The Aga Khan University

Alumni Making a Difference
In 1983, the University embarked on a bold mission to graduate men and
women who could play constructive and responsible leadership roles in
their societies. Armed with appropriate skills for objective inquiry and
analysis, tempered by compassion and ethics, they were prepared to serve
humankind with a desire to find solutions to long-standing problems in the
developing world.
Twenty-five years on, AKU alumni have demonstrated that they can
indeed make a difference. Graduates hold high-level leadership
and advisory positions in governments from Syria and Afghanistan
to Pakistan and Uganda, responsible for framing national education,
nursing and health-related policies and programmes. Others are in
leadership positions in institutions in South and Central Asia, the Middle
East, East Africa, North America and Europe. Many of the alumni are
making significant contributions to universities and research institutions in
North America. Equally significant, many have returned to the University
to assist as specialist doctors, nurses, researchers and educators.
Either serving at AKU or elsewhere, the alumni are a vital part of the
larger University family around the globe. They are key stakeholders in
the challenging geographic and academic growth trajectory that the
University has set for itself.

Forging Meaningful Partnerships
For a University aspiring to distinction, collaborations and partnerships are
a natural route. They are essential for building capacity, sharing knowledge
and working collaboratively to expand perspectives and horizons, and to
address the challenges of national development with greater understanding.
AKU has forged ties with a number of internationally recognised
institutions to ensure high quality programmes in education and research.
AKU-IED, Pakistan has partnered with the Universities of Oxford and
Toronto from the inception of the Institute in 1993. These two partners
have provided valuable counsel on academic programmes, faculty
development and research proposals in education. More recently, in East
Africa, Cambridge and Calgary universities are assisting AKU-IED, East
Africa with its programmes, human resource development and training and
research. Acknowledging the quality of its programmes, governments and
international agencies are consulting AKU-IED, both in East Africa and
Pakistan, on teacher education and school improvement programmes.
Of all of AKU’s partnerships, McMaster University and AKU-SON have
earned the distinction of having the longest standing relationship. As a
result of this collaboration, a model of nursing education has been built that
has benefited Pakistan and, through the University’s international nursing
programmes, countries in East Africa and Asia. It has increased nursing
capacity and positively influenced the professional standing of nursing in
countries with these programmes. Given its success, the University initiated
a ‘second generation’ partnership with McMaster in 2008 to look at fostering
a global nursing network and joint research and technical assistance projects
in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria and Pakistan.
AKU has also encouraged and fostered South-South partnerships. In this
context, the Ministry of Health in Syria and Aga Khan University are
collaborating to improve the quality of nursing education and services
in the country. The partnership was renewed in 2008 and builds on the
conviction that there can be a flow of knowledge, ideas and innovative
programmes between countries of the developing world.
Such partnerships can offer value added for both partners in a rapidly
globalising world, as well as opportunities that can push the boundaries
to resolve problems endemic in the developing world.

Investing in a Better Tomorrow

The challenges of developing and sustaining universities are immense
as they require investments in students, faculty, staff and campuses.
The University has been fortunate enough to continue to receive the
generous and consistent support of its founder and Chancellor, His
Highness the Aga Khan. Equally, many governments and international
agencies, foundations, families and individuals have invested heavily
in the University’s academic programmes, intellectual capacity and
physical capital over the past 25 years, particularly in Pakistan.
Given the University’s bold agenda for the future, the demands over
the next decade will call for larger investments and the generosity of
even more donors. For the University to realise its ambitious vision of
nurturing and developing knowledgeable and compassionate leaders
who can lead their societies, contributions and contributors will have to
expand substantially. The University’s academic goals and capital plans
are premised on significant outlays of resources over the next decade
as it looks to make the quantum leap from a health care and teacher
education institution to a broad-based, comprehensive university, with
new locations, disciplines and partners.
AKU has been able to expand its academic programmes in East Africa
through the support of two unusual partnerships. These alliances brought
together groups of private citizens who have been inspired to invest in
the University’s quest to build institutional capacity and increase the
quality of education and health care in East Africa.
The Awali project, meaning “beginning” in Swahili, is the creation of
a collection of volunteers led by a Canadian oil executive, Jim Gray,
a prominent Calgary lawyer, Brian Felesky, and business owner,
Sherali Saju. They have motivated local donors and the Canadian
International Development Agency to partner with the University in the
establishment of AKU-IED, East Africa. Their efforts have contributed
to a C$10 million investment in quality education in the region. Based
in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and serving the entire region, the Institute
aims to raise the quality and availability of education in East Africa by
improving the calibre of teacher education and school administration.The Lundin for Africa project is supported by the Lundin family, mining,
oil and gas entrepreneurs based in Canada and Sweden. The US$ 1.2
million three-year grant, gifted in 2008, aims to advance the quality
of nursing in rural East Africa by creating nursing resource centres
outside the main cities in Ethiopia and Kenya. The project will allow
the University to expand its nursing programme, for the first time, to
Ethiopia, and to broaden its reach and accessibility outside urban
centres to meet the health care challenges of rural communities that
lack access to professionals with adequate knowledge. For nurses, who
are mostly women, these centres offer an opportunity to obtain the higher
skills and qualifications needed to better manage local health issues.
In Pakistan, AKU has benefited from the valuable collaboration and
generous support of corporate donors and individual philanthropists.
A new emergency building, inaugurated on the Stadium Road campus
in Karachi in 2008, will be completed by the end of 2009. One of the
first capital projects to be entirely funded by donors, it supports a new
Department of Emergency Medicine that will offer undergraduate
medical students a rotation in emergency care, and graduate students a
four-year residency in emergency medicine. The Department is the first
of its kind in Pakistan and one of the first in the South Asian region.

University Update School of Nursing

As the University’s first academic institution, AKU-SON began operating
in 1980, and educates nurses to provide exemplary patient care and
demonstrate leadership in nursing education, practice, administration
and research.
In Pakistan, AKU-SON was the first to offer professional qualifications
and degree programmes in the field of nursing up to the Master of Science
in Nursing (MScN) level.
As it has grown internationally, AKU-SON has used various approaches
to respond to the human resource challenges of different countries. Since
2001, for instance, AKU-SON has offered an Advanced Nursing Studies
programme in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Developed at the request
of nursing leaders and the respective governments, the programme
offers continuing and higher education up to Bachelor of Science in
Nursing (BScN) level to working nurses, allowing them to remain at their
workplaces while pursuing professional development.
In Syria and Afghanistan, AKU-SON is providing technical assistance
and building human capacity to strengthen government initiatives to
improve higher education in nursing. In addition, nurses, eager to further
improve their qualifications, have the opportunity to attend BScN and
MScN programmes at AKU-SON in Karachi. In countries with few trained
professionals, the programme is expanding the number of qualified health
workers and in the process, improving the quality of care.
AKU-SON expanded its programme to Egypt in 2005, offering needsbased
training courses to in-service nurses and opportunities to pursue
higher education in Karachi. AKU-SON is also exploring partnerships
and planning to establish new higher education opportunities for nurses
in the Aswan Governorate of Egypt.
Research is of particular importance at AKU-SON. Faculty collaborate
in research initiatives with a number of groups and are exploring the
possibility of collaborating with international universities on research
in the thematic areas of maternal, neonatal and child health, nursing
education and selected non-communicable diseases.
For more information, please visit: www.aku.edu/son

The Medical College, established in 1983, celebrated its 25th
anniversary in 2008. Its aim is to train doctors who are expected to play
leadership roles in raising the quality of care in their countries through
improvements in primary, secondary and tertiary health care systems,
conduct research on relevant diseases and offer technical assistance to
governments at all levels.
In Pakistan, the Medical College’s five-year undergraduate programme
leads to a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree. Students
engage in problem-based learning and are required to spend a portion of
their time in the community. Graduates emerge with clinical competence,
not only in hospital practice but also in community settings, along with a
more rounded understanding of health promotion and disease prevention.
Starting with a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, the College has since added MSc degrees in Health Policy
and Management and Clinical Research (for AKU postgraduate trainees
only), a Master of Bioethics as well as a PhD in Health Sciences – the first
of its kind in Pakistan. These programmes have expanded opportunities
for those interested in academic medicine and research.
The University also offers postgraduate medical education in over 45
clinical disciplines, with 29 residency and 15 fellowship programmes
along with a one-year internship, allowing doctors the opportunity of
specialised training while remaining in Pakistan.
The Postgraduate Medical Education programme was expanded to Kenya
and Tanzania in 2004 and has grown to offer nine four-year residency
programmes leading to a Master of Medicine degree. For East Africa,
this initiative has helped address the ‘brain drain’ issue, increasing the
number of qualified specialists available in the region.
Research at the Medical College focuses on the key health issues facing
the developing world, including infectious and non-communicable
diseases, undernutrition, and maternal and child health. More recently,
researchers at AKU have conducted research on cardiovascular disease,
cancer, liver and kidney disease, molecular and genetic medicine.
For more information, please visit: www.aku.edu/medicalcollege

Aga Khan University Hospitals

Established in 1985, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi is
committed to providing a continuum of safe, high-quality patient care
with all services under one roof. A broad range of secondary and tertiary
care is available in the 545-bed University Hospital. More importantly,
those who are unable to pay for treatment receive assistance through the
Hospital’s patient welfare programme.
In 2000, AKUH, Karachi became the first teaching hospital in Pakistan
to be ISO 9001:2000 certified and in 2006, the first in the country to
receive Joint Commission International accreditation. The University
Hospital is now among the very few teaching hospitals in the world to
be both ISO certified and JCI accredited, recognition of its standards in
health delivery and hospital care.
In addition, planned expansion for the University Hospital in Karachi
includes new ambulatory care facilities and a skills learning centre.
In Nairobi, the Aga Khan Hospital became a teaching University
Hospital in 2005 with the aim to be a premier tertiary care facility for
East Africa. Since becoming a University Hospital, it has increased its
clinical capacity and made significant improvements to its facilities. In
2007, it started construction on a US$ 46 million Heart and Cancer
Centre that will offer complete cardiac and cancer services, and house
new facilities for surgery, obstetrics, critical care and diagnostic imaging.

Institutes for Educational Development

Established in 1993, Aga Khan University Institute for Educational
Development (AKU-IED) aims to improve the quality of education
by offering professional education programmes for teachers, teacher
educators, educational managers, supervisory personnel and other
officials, within a broad network of public and private education sectors
in Pakistan and other developing countries.
To build the capacity of schools and educational institutions in
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Syria and
Tajikistan, a wide range of programmes are offered by AKU-IED,
Pakistan. These include a four-year PhD (in which students from East
Africa also participate), a two-year Master’s degree, and Advanced
Diploma Programmes in curriculum areas and educational leadership
and management. Certificates in Education are offered through faceto-
face, online and distance education, and field-based programmes,
varying in length from two weeks to two months, to enable working
professionals to choose courses suitable to their needs. The Institute
also offers tailor-made short courses for institutions.
AKU-IED, Pakistan’s first Professional Development Centre (PDC) is
embedded in its campus in Karimabad, Karachi. PDCs have also been
established in Gilgit and Chitral in the north of Pakistan, which provide
teachers in remote and disadvantaged areas access to professional
development through a variety of courses and programmes meant to
improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools. A number
of private schools have replicated this model, and the provincial
Government of Sindh is considering transforming its existing teacher
education institutions into professional development centres.
In 2006, a second Institute for Educational Development, East Africa
was established. The new Institute, built on the foundation laid by the
Professional Development Centre Lead-in Project in East Africa, is
located in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It offers a two-year, full-time, Master
of Education degree and six-month Certificates in Education for teachers
and educational managers from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, with the
aim of raising the standard of education in the East African region.

Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations

In 2002, the University established its Institute for the Study of Muslim
Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) in the United Kingdom to strengthen
research and teaching about the heritage of Muslim societies as they
have evolved over time, with specific attention to the challenges these
societies face in contemporary settings. The Institute seeks to provide
a unique and multifaceted approach to the study of Muslim cultures
and societies by using a framework that incorporates world cultures,
the humanities and social sciences, allowing for a wider analytical and
comparative perspective. This approach is reflected in a broad range of
activities spanning from education to research, publications, academic
and cultural events.
Besides a two-year, full-time Master of Arts in Muslim Cultures degree,
the Institute began offering a range of short courses on Muslim cultures
in 2008 that respond to the needs of professionals in a variety of fields.
These include a two-part course on exploring Muslim cultures; a twoweek
summer programme with the Centre for the Comparative Study of
Muslim Societies and Cultures at Simon Fraser University, Canada; and
a course on law in Muslim contexts.
In addition, the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Liberal Arts
and AKU-ISMC are collaborating on a Muslim Histories and Cultures
Project. This is aimed at helping secondary school teachers in the state
of Texas to develop a better understanding of Muslim civilisations and
histories and to use this knowledge to create a more balanced curriculum
within the Texas school system.
AKU-ISMC is also partnering with the Edinburgh University Press
to publish three series: Exploring Muslim Contexts, which publishes
papers from the Institute’s research seminars, workshops and
conferences; In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers, which translates
into English important texts by innovative thinkers working in modern
Muslim contexts; and Muslim Civilisations Abstracts, which publishes
the reference catalogues of annotated bibliographies and abstracts
that represents the dynamic range of scholarship taking place in
Muslim societies.

Examination Board

Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) was created as part
of the University’s fundamental role in improving the quality of education.
More importantly, it is a response to a specific demand – made in 1995
by 16 schools in Pakistan – for improving the secondary school leaving
certification system and offering examinations of a reputable standard,
both in terms of costs and cultural suitability to Pakistani students.
AKU-EB was established in August 2003 to offer examination services
for both secondary school and higher secondary school certificates
throughout Pakistan and abroad. It offers high quality, affordable
examinations, in English and Urdu, based on the national curriculum
and emphasising the understanding and application of knowledge. The
examinations are designed to encourage comprehension, logical thinking
and problem solving skills that can prepare students for success in their
adult lives.
Affiliation with the Board is voluntary and open to schools across the
country, provided they meet the criteria set by AKU-EB. The Board also
offers related services, such as a teachers’ development programme that
helps schools with the learning methods required by their teachers and
students in preparing for AKU-EB examinations.
AKU-EB employs a modern computer system and sophisticated data
analysis to support its very different style of examining. Its e-marking
system, the first such system in Asia protects the candidate against
marker error and allows accuracy, security and complete transparency
in the processing of examination results. It also generates statistical
feedback reports for each school on a subject-by-subject and questionby-
question basis, providing schools with information on the performance
of their own candidates relative to the country as a whole. This helps
improve performance, both of students and the schools, from year to year

Major Partners and Institutional Collaborations

AKU is privileged to collaborate with the following agencies
and academic institutions:
British Council, Pakistan
Canadian International Development Agency
Catholic University of Portugal
College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
Department for International Development, UK
European Union
Fogarty International, USA
Government of Afghanistan
Government of France
Government of Pakistan
Government of Syria
Harvard University, USA
Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
International Academic Partnership, USA
International Vaccine Institute, South Korea
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
La Chaîne de l’Espoir, France
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
McGill University, Canada
McMaster University, Canada
National Institutes of Health, USA
New Zealand Agency for International Development
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
United Nations Children’s Fund
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Population Fund
United States Agency for International Development
University of Alabama, USA
University of Alberta, Canada
University of British Columbia, Canada
University of Calgary, Canada
University of California, San Francisco, USA
University of Cambridge, UK
University of Karachi, Pakistan
University of London, Institute of Education, UK
University of Oxford, UK
University of Sheffield, UK
University of Texas at Austin, USA
University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
University of Waterloo, Canada

University Governance

Chancellor
His Highness The Aga Khan
Board of Trustees
Chairman
Ambassador Saidullah Khan
Dehlavi
A graduate in Philosophy, Politics
and Economics from Oxford
University and a career diplomat,
Ambassador Dehlavi served, inter
alia, as Pakistan’s ambassador to
France, Switzerland, UNESCO
and the European Union. He was
appointed Chairman of the AKU
Board of Trustees in 2001.
His decorations include the
Légion d’honneur from France.
Members
Princess Zahra Aga Khan
Director, Social Welfare
Department, Secretariat of
His Highness the Aga Khan
Aiglemont, France
Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the
eldest child of His Highness
the Aga Khan, has worked in the
Aga Khan Development Network
since graduating from Harvard with
a BA (Hons) in 1994. As the head
of the Social Welfare Department,
Princess Zahra oversees the
Health, Education, and Planning
and Building Services companies,
with activities in 12 countries of
Asia and Africa. She joined the
AKU Board in 2003.
Dr J. Robert Buchanan
Former Dean, Cornell University
Medical College and
General Director (CEO), Emeritus,
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, USA
A leader in medical education
and health care administration,
Dr Buchanan is Professor of
Medicine at Harvard. He has
served as President of Chicago
Hospital and Medical Center,
Dean of Cornell University
Medical College and as Professor
of Medicine at the University
of Chicago. Dr Buchanan is a
founding Trustee of AKU.
Mr Aziz Currimbhoy
Former Chairman, Aga Khan
Education Service, Pakistan
Mr Currimbhoy was involved
in the jute industry in former
East Pakistan from 1955 to 1971,
when he moved to Karachi.
In 1977 he participated in the
planning and construction of AKU.
He became the Chairman of
Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan
in 1986 and later the Chairman
of Aga Khan Education Service,
Pakistan. He served as Trustee
of AKU from 1990 to 2008.
Mr Robert H. Edwards
President Emeritus, Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine, USA
President of Bowdoin College
from 1990 until his retirement
in 2001, Mr Edwards holds a
BA from Princeton, a BA and
MA from Cambridge and an
LLB from Harvard. He was the
Ford Foundation’s Pakistan
representative and then head of
its Middle East and Africa Office
from 1968 until 1977, when he
was appointed President of
Carleton College. He has received
honorary doctorates from Bowdoin,
Carleton, Colby Colleges and the
University of Maine. He served as
Trustee of AKU from 1987 to 1990,
and was reappointed in 1999.
Dr Roderick D. Fraser
President Emeritus, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Dr Fraser served as President and
Vice-Chancellor of the University
of Alberta from 1995 to 2005.
Before joining Alberta, he served
at Queen’s University in Ontario
as Principal (Resources) as well
as Dean, Faculty of Arts and
Science. Dr Fraser holds a BA
in History and Economics and an
MA in Economics, both from the
University of Alberta, as well as
a PhD from the London School
of Economics. He joined the
AKU Board in April 2005.
Mr Munnawar Hamid, OBE
Chairman, British Oxygen
Company Pakistan Ltd, Karachi,
Pakistan
Mr Hamid is also Chairman of
the Silkbank, Ltd., as well as
member of the Policy Board
of the Securities & Exchange
Commission, Pakistan, and
the Board of the Civil Aviation
Authority, Government of Pakistan.
Mr Hamid was formerly Chairman
and Chief Executive of ICI
Pakistan. He holds a BSc (Hons)
from the University of Punjab and
MA (Hons) from the University of
Cambridge. He was appointed to
the AKU Board in 2000.
Dr Syed Sibit-ul-Hasnain
President, Pakistan Medical
and Dental Council,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr Hasnain, a recipient of the
President’s Pride of Performance
award, is a fellow of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan,
the Royal College of Surgeons
(Edinburgh and Glasgow), the
American College of Physicians
and the American College of
Gastroenterology. He graduated
from the King Edward Medical
College, Lahore in 1971. He
joined the AKU Board in 2007 as
a nominee of the Pakistan Medical
and Dental Council.
University Governance

Dr Ishrat Husain
Dean and Director, Institute
of Business Administration,
Karachi, Pakistan
Dr Husain worked for the World
Bank for over two decades before
becoming Governor of the State
Bank of Pakistan from 1999 to
2005. He has a Master’s degree
in Development Economics from
Williams College and a PhD in
Economics from Boston University.
He has received many awards,
including the Hilal-e-Imtiaz from
the Government of Pakistan and
was appointed to the AKU Board
in 2006.
Mr Yusuf Habib Keshavjee
Chairman, White Rose Group
of Companies, East Africa,
Nairobi, Kenya
A former Chairman of Aga Khan
Foundation, East Africa,
Mr Keshavjee is a recent
government appointee on the
National Council for Children
Services, a committee
implementing early childhood
policies. He was honoured with
the Head of State’s Commendation
by the Government of Kenya in
2005. Mr Keshavjee is a graduate
of the London School of Economics
and Harvard Business School.
He was appointed to the AKU
Board in 2006.
Dr Tom Kessinger
General Manager, Aga Khan
Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr Kessinger holds a PhD from
the University of Chicago and
has taught South Asian History at
the Universities of Virginia and
Pennsylvania. In 1977, he joined
the Ford Foundation in India and
then headed the Foundation’s office
in Indonesia as Representative for
Southeast Asia.
In 1988, he became Haverford
College’s 11th president. He
served as General Manager of the
Aga Khan Trust for Culture from
1996 to 2002, when he became
General Manager of the Aga Khan
Foundation. Dr Kessinger was
appointed to the AKU Board
in 2008.
Mr Naguib Kheraj
CEO, JPMorgan Cazenove,
London, United Kingdom
A graduate in Economics from the
University of Cambridge, Mr Kheraj
is CEO of JPMorgan Cazenove, a
UK-focused investment banking
business. He has previously been
Finance Director of Barclays PLC.
He also holds the positions of
Governor, The Institute of Ismaili
Studies, Chairman, National
Committee, Aga Khan Foundation,
UK, Investment Committee
Member, The Wellcome Trust and
Board Member, UK-US Fulbright
Commission. Mr Kheraj was
appointed to the AKU Board
in 2008.
H.E. Benjamin William Mkapa
Former President of the United
Republic of Tanzania
H.E. Benjamin Mkapa served as
President of the United Republic
of Tanzania for two terms from 1995
to 2005. He is currently active in
conflict prevention, management
and resolution in the Great Lakes
Region of Africa, and is an active
player in regional economic
cooperation within the East African
Community, and the Southern
African Development Community,
of which he is Chairperson.
He holds a BA from Makerere
University, Uganda and a Master’s
degree in International Relations
from Columbia University, USA.
He was appointed to the AKU
Board in 2007.
Dr J. Fraser Mustard
Bell Canada Fellow and
Founding President
The Founders’ Network, The
Canadian Institute for Advanced
Research, Toronto, Canada
With an MD from Toronto and
PhD from Cambridge, Dr Mustard
was a faculty member in Medicine
and Pathology at University of
Toronto from 1956 to 1966.
He helped establish the Medical
School at McMaster University
and in 1972 became its Vice
President, Health Sciences.
He founded the Canadian Institute
for Advanced Research to promote
interdisciplinary research in 1982,
and was made a Companion of
the Order of Canada in 1994.
Dr Mustard is a founding
Trustee of AKU.
Mr Firoz Rasul
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Aga Khan University
Mr Rasul served as Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of
Ballard Power Systems, a world
leader in fuel cell technology,
from 1988 to 2003. Before
that, he was Vice President of
Marketing and Sales for Mobile
Data International, from 1981
to 1988. Mr Rasul received a
Bachelor’s degree in Industrial
Engineering from the University
of Hertfordshire, UK and an MBA
from McGill University. He was
conferred the degree Doctor
of Laws, honoris causa, by
Simon Fraser University in
British Columbia in 2001.

University in Numbers
Aga Khan University is a not-for-profit institution that has received significant funding from the Chancellor,
His Highness the Aga Khan, who has also provided further support through seed money for new programmes
and major expansions.
In order to effectively implement its fundamental principle of accessibility, AKU provides education
programmes that are highly subsidised, charging, on average, only 24 per cent of the total cost of education. In
addition, financial assistance is provided to students unable to cover these fees funded partly by a scholarship
endowment fund and partly by the University budget. To date, over US$ 12 million has been provided as grants
and interest-free loans to students, with US$ 1.7 million in 2008 alone.
The University also provides substantial subsidies to indigent patients. Funding for these programmes comes
from a patient welfare endowment fund, allocation from Aga Khan University Hospital revenues and activities
– the Hospital flower and gift shops that generate additional money – plus annual donor giving. Since the
patient welfare programme’s inception in 1986, the University Hospitals in Karachi and Nairobi have assisted
over 342,000 patients with over US$ 43 million (US$ 5.2 million in 2008 alone).
The University is grateful to the Chancellor and to its well-wishers and supporters who have helped meet the
financial requirements for its continuing expansion, as well as its financial needs for education and patient
welfare, including zakat from The Patients’ Behbud Society for AKUH. It looks forward to continued support
as these needs are growing annually by 25 per cent.

Addresses

Aga Khan University
Stadium Road
P.O. Box 3500
Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Tel: 92 21 3493 0051
Fax: 92 21 3493 4294, 3493 2095
Email: aku@aku.edu
Aga Khan University Hospital
Karachi
Stadium Road
P.O. Box 3500
Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Tel: 92 21 3493 0051
Fax: 92 21 3493 4294, 3493 2095
Email: akuh@aku.edu
public.affairs@aku.edu
Pakistan
Aga Khan University
Faculty of Health Sciences
(Medical College and
School of Nursing)
Stadium Road
P.O. Box 3500
Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Tel: 92 21 3493 0051
Fax: 92 21 3493 4294, 3493 2095
Email: fhs@aku.edu
student.affairs@aku.edu
Aga Khan University
Institute for Educational
Development & Professional
Development Centre
F.B. Area, Karimabad
P.O. Box 13688
Karachi 75950, Pakistan
Tel: 92 21 3634 7611-4
Fax: 92 21 3634 7616, 3637 6624
Email: ied@aku.edu
Professional Development Centre
North University Road
Konodass, Gilgit, Pakistan
Tel: 92 5811 454132-4
Fax: 92 5811 45413
Email: pdc.gilgit@aku.edu
Professional Development Centre
Chitral, Waliabad Danin
P.O. Box 05
Chitral, Pakistan
Tel: 92 943 414 155-57
Fax: 92 943 414 158
Email: pdcchitral@pdcc.edu.pk
Aga Khan University
Examination Board
Bungalow No. 233
E. I. Lines
Daudpota & Raja Ghazanfar
Ali Khan Roads
Karachi 75400, Pakistan
Tel: 92 21 3522 4702-7
Fax: 92 21 3522 4710
Email: examination.board@aku.edu
Aga Khan University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Project Office
Plot No. G-2
Block 17
KDA Scheme No. 24
Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Behind National Stadium
Karachi 75300, Pakistan
Tel: 92 21 3482 9535-7
Cell: 92 334 365 8802-5
Fax: 92 21 3482 0470, 3493 4294
Email: fas@aku.edu
Kenya
Aga Khan University Hospital
Nairobi
3rd Parklands Avenue
Off Limuru Road
P.O. Box 30270-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254 20 366 2000
375 0185, 375 0229
Fax: 254 20 374 1749
Email: akuhn@akhskenya.org
Aga Khan University
Postgraduate Medical Education
Aga Khan University Hospital
Nairobi
3rd Parklands Avenue
P.O. Box 30270-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254 20 366 2000
366 2106, 374 0000
Fax: 254 20 374 3935, 374 1749
Email: pgme.enquiries@
akhskenya.org
Aga Khan University
Advanced Nursing Studies
P.O. Box 39340-00623
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254 20 374 7483, 374 5808
Fax: 254 20 374 7004
Email: info@aku.ac.ke
Tanzania
Aga Khan University
Tanzania Institute of
Higher Education
Advanced Nursing Studies
Ufukoni Road
Plot No. 42
P.O. Box 38129
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: 255 22 212 2740
Fax: 255 22 212 2764
Email: info@aku.ac.tz
Aga Khan University
Tanzania Institute of
Higher Education
Postgraduate Medical Education
Ocean Road,
P.O. Box 2289
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: 255 22 211 5151 - 3
Fax: 255 22 213 1662, 211 5904
Email: azim.jiwani@akhst.org
Aga Khan University
Tanzania Institute of
Higher Education
Institute for Educational
Development, East Africa
Salama House, Plot 344
P.O. Box 125
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: 255 22 215 0051, 215 2293
Fax: 255 22 215 0875
Email: iedea@akest.org
Uganda
Aga Khan University
Advanced Nursing Studies
Plot 9/11, Makerere Road
P.O. Box 8842
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256 41 349 494, 349 307
Fax: 256 41 349 303
Email: info@aku.ac.ug
United Kingdom
Aga Khan University
Institute for the Study of
Muslim Civilisations
210 Euston Road
London NW1 2DA
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 207 380 3800
Fax: 44 207 380 3830
Email: ismc@aku.edu
Afghanistan
Aga Khan University
School of Nursing
Ghazanfar Institute of Health
Sciences
c/o AKDN House
43, Street 13
Wazir Akbar Khan Road
Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel: 93 799 930 0079
873 761 839 877
Fax: 873 761 839 879
Aga Khan University
French Medical Institute for
Children (FMIC)
Aliabad, Behind Kabul Medical
University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel: 93 799 723 732
93 75 202 3912-4
Fax: 93 75 202 3913
Email: information@fmic.org.af
Syria
Aga Khan University
c/o Aga Khan Development
Network (Syria)
Abou Rumaneh, Rawda Square
Abdul Kader Al Jazairi Street
Building No. 15
Damascus, Syria
Tel: 963 11 334 3610-1
Fax: 963 11 334 3613
Email: kinda.dahmash@akdn.org
UAE
Aga Khan University Hospital
Representative Office
Room No. 514, 5th Floor
Oud Metha Complex
P.O. Box 36281
Dubai, UAE
Tel: 971 4 324 8081
971 50 553 8766
Fax: 971 4 324 8082
Email: akuhdubai@aku.edu
Websites
Aga Khan University:
www.aku.edu
Aga Khan Development Network:
www.akdn.org
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