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Habib University is Pakistan’s first not-for-profit, liberal arts and sciences institution founded in the year 2014, providing an intellectual experience that is contextualized, locally grounded and globally engaged, to create a generation of youth who are active citizens, constructive thinkers, and are able to engineer indigenous solutions. Through its bold approach of embedding learning in the humanities and social sciences, the institution is reshaping the historically rooted fundamentals of ‘vocationalized’ higher education in the country.

Habib University emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to educate leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who can solve the complex, interconnected challenges of contemporary societies and develop novel, indigenous ways to benefit their own communities. The Dhanani School of Science and Engineering and the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences seek to redefine education in Pakistan through programs that blend breadth of knowledge, disciplinary and technical competence, and collaborative, experiential learning. The academic programs foster independent inquiry, creative thought, and hone the skills necessary to effectively develop and communicate pioneering ideas.

• Habib Core Curriculum: The philosophical foundation of the university, the Habib Core Curriculum, covers the humanities, arts, and natural and social sciences and examines knowledge from a variety of Eastern and Western traditions. The Core Curriculum provides a shared basis for understanding the historical and conceptual underpinnings of the modern era and contextualizing Pakistan’s place in the modern world. The Habib Core design has elements that have been inspired by leading academic institution in the US, and is organized as a series of 10 courses taken under ‘Seven Forms of Thought/Action’. The required core courses are taken by all students regardless of their major, and are spread over the four-year academic experience. The structure of courses in the humanities and social sciences follow an established sequence, as they build the student’s ability to comprehend difficult concepts over time.
  • Seven ‘Forms of Thought/Action’: Historical and Social Thought; Philosophical Thought; Formal Reasoning; Language and Expression; Creative Practice; Quantitative Reasoning; Natural Scientific Method & Analysis.
  • The Habib Liberal Core Courses: Rhetoric and Communication, Pakistan and Modern South Asia, What is Modernity; Hikma (History of Islamic Thought); Jahan-e-Urdu (The World of Urdu Literature), Programming Fundamentals; Scientific Methods and Inquiry, one course each in creative practice, quantitative reasoning, formal reasoning
• Academic Programs: Habib University emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to educate leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who can solve the complex, interconnected challenges of contemporary societies and develop novel, indigenous ways to benefit their own communities. The Dhanani School of Science and Engineering and the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences seek to redefine education in Pakistan through programs that blend breadth of knowledge, disciplinary and technical competence, and collaborative, experiential learning. The academic programs foster independent inquiry, creative thought, and hone the skills necessary to effectively develop and communicate pioneering ideas.
  • Majors: Dhanani School of Science & Engineering
    Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Electrical Engineering
    School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
    Social Development and Policy | Communication and Design | Comparative Humanities
  • Minors: South Asian Music | Physics | Mathematics | Religious Studies | Philosophy | History | Comparative Literature.

  Students can also minor in a major program as well, by taking defined minimum courses.

Habib University enrolls students who demonstrate high academic potential and achievement as well as the ability to explore intellectual and creative pursuits outside of the classroom. Habib’s student body has grown from 108 students in 2014 to over 900 today. The University’s yearly intake is 250 students. In order to build an inclusive community of students from diverse socio-economic and geographic backgrounds, the University offers fully funded scholarships, generous financial aid packages and robust academic support services. Habib is committed to ensuring gender parity in the student body and encouraging gender equality in all aspects of academic and extracurricular life during their undergraduate career. The University especially seeks to identify and support women’s participation in the sciences and other underrepresented areas.

Starting with 19 faculty members in 2014, Habib faculty has now grown to 75. Habib University faculty hold terminal degrees in their fields from internationally renowned universities including Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, University of Cambridge, and McGill University. Habib University is also home to a number of foreign faculty members from the North America, South America and Europe. More details of faculty members can be found on the following links: