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Lahore University of Management Studies

Lahore
Pakistan

+92 42 111 11 LUMS 5867

lums.edu.pk

Best in History

Best moot court performance of the law school throught out the recorded history (2013-2024)

About the Law School

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) (جامعہِ لاہور برائے سائنس و علومِ مدیریت) is a private, research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.LUMS was founded in 1984 by Dr. Zahid Rahim and patronage of the business–industrial community spearheaded by Syed Aarim. With advice from the Harvard Business School and a $10 million grant from USAID it established a graduate business school in 1986. The university has since then expanded, launching a liberal arts undergraduate school in 1994, an engineering school in 2008, a law school in 2004 and an education school in 2017. The university launched a National Outreach Programme (NOP) in 2001 to provide financial aid to students and in 2015, in partnership with Afghan government, launched a scholarship programme for Afghan students to diversify its student body.As of 2017, the university has a student body of approximately 5,000 graduate and undergraduate students, a faculty of 248 out of which nearly three-quarters have doctoral degrees. Its campus, where more than half of its student population and faculty lives, spreads over 100 acres. Its business school is accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. It is also one of two business schools in Pakistan to be certified by the South Asian Quality Assurance System and is ranked as one of the top business schools in the country. The university is also a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities.LUMS is ranked as the top varsity in Pakistan in the QS University Rankings for the year 2016, 111th in Asia and among the top 700 in the world. It is also ranked by QS as among the top 250 universities globally for business and among the top 400 universities globally in mathematics. Following a liberal arts curriculum, LUMS is one of Pakistan's most expensive, selective and progressive universities. LUMS counts several prominent Pakistani intellectuals and public figures among its alumni and current and former faculty including Umar Saif, Hina Rabbani Khar, Adil Najam, Arif Zaman, Amer Iqbal, Ayesha Jalal, Asad Abidi, Osama Siddique and Pervez Hoodbhoy. It also counts several Fulbright, Chevening and Rhodes scholars among its alumni.