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{{Update|date=June 2025|reason=Rankings, student count and other information is outdated and needs to be updated with latest numbers, with sources & citations}}{{short description|Private university in Lahore, Punjab}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox university | name = Lahore University of Management Sciences | image_name = Lahore University of Management Sciences Logo.svg | image_alt = Logo of LUMS | caption = [[Coat of arms]] | latin_name = | motto = 'Learning without Borders' | motto_lang = en | founder = [[Syed Babar Ali]] | established = {{Start date and age|1985}} | closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY}} --> | type = [[Private university|Private]] [[research university]] | accreditation = [[Punjab Higher Education Commission]] | affiliation = | endowment = [[Pakistani rupee|Rs.]] 2.3 Billion<ref>[https://lums.edu.pk/sites/default/files/financial-statements/LUMS%20Financial%20FY%202020.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302163329/https://lums.edu.pk/sites/default/files/financial-statements/LUMS%20Financial%20FY%202020.pdf |date=2 March 2021 }}</ref> | budget = | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | rector = Shahid Hussain | chancellor = [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]] | vice_chancellor = Ali Cheema | provost = Tariq Jadoon | academic_staff = 290 | administrative_staff = | students = 5,092 | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = 100 | other = | city = [[Lahore]] | state = | province = [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] | country = Pakistan | campus = Urban, {{Convert|100|acre|ha}} | former_names = | athletics = | colours = Navy blue, charcoal, and white<br />{{Color box|#000080}}{{Color box|#36454F}}{{Color box|#FFFFFF}} | sports = | mascot = | website = {{URL|lums.edu.pk}} | footnotes = | logo = Lahore_University_of_Management_Sciences.png | coordinates = {{coord|31.4700|N|74.4111|E|format=dms|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | academic_affiliations = {{hlist|[[Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)|HEC]] |[[Pakistan Engineering Council|PEC]]| [[Pakistan Bar Council|PBC]]| [[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]]}} }} '''Lahore University of Management Sciences''', also known by its [[acronym]] '''LUMS''', is a [[Private university|private]] [[research university]] in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], Pakistan.<ref name="History of LUMS">{{cite web|last=LUMS University Press |title=History of LUMS |url=http://lums.edu.pk/content/history-9 |publisher=LUMS University Press |access-date=13 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911211254/http://lums.edu.pk/content/history-9 |archive-date=11 September 2013 }}</ref> Founded in 1985, it is ranked as one of the most prestigious modern [[List of universities in Pakistan|universities in Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/world/asia/19ali.html|title=One Pakistani Institution Places His Faith in Another|first=Sabrina|last=Tavernise|date=19 December 2009|quote=...the Lahore University of Management and Science, or L.U.M.S., begun as a business school but now evolved into the approximate equivalent of Harvard University in Pakistan.|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> In 1984, [[Syed Babar Ali]] recognized the shortage of qualified managers in the country. He proposed to establish a world-class university that would attract and retain the highest caliber of students and faculty. He shared this idea with fellow businessman and close friend, Abdul Razak Dawood, who was in full support of the vision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets/pages/profile-detail.aspx?profile=sbabarali|title=Syed Babar Ali - Creating Emerging Markets - Business History - Harvard Business School|website=www.hbs.edu|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/syed-babar-ali-a-non-confrontational-winner/|title=Syed Babar Ali: A non-confrontational winner|date=2016-01-09|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/02/22/from-packages-to-lums-babar-ali-narrates-his-success-story-at-llf/|title=From Packages to LUMSU: Babar Ali narrates his success story at LLF|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> The university has since then expanded, launching a [[Liberal arts education|liberal arts]] undergraduate school in 1994, an [[engineering school]] in 2008, a [[Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law|law school]] in 2004 and an education school in 2017.<ref name="History of LUMS" /><ref name="The Nation, Pakistan">{{cite news|last=Ghani|first=Asma|title=3 Pakistani varsities ranked among world's top 700|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/11-Sep-2013/3-pakistani-varsities-ranked-among-world-s-top-700|access-date=13 September 2013|newspaper=The Nation, Pakistan|date=11 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912233916/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/islamabad/11-Sep-2013/3-pakistani-varsities-ranked-among-world-s-top-700|archive-date=12 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lums.edu.pk/page.php/nmf|title=National Management Foundation - About {{!}} LUMS|last=shabbir.hussain|website=lums.edu.pk|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616132235/http://lums.edu.pk/page.php/nmf|archive-date=16 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university launched a National Outreach Programme (NOP) in 2001 to provide financial aid to students<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lums.edu.pk/nop/page.php/about-us-nationalop|title=About Us|last=ayesha.aslam|website=lums.edu.pk|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-date=20 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620090725/http://lums.edu.pk/nop/page.php/about-us-nationalop|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2015, in partnership with [[Afghan government]], launched a [https://postsfirst.com/hec-announced-4500-scholarships-for-afghan-nationals/ scholarship programme for Afghan students] to diversify its student body.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/25417-afghan-students-to-study-at-lums|title=Afghan students to study at LUMS|website=www.thenews.com.pk|access-date=2016-06-16}}</ref> As of 2021, the university has a student body of 5,092 graduate and undergraduate students, a faculty of 300 out of which nearly three-quarters have [[doctoral degrees]].<ref name="topuniversities.com">{{Cite news|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/universities/lahore-university-management-sciences-lums#322172|title=Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)|date=2015-07-16|newspaper=Top Universities|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-07-23|title=The world's best small universities 2020|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-small-universities|access-date=2021-06-06|website=Student}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lahore University of Management Sciences |url=https://lums.edu.pk/ |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> Its campus, where more than half of its student population and faculty lives, spreads over 100 acres.<ref name="HEC Rankings">{{cite news|title=HEC Rankings|url=http://www.hec.gov.pk/INSIDEHEC/DIVISIONS/QALI/OTHERS/RANKINGOFUNIVERSITIES/Pages/CategoryWise.aspx#|access-date=27 May 2015|date=23 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525073744/http://www.hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Pages/CategoryWise.aspx|archive-date=25 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Express Tribune">{{cite news|last=Naeem|first=Waqas|title=quaid-e-azam-university-secures-top-slot-in-hec-university-rankings|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/892026/quaid-e-azam-university-secures-top-slot-in-hec-university-rankings/|access-date=27 May 2015|newspaper=Express Tribune|date=5 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="LUMS News">{{cite news|last=LUMS News |title=LUMS Tops Again in Business Education in the HEC Rankings |url=http://lums.edu.pk/news-detail/lums-tops-in-business-education-in-pakistan-hec-rankings-1874 |access-date=13 September 2013 |newspaper=LUMS News |date=9 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926082822/http://lums.edu.pk/news-detail/lums-tops-in-business-education-in-pakistan-hec-rankings-1874 |archive-date=26 September 2013 }}</ref> Its business school is accredited by [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]]. It is also one of two business schools in Pakistan to be certified by the South Asian Quality Assurance System and is [[Rankings of universities in Pakistan|ranked as one of the top business schools]] in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title = LUMS Ranked #1 Business University in Pakistan by HEC|url = http://lums.edu.pk/news-details.php/lums-ranked-1-business-university-in-pakistan-by-hec|website = lums.edu.pk|access-date = 2016-02-22|archive-date = 6 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306210304/http://lums.edu.pk/news-details.php/lums-ranked-1-business-university-in-pakistan-by-hec|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amdisa.org/b-schools_granted_saqs_accreditation_24042015.pdf|title=B-Schools Granted SAQS Accreditation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222212257/http://www.amdisa.org/b-schools_granted_saqs_accreditation_24042015.pdf|archive-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> The university is also a member of [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]].<ref name="ACU UK">{{cite web|title=ACU members|url=https://www.acu.ac.uk/membership/acu-members/asia-central-south?country_id=172&items_perpage=20&pageID=1|publisher=ACU UK|access-date=13 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061217/https://www.acu.ac.uk/membership/acu-members/asia-central-south?country_id=172&items_perpage=20&pageID=1|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> LUMS is ranked as the top university in Pakistan in the [[QS World University Rankings|''QS University Rankings'']] for the year 2016, 111th in Asia and among the top 700 in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1121151/pakistani-universities-fail-make-mark-asias-best-university-ranking/|title=Pakistani universities fail to make mark in Asia's best university ranking - The Express Tribune|date=2016-06-14|website=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-14}}</ref> It is also ranked by [[QS World University Rankings|''QS'']] as among the top 250 universities globally for [[Business school|business]] and among the top 400 universities globally in [[mathematics]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1351528/pakistani-university-among-worlds-top-300-business-schools/|title=Pakistani university among world's top 300 business schools - The Express Tribune|date=2017-03-10|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="topuniversities.com"/> In 2020, LUMS was ranked 40 globally in "World's Best Small Universities" by Times Higher Education, being the only Pakistani university on the list.<ref name=":1" /> Following a liberal arts curriculum, LUMS is one of Pakistan's most expensive, [[Selective school|selective]] and [[Progressive education|progressive]] universities.<ref>{{Cite web|title = LUMS, NUST and Aga Khan dominate HEC University Rankings 2013 - The Express Tribune|url = http://tribune.com.pk/story/572920/lums-nust-and-aga-khan-dominate-hec-university-rankings-2013/|website = The Express Tribune| date=5 July 2013 |access-date = 2016-02-23|language = en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/813017/the-love-life-of-lums-students|title=The love life of LUMS students|last=Akhtar|first=Asif|date=2009-10-02|access-date=2016-09-28}}</ref> LUMS counts several prominent Pakistani [[intellectual]]s and public figures among its alumni and current and former faculty including [[Umar Saif]], [[Hina Rabbani Khar]], [[Adil Najam]], [[Arif Zaman]], [[Amer Iqbal]], [[Ayesha Jalal]], [[Asad Abidi]], Osama Siddique and [[Pervez Hoodbhoy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = 3 Pakistani varsities ranked among world's top 700|url = http://nation.com.pk/islamabad/11-Sep-2013/3-pakistani-varsities-ranked-among-world-s-top-700|website = The Nation|date = 11 September 2013|access-date = 2016-02-22}}</ref> It also counts several [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]], [[Chevening Scholarship|Chevening]] and [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes]] scholars among its alumni. == History == The university was granted a charter by the government of Pakistan in March 2023{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}. The LUMS Board of Trustees comprises members of the domestic business community, academics and government representatives. The principal functions of the board are to set policy guidelines and to review the operations of the university. The Board of Governors, as the sponsor of LUMS, raises funds for the university's operation and maintenance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shahroz |first=Ahmed |date=2024-02-21 |title=AIOU t (February 2024) |url=https://aiouenrollment.pk/matric-result/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=aiouenrollment.pk |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1986, a business school by the name of Lahore Business School was established for an MBA Programme. Later the school was renamed and is known as Suleman Dawood School of Business.<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070324/saturday/main1.htm |title=The Tribune – Magazine section – Saturday Extra |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |date=24 March 2007 |access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> After the construction of the current campus, LUMS started undergraduate programmes in Economics and Computer Sciences in 1994. In 1996, the School of Arts and Science was introduced to oversee the undergraduate programmes.<ref name="tribuneindia.com" /> LUMS established the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law to oversee the Social Sciences, Economics and Law departments. The School of Sciences and Engineering, for the disciplines of Mathematics, Computer Science and other science subjects, was established in 2008.<ref name="tribuneindia.com" /> In 2016, the university charges Rs. 272,400 tuition fee per semester for undergraduate students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1144509/university-asked-withdraw-fee-hike/|title=LUMS asked to withdraw 10% fee hike - The Express Tribune|date=2016-07-18|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-13}}</ref> From 2020, the university changed the fee structure to a credit-based system. For the year 2021–2022, the per credit hour tuition fee was Rs. 23,760.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance {{!}} Welcome to LUMS|url=https://lums.edu.pk/programmes/bsc-honours-accounting-and-finance|access-date=2021-06-06|website=lums.edu.pk}}</ref> LUMS launched the [[National Outreach Programme (LUMS)|National Outreach Programme]] (NOP) in 2001<ref name="tribuneindia.com" /> to reach out to bright students from underprivileged areas of Pakistan. Under this initiative, induction of selected candidates into the academic programs is facilitated by preparation for the university's admission criteria and then by a provision of full financial assistance to those who qualify. Many students are admitted to LUMS on the basis of the NOP. There are very few number of scholarships that are offered on need/academic achievement basis. LUMS loan scheme covers 20%-100% of the tuition fee component of the student. LUMS loans are interest-free.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Financial Assistance Overview|url=http://lums.edu.pk/financial_assistance/overview.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413145938/http://lums.edu.pk/financial_assistance/overview.php|archive-date=April 13, 2009|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=lums.edu.pk}}</ref> According to LUMS, it has disbursed PKR 3.2 billion in financial assistance, with approximately 30% of the student body receiving some form of financial assistance each year. During the academic year 2015-16 alone, LUMS disbursed more than PKR 500 Million as financial aid to its students. As of 2016, more than 800 scholars have benefited from the LUMS National Outreach Programme (NOP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/shahid-hussain-foundation-establishes-scholarships-international-students|title=SHAHID HUSSAIN FOUNDATION ESTABLISHES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106204132/https://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/shahid-hussain-foundation-establishes-scholarships-international-students|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, the Shahid Hussain Foundation established scholarships for international undergraduate students from [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation]] member countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/shahid-hussain-foundation-establishes-scholarships-international-students|title=Shahid Hussain Foundation Establishes Scholarships for International Students|date=2017-01-06|newspaper=LUMS|access-date=2017-01-15|archive-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106204132/https://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/shahid-hussain-foundation-establishes-scholarships-international-students|url-status=dead}}</ref> LUMS also offers a variety of scholarships to MBA students such as SAARC scholarship, MCB interest-free loans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LUMS on Twitter: LUMS is offering fully funded MBA scholarships to SAARC nationals! |url=https://twitter.com/i/web/status/827158868572639232 |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> It is the only institute in Pakistan offering the Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scholarships {{!}} Welcome to LUMS |url=https://lums.edu.pk/scholarships#:~:text=LUMS%20is%20the%20only%20institution,the%20University%27s%20prestigious%20MBA%20programme. |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=lums.edu.pk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=adbheadhoncho |date=2021-05-19 |title=Scholarship Program: List of Academic Institutions |url=https://www.adb.org/work-with-us/careers/japan-scholarship-program/institutions |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Asian Development Bank |language=en}}</ref> == Not-for-profit status == LUMS is a federally chartered university and is approved as a not-for-profit organisation under section 2(36) of [[Income Tax]] [[Ordinance (India)|Ordinance]], 2001 in terms of provisions of Clause 63 of Part IV of Second Schedule to the Ordinance. Any individual or organisation making donations to LUMS is entitled to a tax credit under section 61 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. Moreover, the university has been granted exemption from the levy of income tax under Section 159 of the Ordinance, thus, tax is not deductible on payments made to the university. == Campus == [[File:Lahore University of Management Sciences Hostels.jpg|thumb|Hostels]]The oldest building at LUMS is the two-storey Academic Block designed by [[Habib Fida Ali]] which spreads over an area of 150,000 sq. ft. The Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences (MGSHSS) is based in this building.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://lums.edu.pk/facilities-lums|title=Facilities at LUMS|date=2015-10-22|newspaper=LUMS|access-date=2017-01-15|archive-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116193627/https://lums.edu.pk/facilities-lums|url-status=dead}}</ref> The five-storey [[Suleman Dawood School of Business]] (SDSB) building occupies an area of 160,000 sq. ft, and accommodates over 1300 students. The Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) is based in a 5-storey building which covers an area of 300,000 sq. ft; the building includes a 10MW electrical grid station and 20 research labs.<ref name=":0" /> The latest addition to the building is [[National Incubation Center]] in the basement. The Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law (SAHSOL) spreads over an area of 78,000 sq. ft and comprises auditoriums, discussion rooms, faculty offices, meeting rooms, the Centre for Chinese Legal Studies and a state of the art moot court which is a replica of the courtroom of the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 15, 2015|title=LUMS INAUGURATES SHAIKH AHMAD HASSAN SCHOOL OF LAW BUILDING|url=http://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/lums-inaugurates-shaikh-ahmad-hassan-school-law-building|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512102648/http://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/lums-inaugurates-shaikh-ahmad-hassan-school-law-building|archive-date=May 12, 2018|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=lums.edu.pk}}</ref> More than half of the student body at LUMS lives on campus, which includes seven male and five female hostels. The Syed Maratab Ali Sports Complex includes a school gym and sports facilities for basketball, tennis, cricket and squash.<ref name=":0" /> The Pepsi Dining Centre (PDC) covers an area of 14,000 sq. ft, and was funded by [[PepsiCo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pdc.lums.edu.pk/|title=Lahore University of Management Sciences|website=pdc.lums.edu.pk|access-date=2017-01-15}}</ref> The Coca-Cola Aquatic Centre includes an [[Olympic-size swimming pool]] and is funded by a Rs. 22 million grant from [[the Coca-Cola Company]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.coca-colajourney.com.pk/press-center/press-releases/coca-cola-to-build-international-standard-aquatic-center-at-the-lahore-university-of-management-sciences|title=Coca-Cola to build international standard aquatic center at the Lahore University of Management Sciences|newspaper=The Coca-Cola Company|access-date=2017-01-15}}</ref> A new female hostel (F6) is being constructed with Rs. 350 million in funding from the Syed Babar Ali Foundation. The new hostel building will be able to accommodate an additional 504 female students and will provide additional facilities such as breakout places, tea and coffee kiosks, and an open courtyard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Babar Ali Foundation Funds New Women's Hostel at LUMS {{!}} Welcome to LUMS |url=https://lums.edu.pk/news/babar-ali-foundation-funds-new-womens-hostel-lums |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=lums.edu.pk}}</ref> [[File:Gad & Birgit Rausing Library, LUMS.jpg|thumb|The Gad & Birgit Rausing Library at LUMS houses over 350,000 volumes.]] The LUMS library provides services that include loans, online information searching, reference services, inter-library loan, document delivery, photocopying, viewing of audiovisual and microfilm materials, access to virtual collections and digital resources, CD-ROM and online searching. It has a collection of 350,000 volumes, 128,000 e-books and 35,000 e-Journals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lums.edu.pk/docs/lums_suppliment_25_years.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=2015-09-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031106/http://www.lums.edu.pk/docs/lums_suppliment_25_years.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-04-14|title=About the Library|url=http://library.lums.edu.pk/atl.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414163444/http://library.lums.edu.pk/atl.htm|archive-date=April 14, 2009|access-date=2021-06-02|website=library.lums.edu.pk}}</ref> The library has a multidisciplinary wing (the Khalid Ishaq Wing) dedicated to jurist and scholar [[Khalid M. Ishaq]], who donated 92,957 books from his collection to the library.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=LUMS :: Collection|url=http://library.lums.edu.pk/kic/pages/collection.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307113939/http://library.lums.edu.pk/kic/pages/collection.html|archive-date=March 7, 2009|access-date=2021-06-02|website=library.lums.edu.pk}}</ref> The campus also hosts a variety of animals. The most common animals found on campus are cats. The friendly cats are protected and fed by the Animal Welfare Society at LUMS. ==Academics== {| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:280px;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |School founding |- |[[Suleman Dawood School of Business]] |{{center|1986}} |- | [[Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani School of arts and Sciences]] |{{center|1994}} |- |[[Syed Babar Ali|Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering]] |{{center|2008}} |- |Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law |{{center|2014}} |- |LUMS School of Education |{{center|2017}} |} The university provides 18 undergraduate majors and 24 graduate degrees. The university consists of five schools which are further divided into various departments. ===Suleman Dawood School of Business=== {{Infobox university rankings | QS_W = 601-800 | QS_W_year = 2023 | QS_W_ref = <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2023&ved=2ahUKEwirqqmC3fP6AhUWqJUCHTkiA24QFnoECCsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw19Gr0CZN4Fs-vza1d_U_Qr |access-date=2022-10-22 |title=Top Universities QS World University Rankings 2023}}</ref> | QS_Asia = 116 | QS_Asia_year = 2022 | QS_Asia_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2022&ved=2ahUKEwjMnsnA3vP6AhUCqpUCHQ8oC0YQFnoECB8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0r9nq6MiPDjtPjIdutOjvo |access-date=2022-10-22 |title=QS Asia University Rankings 2022}}</ref> }} The [[Suleman Dawood School of Business]] was the first school established at LUMS in 1986. The school's curriculum was designed in partnership with [[Harvard Business School]] and [[Ivey Business School]]. The school offers full-time MBA, a week-end Executive MBA, a course-based PhD Management and Bachelor's programmes in Accounting and Finance and Management Science.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History - SDSB {{!}} LUMS {{!}} |url=http://lums.edu.pk/sdsb/page.php/history-of-sdsb |website=lums.edu.pk |access-date=2016-02-23 |last=shabbir.hussain |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212231349/http://lums.edu.pk/sdsb/page.php/history-of-sdsb |archive-date=12 February 2016 }}</ref> The school also offers minors in public management and computational finance. The school is led by Dr Fazal Jawad Seyyed along with Dr. Faiza Ali, Dr. Adeel Zaffar, Dr. Zehra Waheed and Dr. Tanveer Shehzad serving as Associate Deans' of Research, External Relations, Undergraduate Academics and Graduate Academics respectively. Between 2018 and 2023, the School was headed by Professor Alnoor Bhimani. [[File:Suleman Dawood School Of Business.jpg|thumb|The Suleman Dawood School of Business at Lahore University of Management Sciences was ranked among world's top 250 business schools by QS rankings in 2020. It is the only AACSB accredited business school in Pakistan.]] {| class="wikitable" |+ Business Rankings |- ! -<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/lahore-university-management-sciences-lums|title=Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)|website=Top Universities}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topmba.com/college/suleman-dawood-school-business|title=Suleman Dawood School of Business|website=TopMBA.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topmba.com/college/suleman-dawood-school-business/mba/executive-mba|title=Executive MBA|website=TopMBA.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/asia/2020|title=World University Rankings - Full Time MBA: Asia 2020|website=TopMBA.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topmba.com/emba-rankings/asia/2020|title=Executive MBA Rankings - Asia Pacific 2020|website=TopMBA.com}}</ref>!! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 |- | QS Subject Ranking (Business & Management Studies) || 251-300 || 301-350 || 201-250 |- | QS Subject Ranking (Accounting & Finance) || - || - || 201-250 |- | QS MBA || - || - || 201+ |- | QS MBA Asia || - || - || 23 |- | QS EMBA || - || - || 101+ |- | QS EMBA Asia || - || - || 15+ |} The school has research linkages with many renowned universities including [[Harvard University]], [[McGill University]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[University of Chicago]], [[University of Essex]], [[University of Sussex]], [[National University of Singapore]], and [[Management Development Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://osa.lums.edu.pk/content/current-linkages|title=Current Linkages|date=18 March 2016|website=Office of Students Affairs}}</ref> On 14 November 2020, SBSD introduced hybrid class structure to balance safety and class-instruction quality during the coronavirus pandemic led by Dr. Syed Aun R. Rizvi then Associate Dean Academics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10224460037636450&set=a.4484008826287|access-date=2020-11-15|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> In 2020, SBSD's Muhammad Abdullah scored the highest marks and was declared the global winner in ACCA's Strategic Business Reporting exam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SDSB Student Scores Highest Marks in ACCA's Strategic Business Reporting Examination {{!}} Welcome to LUMS|url=https://lums.edu.pk/news/sdsb-student-scores-highest-marks-accas-strategic-business-reporting-examination|access-date=2020-11-15|website=lums.edu.pk}}</ref> ===Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences=== The '''School of Humanities and Social Sciences''', named after [[Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani]], consists of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Economics. DHSS offers undergraduate degrees in Anthropology/Sociology, History, English and Political Science, as well as a combined programme in Politics and Economics in conjunction with the Economics Department. The school also offers minors in political Science, Economics, History, English literature, Urdu literature, Religious studies, Sociology/Anthropology. [[File:Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences.jpg|thumb|Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences]] Started in 1999, the Department of Humanities and Social Science is home to disciplines in the Social Science and Humanities including Anthropology and Sociology, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology and History.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hss.lums.edu.pk |title=Lahore University of Management Sciences and Art (LUMS) |publisher=Hss.lums.edu.pk |access-date=19 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222135747/http://hss.lums.edu.pk/ |archive-date=22 February 2012 }}</ref> The Economics Department offers four-year undergraduate programmes in Economics (the first class graduated in 1997), economics and mathematics and a graduate programme in Economics (the first class graduated in 2002). Economics is one of the most popular majors at LUMS and a significant percentage of the student body at LUMS studies Economics as a major, as part of a joint degree programme or as a minor.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Department|url=http://econ.lums.edu.pk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206010930/http://econ.lums.edu.pk/|archive-date=6 February 2010|access-date=2010-10-04}}</ref> The school is headed by Dr. Ali Khan. [[File:Lums_main_building_interior.jpg|thumb|Center boulevard inside Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences]] ===Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering=== [[File:David Milliband with Mr Shahryar Khan.jpg|thumb|[[David Miliband]], former [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] of UK at LUMS.]]The '''School of Science and Engineering''', named after [[Syed Babar Ali]], is a school within LUMS modelled on MIT no boundaries approach. It offers undergraduate programs in Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Physics; and graduate programs in Computer Science, chemistry, physics, electrical engineering and Mathematics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sse.lums.edu.pk/abt_lumssse.htm |title=Lums Sse | About Sse |publisher=Sse.lums.edu.pk |access-date=19 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218074743/http://sse.lums.edu.pk/abt_lumssse.htm |archive-date=18 February 2012 }}</ref> A vast majority of BS graduates join leading graduate and Phd programs of some of the leading universities of the world such including [[ETH Zurich|ETH Zürich]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], [[Cornell University|Cornell]], [[UC Berkeley]], [[Stanford University|Stanford]] and [[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth college]]. The school is headed by Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lums.edu.pk/lums_employee/1617|title=Sabieh Anwar|website=lums.edu.pk|access-date=2020-09-12}}</ref> [[File:Syed Babar Ali School Of Science And Engineering.jpg|thumb|Syed Babar Ali School of Science And Engineering at Lahore University of Management Sciences]] ===Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law=== The groundbreaking ceremony of LUMS' fourth school, Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law, took place on Saturday, 5 April 2014 on campus. The chief guest at the ceremony was the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani. The law school has been named after (late) Shaikh Ahmad Hassan. The establishment of SAHSOL has grown out of the LUMS Department of Law and Policy, which has been functioning since 2004, offers a 5-year joint BA-LL.B undergraduate programme, accredited by the Pakistan Bar Council.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chief Justice of Pakistan at Law School Groundbreaking|url=http://lums.edu.pk/giving/news-details.php/chief-justice-of-pakistan-inaugurates-lums-law-school-2506|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713061056/http://lums.edu.pk/giving/news-details.php/chief-justice-of-pakistan-inaugurates-lums-law-school-2506|archive-date=13 July 2014|access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref> The school is led by Sadaf Aziz. [[File:Shaik Ahmad Hassan School of Law.jpg|thumb|Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law at Lahore University of Management Sciences]] === LUMS School of Education === On 6 January 2017, LUMS announced the establishment of its fifth school, the LUMS School of Education. The exploratory phase for the LUMS School of Education was initiated in October 2015 with funding from the Babar Ali Foundation. According to university sources, over the course of the project phase, the team established local, regional and international links through events such as the inaugural Education Roundtable at LUMS in March 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1285672/spreading-wings-lums-set-school-education/|title=LUMS to set up school of education - The Express Tribune|date=2017-01-06|newspaper=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref> The school will be home to the following programs, starting in Fall 2018. # MPhil Education Leadership and Management # A minor in education for undergraduate students at LUMS.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://pakobserver.net/lums-to-establish-school-of-education/|title=LUMS to establish School of Education|last=Webmaster|date=2017-01-06|newspaper=Pakistan Observer|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-06|archive-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106174917/http://pakobserver.net/lums-to-establish-school-of-education/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/120646/|title=LUMS announces establishment of School of Education {{!}} Business Recorder|last=Recorder|first=Business|website=Business Recorder|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref> ==People== <gallery widths="160" heights="160" perrow="6" mode="packed-hover" caption="Notable People"> File:Hina Rabbani Khar.png|[[Hina Rabbani Khar]] File:UmarSaifPak (cropped).jpg|[[Umar Saif]] File:Hoodbhoy.jpg|[[Pervez Hoodbhoy]] File:NewestPic.jpg|[[Ismat Beg]] File:AyeshaJalal.jpg|[[Ayesha Jalal]] File:Abidi-262sm (cropped).jpg|[[Asad Abidi]] </gallery>LUMS has more than 200 full-time faculty members. Some prominent former and current faculty/staff members include: * [[Amer Iqbal]] (PhD, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]), theoretical physicist, known for his work on [[string theory]] and supersymmetric gauge theories. * [[Ismat Beg]] (PhD, [[University of Bucharest|Bucharest]]), mathematician, known for his work on [[Multiple-criteria decision analysis]], and [[fixed point (mathematics)]]. * [[Syed Sohail Hussain Naqvi]], Vice chancellor * [[Arif Zaman]] (PhD, [[Stanford University|Stanford]]), statistician and mathematician, known for his work on statistics and computer science. * [[Shahryar Khan]], Adjunct Faculty, International Relations * [[S. Azmat Hassan]], Adjunct Faculty, International Relations * [[Ayesha Jalal]] (PhD, [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]), Visiting Faculty, History<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://suraj.lums.edu.pk/~ro/?go=download&path=/2011-2012/Spring+Semester+2011-2012&file=HIST+423%EF%BF%BDIslam+on+the+Indian+Ocean+Rim+(Ayesha+Jalal).pdf|title=LUMS Course Outlines|website=suraj.lums.edu.pk}}</ref> * Rasul Baksh Rais (PhD, [[University of California, Santa Barbara|Santa Barbara]]), Professor of Political Science<ref>{{Cite web |title={{!}} Welcome to LUMS |url=https://lums.edu.pk/lums_employee/744 |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=lums.edu.pk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rasul Bakhsh Rais |url=https://www.arabnews.pk/authors/rasul-bakhsh-rais |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Arab News PK |language=en}}</ref> * [[Irshad Hussain]] (PhD, [[University of Liverpool]], [[UK]]), Professor at Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering. * [[Asad Abidi]] (PhD, [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]]) holds the inaugural Abdus Salam Chair at LUMS.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/professor-asad-abidi-named-inaugural-holder-abdus-salam-chair-lums|title=Professor Asad Abidi Named the Inaugural Holder of the Abdus Salam Chair at LUMS|date=2017-01-10|newspaper=LUMS|access-date=2017-01-14|archive-date=6 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306204444/https://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/professor-asad-abidi-named-inaugural-holder-abdus-salam-chair-lums|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Moeen Nizami]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lums.edu.pk/lums_employee/2742|title=| Welcome to LUMS|website=lums.edu.pk|access-date=19 May 2018|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913185758/https://lums.edu.pk/lums_employee/2742|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Tasneem Zehra Husain]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sarwar|first=Mahrukh|date=2016-12-02|title=Inside the life of Pakistan's first female string theorist|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1300054|access-date=2021-06-02|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=LinkedIn مجاناً لعرض الملفات الشخصية|url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/tasneemzehrahusain/|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=www.linkedin.com}}</ref> * Iqbal Ahmad Khan, ambassador to Iran<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/108612/new-envoys-to-iran-bd-named|title=New envoys to Iran, BD named|date=28 June 2003|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref> === Vice-chancellors === {| class="wikitable sortable" !No. !Name |- |1 |Syed Zahoor Hassan |- |2 |Ahmad Jan Durrani |- |3 |Adil Najam |- |4 |Syed Sohail Hussain Naqvi |- |5 |Arshad Ahmad |- |6 |Ali Cheema |} ===Notable alumni=== * [[Hina Rabbani Khar]] - former [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Foreign Minister of Pakistan]], currently member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] * [[Aleema Khanum]] - Prime Minister Imran Khan's sister, MBA Class of 1989 * [[Umar Saif]] - Former Chairman PITB Punjab * [[Bilal Khan (singer)|Bilal Khan]] - Singer<ref>{{cite news|last=Sheikh|first=Shahzaib|title=Bilal Khan talks about his acting stint, Lux Style Awards and new album|url=http://magazine.thenews.com.pk/mag/detail_article.asp?id=3390&magId=11|access-date=14 February 2014|newspaper=The News: Instep Today|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323181145/http://magazine.thenews.com.pk/mag/detail_article.asp?id=3390&magId=11|archive-date=23 March 2014}}</ref> * [[Ismat Beg]] - Mathematician * [[Ali Hamza]] - Singer, Noori musical band * [[Afia Nathaniel]] - Film Director<ref>{{cite news|title=LUMS Alumna Afia Nathaniel's Film 'Dukhtar' Premieres at TIFF |url=http://lums.edu.pk/news-details.php/lums-alumna-afia-nathaniels-film-wins-the-audience-2935 |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100024/http://lums.edu.pk/news-details.php/lums-alumna-afia-nathaniels-film-wins-the-audience-2935 |archive-date= 6 October 2014 }}</ref> * [[Bilal Lashari]] - Film director * [[Cyril Almeida]] - [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholar]] and assistant editor of [[Dawn (newspaper)|''Dawn'']]. * [[Gul Bukhari]], Pakistani journalist * Haris Aziz, an artificial intelligence scientist who solved Fair cake problem in mathematics<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1108666/pakistani-makes-major-breakthrough-longstanding-mathematics-problem|title=Pakistani makes major breakthrough in longstanding mathematics problem|date=27 May 2016|website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>[[File:Sakhawat Ali - A proud Formanite received Innovation Award at 1st Climate Action Conference at Ministry of Planning from Chief SDGs Unit Mr. M Ali Kemal.jpg|thumb|Sakhawat Ali, A Luminite at 1st Climate Action Conference at Ministry of Planning ]]Sana Naeem, Rhodes scholar 2018<ref>{{cite web |url= https://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/lums-law-student-sana-naeem-wins-rhodes-scholarship-2018 |title= LUMS Law Student Sana Naeem Wins the Rhodes Scholarship 2018 |work= Lahore University of Management Sciences |date= 14 November 2017 |access-date= 11 August 2018 |archive-date= 10 August 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180810150238/https://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/lums-law-student-sana-naeem-wins-rhodes-scholarship-2018 |url-status= dead }}</ref> * Saman Tariq Malik, Rhodes scholar 2016<ref>{{cite web |url= https://lums.edu.pk/news/rhodes-scholar-elect-2017-pakistan |title= LUMS Graduate Declared Rhodes Scholar Elect 2017 From Pakistan |work= Lahore University of Management Sciences |date= 7 December 2016 |access-date= 11 August 2018 |archive-date= 10 August 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180810150226/https://lums.edu.pk/news/rhodes-scholar-elect-2017-pakistan |url-status= dead }}</ref> * Muhammad Mubashir Bin Latif, Rhodes scholar 2014<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholars/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2014/muhammad-mubashir-bin-latif/ |title= LUMS Undergraduate receives Rhodes Scholarship for 2014 |work= Lahore University of Management Sciences |date= 9 April 2014 |access-date= 11 August 2018}}</ref> * Aalene Mahum Aneeq, Ertegun Graduate Scholar, Oxford University<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ertegun.ox.ac.uk/people/aalene-mahum-aneeq-pakistan |title= Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities: Aalene Mahum Aneeq (Pakistan) |work= Ertegun, [[University of Oxford]] |access-date= 11 August 2018}}</ref> * Fahad Rafiq, Fulbright Scholar and Faculty Member UVAS, 2015<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences |url=https://uvas.edu.pk/academics/faculties/FBS/physiology/faculty/staff/fahad.htm |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=uvas.edu.pk}}</ref> * Luqman Ali Afzal, founder of the Monal Group and a recipient of the [[Pride of Performance]] award<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-12 |title=Monal restaurant's owner becomes first entrepreneur to receive 'Pride of Performance' award |url=https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/03/12/monals-owner-becomes-first-entrepreneur-to-receive-pride-of-performance-award/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Profit by Pakistan Today |language=en-US}}</ref> * Dr. Muneeb Ali, founder of [[Stacks blockchain|Stacks]], an open-source [[blockchain]] network that enables decentralized apps and [[Smart contract|smart contracts]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Pursuit of a Whole New Web; How a LUMS Alumnus is Changing the Way we Think About Cryptocurrency {{!}} LUMS Drupal 8 |url=https://alumni.lums.edu.pk/news/pursuit-whole-new-web-how-lums-alumnus-changing-way-we-think-about-cryptocurrency |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=alumni.lums.edu.pk}}</ref> * Tauseef H. Farooqi, current chairman of [[National Electric Power Regulatory Authority|National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chairman, NEPRA at the Latest 'Leaders at LUMS' Session {{!}} LUMS Drupal 8 |url=https://alumni.lums.edu.pk/news/chairman-nepra-latest-leaders-lums-session |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=alumni.lums.edu.pk}}</ref> * [[Momina Duraid]], recipient of [[Tamgha-e-Imtiaz]] for her significant contributions to the national drama and film industry<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=LUMS Alumni Receive National Award {{!}} Welcome to LUMS |url=https://lums.edu.pk/news/lums-alumni-receive-national-award |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=lums.edu.pk}}</ref> * Sakhawat Ali, recipient of National Innovation Award for his work in environmental sustainability and social entrepreneurship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TafreeGo |date=2023-06-15 |title=TafreeGo: Transforming Tourism in Pakistan |url=https://www.paradigmshift.com.pk/tafreego-pakistan/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Paradigm Shift |language=en-US}}</ref> * Mansoor Hassan Siddique (d. 2020), recipient of [[Tamgha-e-Imtiaz]] for his dedication to public service through his work at the [[Financial Monitoring Unit|Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU)]] at the [[State Bank of Pakistan]].<ref name=":2" /> * [[Saim Sadiq]], writer and director of ''Joyland'', the first Pakistani film to make it to the official selection at [[Cannes Film Festival]]. His short film ''Darling'' won the Orizzonti Best Short Film award at the 2019 [[Venice Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Patrick Frater,Naman |last2=Frater |first2=Patrick |last3=Ramachandran |first3=Naman |date=2022-04-22 |title='Joyland' Cannes Film From Pakistan Picked up by Film Constellation, WME |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/asia/joyland-cannes-film-pakistan-1235238637/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> * Suneel Sarfraz Munj, Co-Founder [[PakWheels]] * [[Muneeb Ali]], computer scientist ==Research and reputation== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:2em; margin:auto;" !<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/universities/lahore-university-management-sciences-lums#wur|title=Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)|date=2015-07-16|newspaper=Top Universities|access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Documents/Ranking_Doc%20(2015).pdf|title=Click here for the complete list of rankings of universities and institutions 2015.}}</ref> !2015 !2016 !2017 !2018 !2019 !2020 !2021 |- ![[QS World University Rankings]] |701+ |701+ !701+ !701+ !701+ !701+ !651+ |- ![[QS World University Rankings|QS Subject Rankings (Maths)]] | - |301-400 !- !- !- !- !- |- ![[QS World University Rankings|QS Subject Rankings (Business)]] !- !251st<ref name="auto"/> !251 !- !301+ !201+ !- |- ![[QS World University Rankings|QS Asian Rankings]] !181 !161 !111 !103 !95 !110 !- |- ![[Higher Education Commission of Pakistan|HEC-Pakistan]] General Category !6 !- !- !- !- !- !- |} The Office of Sponsored Programmes and Research (OSPR) of LUMS is responsible for promoting research at the university. The office is led by Shafay Shamail (PhD, [[University of Bath|Bath]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lums.edu.pk/lums_employee/533|title=Faculty Profile|newspaper=LUMS|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref> Between 2010 and 2014, the university spent [[Pakistani rupee|PKR]] 680 million (or about $6.5 million) in research. During this period about LUMS faculty published 1287 [[Academic paper|research papers]] and received 80 external grants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lums.edu.pk/sites/default/files/research%20endeavors%202010-2014-new.pdf|title=RESEARCH ENDEAVOURS 2010-2014|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-date=12 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112173748/https://lums.edu.pk/sites/default/files/research%20endeavors%202010-2014-new.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Suleman Dawood School of Business has produced more than 600 case studies and has published one of Asia's leading case research journals. Case studies written at LUMS are now used in universities across the world, including MBA programs in other Pakistani universities. In 2011, a case study written at LUMS by Shazib Shaikh and Zahoor Hassan won the Ruth Greene Memorial Award of the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) for the best case written outside North America.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|date=|title=Lahore University of Management Sciences|url=http://www.lums.edu.pk/news_detail.php?id=TlRjeA==|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005232102/http://lums.edu.pk/news_detail.php?id=TlRJeA%3D%3D|archive-date=October 5, 2011|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.lums.edu.pk}}</ref> The LUMS School of Science and Engineering has published in international journals in Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. The biomechanics lab at LUMS is the sixth [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC)-accredited cricket lab in the world, following those in [[Brisbane]], [[Chennai]], [[Loughborough]] and [[Pretoria]]. The lab is able to perform bowling tests of international and domestic cricketers whose [[bowling action]]s are [[Throwing (cricket)|deemed illegal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/34812/can-a-biomechanics-lab-at-lums-help-raise-the-standard-of-cricket-in-pakistan/|title=Can a biomechanics lab at LUMS help raise the standard of cricket in Pakistan?|access-date=2017-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27254268/lahore-biomechanics-lab-awarded-icc-accreditation|title=Lahore biomechanics lab awarded ICC accreditation|work=Cricinfo|date=25 July 2019|access-date=25 July 2019|first=Umar|last=Farooq}}</ref> Additionally, LUMS publishes the '[[Asian Journal of Management Cases]]' in collaboration with [[Sage Publishing|Sage Publishing Pvt. Ltd.]], focusing on case studies and management practices in Asia. === Technology for People Initiative === Technology for People Initiative (TPI) is technology and design nonprofit centre at the Lahore University of Management Sciences in [[Lahore]], Pakistan. It is focused on solving governance problems in the public sector through design thinking, prototyping and iteration. TPI's past and ongoing projects include evidence based policing for Lahore Police, CourtBeat for judicial courts, mapping rural Pakistan and the Bahawalpur Service Delivery Unit. The centre was founded in April 2012 with a seed grant from [[Google.org]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-04-18|title=Mapping Pakistan: LUMS launch Tech for People Initiative|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/366699/mapping-pakistan-lums-and-google-launch-tech-for-people-initiative|access-date=2021-06-02|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> ===Rausing Executive Development Centre, Lahore University of Management Sciences=== REDC placed under the aegis of the Suleman Dawood School of Business at LUMS, Rausing Executive Development Centre has been pioneering executive education in Pakistan. It is housed in a purpose built facility. From three programmes in 1989, REDC now lists 21 programmes in its annual calendar for Open Programmes and conducts 70 programmes every year inclusive of customized programmes. Other prominent research and development centres at the university include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lums.edu.pk/lums-centres|title=LUMS Centres | Welcome to LUMS|website=lums.edu.pk}}</ref> * Centre for Water Informatics and Technology<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wit.lums.edu.pk/about-wit|title=About WIT|date=30 January 2016|website=Center for Water Informatics and technology}}</ref> * Centre for Business and Society * National Incubation Centre Lahore * LUMS Energy Institute * The National Centre in Big Data and Cloud Computing * Centre for Islamic Finance * Mahbub ul Haq Research Centre * Centre for Chinese Legal Studies * LUMS Learning Institute * Centre for Continuing Education Studies * Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature * Saida Waheed Gender Initiative The university also houses the Pakistan office of the [[International Growth Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theigc.org/country/pakistan/|title=Pakistan|website=IGC}}</ref> ==University Advisory Board== The advisory board of the university consists of leading academics from around the world, current members of the board include:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advisory Board {{!}} Welcome to LUMS |url=https://lums.edu.pk/advisory-board |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=lums.edu.pk}}</ref> *Prof. Nicholas A. Robinson ([[Pace University School of Law]]) *Dr. Maria Yudkevich ([[Higher School of Economics]]) *Dr. David Wilkinson ([[McMaster University]]) *Ms. Leah Rosovsky ([[Harvard Business School]]) *Dr. Greg Moran ([[University of Western Ontario]]) *Dr. Mehmood Khan (Life Biosciences) *Prof. Denise Chalmers ([[University of Western Australia]]) *Dr. David Bloom ([[Harvard University]]) *Dr. Khalid Aziz ([[Stanford University]]) *Dr. Philip Altbach ([[Boston College]]) *Dr. Nancy J. Adler ([[McGill University]]) ==Societies== *DANCELUMS *Rizq LUMS Society *LUMS Arts Society * LUMS Law & Politics Society * Sports Society at LUMS * LUMS Community Service Society (LCSS) * [[AIESEC]] LUMS Chapter *[https://lsms.lums.edu.pk/ LUMS Students' Mathematics Society (LSMS)] *[https://osa.lums.edu.pk/students-socities/riayat-lums-chapter Riayat LUMS Chapter] *[[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE) - LUMS Student Chapter * LUMS Emergency Medical Services, Pakistan's ever student-managed EMS established in a university campus with technical assistance from [[Rescue 1122]] in 2008-09 * LUMS Model United Nations (LUMUN) * LUMS Society of Chemical Sciences & Engineering (LSCSE) * LUMS Finance Society (FINTRA) * LUMS Media Arts Society (LMA) * Society For Promotion and Development of Engineering and Sciences (SPADES) * The Music Society of LUMS * Debates and Recitations at LUMS (DRUMS) * LUMS Society of Professional Accountancy (LSPA) *FEMSOC (Feminist Society) *INDEX: The Design and Innovation Society *LUMS Women in Computing (LWiC) *LUMS Literary Society *LUMS Daily Student *LUMS Dramatics Society - Dramaline *LUMS Policy Research Institute (LPRI) *LUMS Consultancy Group (LCG) *LUMS Religious Society ==Gallery== <gallery> File:The Cricket Ground at LUMS.jpg|The Cricket Ground overlooking the Male Hostel 7 (M7) and the Aquatic Center File:The LUMS Swings at Night.jpg|The LUMS Swings at Night File:Foggy Pathway at LUMS.jpg|A Foggy Pathway to the cricket ground and the aquatic center during the month of December File:Gad and Birgit Library.jpg|The eastern facade of the library building during an evening </gallery> ==See also== * [[List of universities in Pakistan]] * [[List of engineering universities in Pakistan]] * [[Lahore School of Economics]] * [[Habib University]] * [[University of Agriculture Faisalabad]] * [[Aga Khan University]] * [[National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://lums.edu.pk LUMS official website] {{Business schools in Pakistan}} {{Lahore Colleges}} {{Engineering universities in Pakistan}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Lahore University of Management Sciences| ]] [[Category:Private universities and colleges in Punjab, Pakistan]] [[Category:Management science]] [[Category:1984 establishments in Pakistan]] [[Category:Defence, Lahore]] [[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1984]] [[Category:Universities and colleges in Lahore]] [[Category:Engineering universities and colleges in Pakistan]] [[Category:Ali family]]
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