awarded to Dr. Adil Najam , the inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University , and former Vice Chancellor of
36-582: The University. Prof. Dr. Adnan Noor Mian (PostDoc from University of Cambridge ) is the current Vice Chancellor of the University. It has four faculties: The university currently offers the following degrees: ITU is home to several research centers and labs: Between 2013 and 2016 the university has conducted PKR 700 million (approx. US $ 7 million) in research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). It has received research funding from Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) , Government of
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