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Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University is committed to excellence in education, research and service. The University strives for quality, international standards and relevance in all of its programs and selects its faculty, staff and students on the basis of merit, irrespective of gender, race, religion or domicile. AKU is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network, which consists of institutions that collaborate for development in response to social, economic and cultural challenges in specific regions of the developing world.

The University’s Faculty of Health Sciences was planned with the support of Harvard University, McGill University and McMaster University. It presently includes a Medical College and a School of Nursing, which are located together with their principal teaching site, Aga Khan University Hospital, in Karachi, Pakistan. In addition, in Karachi, the University has an Institute for Educational Development and a substantial Faculty of Arts and Sciences which is being developed on a new 1100-acres campus.

As an international institution, the University has established academic programmes beyond Pakistan, through an Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London and programmes in Advanced Nursing Studies and Postgraduate Medical Education in countries in East Africa. AKU has been offering educational programmes in East Africa since 2001 and is currently planning a major expansion of its existing work in East Africa, in the fields of medical, nursing and teacher education. AKU is fully registered in Tanzania by the Tanzania Commission for Universities as Aga Khan University -Tanzania Institute of Higher Education (AKU-TIHE).