Information Technology University
The Information Technology University (ITU) (Urdu: جامعہ اطلاعیات) is a public university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 2012, the university was founded and headed by Umar Saif and is modeled after the MIT.
جامعہ اطلاعیات | |
| Motto | Innovation |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2012 |
| Endowment | $10 million |
| Chancellor | Governor of the Punjab |
| Vice-Chancellor | Adnan Noor Mian |
| Students | 1500 |
| Location | , Punjab , Pakistan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Higher Education Commission (Pakistan), Pakistan Engineering Council, National Computing Education Accreditation Council |
| Website | itu |
The university is located within the high-rise Arfa Software Technology Park, while its permanent 183 acre campus is under construction on Barki Road. The university has varying degrees of partnerships with the Harvard University and also publishes the MIT Technology Review, Pakistan edition. The university is home to several tenured academics, Pakistan's largest startup incubator and maintains partnerships with EdX, IBM and the US State Department. It hosted International Development Design Summit, organised by IDIN and United States Agency for International Development (USAID).