Pakistani university to set up campus in Dubai

DUBAI - The first Pakistani university to set up a campus at Knowledge Village, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Szabist), is all set to open its doors to prospective students by mid-September.

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Asma Ali Zain

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Published: Tue 29 Jul 2003, 11:46 AM

Last updated: Mon 30 Jan 2023, 4:09 PM

Speaking to Khaleej Times yesterday, Szabist Project Director Dr Javed Leghari said that Dubai was a growing market and it was a great opportunity for Szabist to establish a campus here. Szabist has two campuses in Pakistan - Karachi and Islamabad. Szabist Dubai will be offering the same academic programmes as in Szabist Pakistan.

Current degree offerings include BS computer sciences, BBA, MS computer sciences and MBA and the LLB (University of London external programme). Mr Leghari said that the first academic year at Szabist Dubai will begin in September. "Each academic year consists of the fall semester (September-December), spring semester (January-May), and the summer session (June-July). The semesters are of 16-week duration and summer of a eight-week duration," he said.


Szabist is a chartered institute established through an Act of Sindh Assembly of Pakistan and is approved and recognised by the Higher Education Commission as a degree granting institution.

Szabist is also a registered member of the International Association of Universities (IAU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), Asia University Federation (AUF) and the Association of Saarc Universities (ASU).



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