Habib University

Habib University is an independent liberal arts university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.Funded by the House of Habib, the Habib University Foundation was established in 2010, and was chartered in 2012 as an independent university. Based on a 6.3 acres campus in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi, it is a multi-disciplinary varsity offering undergraduate degree's in science, engineering, arts, humanities and social sciences. It has a strong liberal arts focus and requires all students all its students to take a set of liberal arts courses consisting of sociology, history, philosophy and anthropology.HistoryIn 2010, the House of Habib formed the Habib University Foundation . The project was launched with a grant of US$40 million. Construction on the campus in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi began in 2012, after the charter for establishment of was passed by Sindh Assembly in June of that year.Through its various trusts, it is also involved in managing welfare centers for children, hospitals and blood banks, and in providing medical aid and housing to the less privileged. At present, the family manages several child welfare centers, medical institutions and trusts, including the Dawood Habib Home, the Hussaini Blood Bank, the Masoomeen Hospital, the Al-Sayyeda Benevolent Trust, the Habib Education Trust, the Habib Medical Trust, and the Rehmatbai Habib Widows and Orphans Trust.