Lahore University of Management Sciences

LUMS at a Glance

  

1984

The National Management Foundation incorporated in November

Javed Hamid appointed as the first Director

   
1985

The University Charter granted in March

   
1986

Syed Babar Ali chosen as Pro Chancellor and Abdul Razak Dawood as Rector, LUMS

MBA programme launched by the Business School

Dr. Jan-Eric Vahlne appointed as Associate Dean

Case Research Centre established

   
1988 Dr. James A. Erskine appointed as the first Dean
   
1989

Executive Education Programme launched by the Business School

US$ 10 million donated to the National Management Foundation by USAID

Dr. Waseem Azhar appointed as the second Dean

Dr. Salman Shah appointed as Associate Dean of the Executive Development Centre (EDC)

The first Convocation for the class of '88 and '89 held with President Ghulam Ishaq Khan as the Keynote Speaker

   
1990

Small and Medium Enterprise Centre (SMEC) set up with the help of Konrad- Adenauer Foundation of Germany

   
1991 US $ 1 million donated by Tetra-Laval, Sweden for Executive Development Centre, courtesy of the Rausing family
   
1993

100 acre LUMS campus built in DHA, Lahore

Convocation for the class of '93 held with President Farooq Ahmed Leghari as the Chief Guest and Shaukat Aziz, Executive Vice President, Citibank as the Keynote Speaker

   
1994

BSc Honours programme in Economics and Computer Science launched

Rausing Executive Development Centre becomes fully functional

HRH Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinborough, visits LUMS

The dining facility, partially funded by Pepsi International becomes operational

   
1995

First batch of transfer and visiting students accepted

First Lady, Hillary Clinton visits LUMS

First phase of faculty housing completed

LUMS becomes the first student chapter for the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) and the Random Walk Economics Society

   
1996

School of Arts and Sciences (SOAS) formed to oversee the undergraduate programmes

An additional funding of US$ 1 million given by Tetra-Laval, Sweden, through the Rausing family

BSc visiting and transfer student programme launched

The MBA classes of '88, '89, '90, '91 and '92 come back to LUMS for the first Alumni Reunion

   
1997

BSc Honours degree offering a major in Social Sciences introduced

   
1998

MS degree in Computer Science launched

   
1999

Dr. Wasim Azhar appointed as the first Pro Vice Chancellor

   
2000

Mathematics major and Accounting and Finance minor introduced in the BSc Honours programme

LUMS Super Store becomes operational 

   
2001

PhD degree in Computer Science and Computer Engineering launched

Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan appointed as the second Pro Vice Chancellor of LUMS

BSc Accounting and Finance programme initiated by the Business School

The Social Enterprise Development Centre (SEDC) established with funding from CIDA

   
2002

Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan appointed as the first Vice Chancellor

Dr. Ehsan-ul-Haq appointed as the Dean of the Business School

A five year, integrated BA-LL.B degree launched by SOAS

PhD Mathematics and Executive MBA launched

LUMS Mosque starts its functions

   
2004

The Centre for Advanced Studies in Mathematics (CASM) established

The Business School renamed as the Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB)

   
2005 Dr. Jawaid Abdul Ghani appointed as the Dean of SDSB
   
2006

SOAS renamed as School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law (SHSSL)

First LUMS PhD students graduate

School of Science and Engineering launched

   
2007

PhD degree in Management launched

Dr. Shaukat Brah appointed as the Dean of SDSB

   
2008

Dr. Ahmed Jan Durrani appointed as the second Vice Chancellor of LUMS

First batch of 17 students graduate from the law programme

Dr. Ijaz Nabi appointed as the first Dean of SHSSL

   
2009

Three undergraduate majors launched by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences: Bsc (Honours) in Anthropology and Sociology, BSc (Honours) in Political Science and BA (Honours) in the Humanities

   
2010

The Development Policy Research Centre (DPRC) established

Nawab Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani Centre established by the Gurmani Foundation

Office of Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research established

Dr. Arif Nazir Butt appointed as the Second Dean of SDSB

   
2011

LUMS celebrates its 25th year anniversary

The SSE building inaugurated

The LUMS library building renamed as the Gad & Birgit Rausing Library in recognition of the Rausing family's support towards the building

BSc Management Science launched by SDSB

BA (Hounours) in History introduced by SHSSL

Dr. Adil Najam appointed the third Vice Chancellor of LUMS

Dr. Sohail Qureshi appointed as the Dean of SSE

   
2012

Dr. Anjum Altaf appointed as the second Dean of SHSSL

First Batch of SSE graduates.

The School of Science and Engineering, and School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law are renamed as Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, and Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences respectively.

 

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