INDUS UNIVERSITY

Indus University, formerly the Indus Institute of Higher Education, is a university in Pakistan chartered by the Government of Sindh. It holds the top 'W' category ranking from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) and was listed among the 5 Star Universities of Pakistan by the Charter Inspection and Evaluation Committee (CIEC) in 2013. The Indus Institute of Higher Education Bill, 2004 was passed by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 28 November 2005 and assented to by the Government of Sindh on 7 January 2006; in 2012 the Sindh Government upgraded the institute to university status. The university is recognized by several bodies including the HEC, the Education & Literacy Department of Sindh, the Virtual University of Pakistan, the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi, the Sindh Board of Technical Education, and the Pakistan Engineering Council, and it has links with the University of Central Lancashire, UK. It offers undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programmes in engineering, film & TV, business administration, DPT, and art & design, as well as associate degrees. It has signed MoUs with more than 40 international universities. A Quality Enhancement Cell was established in 2010 under Vice Chancellor Muhammad Ahmed Amin.