FAS opens at AKU

AKU's first new faculty in Pakistan in 30 years, FAS expands programmes beyond health sciences and into new fields

KARACHI:

The Aga Khan University launched its Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), diversifying its academic offerings and giving students access to a uniquely multifaceted education.

AKU's first new faculty in Pakistan in 30 years, FAS ushers in a new chapter for the university, expanding its programmes beyond the health sciences and teacher education into an array of new fields.

FAS students will have the option of majoring in either Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Social Development Studies; Philosophy, Politics and Economics; or Human and Environmental Biology. Whatever profession they wish to pursue, FAS graduates will be prepared to compete and collaborate with the world's best.

"The Faculty of Arts and Sciences embodies our Chancellor's vision of providing the best educational opportunities to students in Pakistan and the developing world through inclusion, diversity and expanded access to world-class education," AKU President Sulaiman Shahabuddin said. "We're building on what has worked so effectively in some of the great institutions around the world, like Harvard, Yale, Middlebury or Reed," FAS Dean Stephen Lyon said.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 19^th, 2023.