First public varsity opens its campus in Education City

SMIU shifts its environmental sciences dept to Malir

The Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) became the first public university to establish a campus in Education City, Malir, on Friday as it shifted its department of environmental sciences to the designated space.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the varsity's Malir campus, Sindh Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah said that the provincial government would soon complete the required infrastructure for Education City. He lauded the decision to establish an environmental science department as according to him, students and teachers would be in an ideal setting to observe the changing environmental conditions.

The varsity's vice chancellor, Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh, said that the reason behind shifting this department first was to establish an environmentally friendly campus before shifting other departments. "All the students of SMIU will plant trees and look after them," he said, adding that the area would provide an ideal environment for SMIU teachers and students to observe changes in the environment.

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The VC informed the audience that a new road would be constructed to connect the SMIU campus with Super Highway to facilitate commute for faculty and students between Education City and the main city. According to him, academic blocks, hostels for male and female students, residential blocks for staff and faculty, a sports complex, and other facilities are also under construction.

Shah was briefed on the master plan of the varsity's Malir campus as he visited the SMIU department of environmental sciences.

A total of 9,000 acres of land has been allocated to at least 21 universities in Education City.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 26^th, 2019.