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Achievements 1997-2022
Institution Building: Lahore School of Economics, spread over 35 acres, is
located on the intersection of DHA Phase VI Main Boulevard and Burki Road,
Lahore with more than 300,000 square feet of excellent teaching
and research facilities. The School’s faculty comprises of more than 130
full-time PhD and MPhil faculty members and 50 part-time faculty members.
Academic activities are supported by 100 MBA / MS/BS (honors) equivalent full
time administrative staff. Currently about 400 graduate students and 2,400
undergraduate students are enrolled in different degree programs.
The Lahore School, in just 25 years (1997 – 2022), has already achieved the
status of a leading economics and business school of Pakistan. It has established well
documented academic governance systems; and has developed agreed upon vision,
mission and values statements. The composition of its academic and research programmes are
reviewed and revised each year through its Boards of Studies, Boards of
Faculties and Academic Committee; and in this process in addition to the faculty
of the school, outside academics, industry experts and alumni are deeply
involved.
Teaching and Learning: The Lahore School’s four-year undergraduate
(honors) and graduate programs are taught at international standards with
generous scholarship programmes to ensure equal opportunity to all sections of
society. The current 100% scholarship MPhil and PhD research degree programs are
aimed at developing teaching faculty and researchers for Pakistani and
international universities. The Lahore School’s undergraduate degree programs in
economics, business and related disciplines comprise degrees with double majors,
and degrees with a major and a minor; which is feature unique to the Lahore
School of Economics; and which intends to develop well rounded individuals
sensitive to working in teams. The Lahore School provides excellent platforms
for more than 20 extra- curricular programmes including sports, dramatics, media
and music.
Placement of Graduates: The undergraduates, MBA and MPhil graduates of the
Lahore School are considered amongst the top job market candidates in Pakistan,
and have been employed in the Civil Service of Pakistan, the State Bank of
Pakistan, MNCs (Multinational Companies), national companies, international
financial institutions (like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund) and
NGOs. Lahore School graduates are also setting up an increasing number of
successful businesses.
Research and Innovation: The Lahore School is committed to continuing
world class research that is being currently undertaken at the Lahore School
through the following venues:
(i) Internationally collaborative research with production of 20-30 impact
factor publications a year published in the world’s leading journals including
the Quarterly Journal of Economics;
(ii) Internationally published books (including by the Cambridge University
Press) on the Pakistan Economy;
(iii) Three leading internationally recognized academic journals viz. the Lahore
Journal of Economics, the Lahore Journal of Business
and the Lahore Journal of Policy Studies;
(iv) Two annual international conferences including one on the Management of the
Pakistan Economy and the other on Managing
Business in Pakistan
(v) One international conference on Micro Finance
(vi) Three annual national conferences: one each in the area of Mathematics,
Environment Sciences and Policy, and Social Sciences;
(vii) A regular conference on the Pakistani Diaspora hosted by the Graduate
Institute of Development Studies.
(viii) Twenty to thirty research paper presentations by the faculty members per
year at international conferences;
(ix) International faculty exchange and international training for 6-10 faculty
members per year;
(x) Faculty research linkages with Pakistani industry, chambers of commerce and
government departments, leading to contributions including analysis and policy
recommendations for the development of Pakistan economy.
These research related activities are coordinated by the Lahore School’s
academic departments, Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB),
Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS) and the Innovation Technology
Centre (ITC); and the research output is made available to the public through
CREB, GIDS, ITC and publication of Departmental Working Papers, Case Studies and
newspaper articles.
Knowledge Exchange Partnerships: The Lahore School of Economics is engaged
in multiple international and local partnerships which focus on knowledge
exchange. These international partnerships include:
(i) International research partnerships with top level foreign universities
(such as Columbia University, MIT, Yale University, Oxford University and
University of Warwick) and research institutions (such as the International
Growth Centre (UK), Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (UK),
the National Science Foundation (US) and the British Academy (UK)).
(ii) International student and faculty exchange programs through MOUs (with
institutions such as University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), University of
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Bahcesehir University (Turkey), Macquarie University
(Australia) and Jiangsu Univresity (China)).
(iii) Hosting national level student competitions (such as National Debating
Competitions, Model United Nations and Econothons).
Faculty, Staff and Alumni Development: Each department of the Lahore
School focuses on developing faculty and staff capacity by conducting Faculty
Development Workshops on a semesterly basis. Faculty, staff, alumni and students
are also offered summer workshops for capacity development. Additionally,
faculty and staff are sent to international conferences, training workshops and
seminars in order to develop their teaching, research and administrative skills.
The Lahore School’s Alumni Office serves as a focal point for alumni related
activitites which include both alumni involvement in the Lahore School’s
academic and research programs and alumni development through the following
specialized associations: (i) Independent Business Leaders; (ii) Bankers and
Financial Analysts; (iii) Professionals in Corporate Sector; (iv) Educationists
and Public Officers; (v) Telecom & IT Professionals and Consultants; (vi) Trade
Specialists and (vii) Advertising and Media Professionals.
Social and Environmental Responsibility: The Lahore School focuses
on reinforcing environmentally sustainable and responsible economic and business
activities both within and outside the Lahore School including helping local
communities develop both socially and economically. To this end the Lahore
School has a green campus with more than 80% of the area devoted to lawns and
trees, use of 100% energy efficient inverter air-conditioning and LED lighting,
and currently generating more than 15% of its energy requirements through solar
panels (current capacity 870 KVA).
All its faculty and staff are covered by life insurance, medical insurance and
provident fund including voluntary pension schemes. The Lahore School’s
portfolio of corporate social responsibility activities includes free medical
camps, school feeding and support programmes for orphanages and for persons with
disabilities.
Symbol of Excellence: The Lahore School is a symbol of excellence and this
is reflected in the ranking of the Lahore School of Economics as number two in
the 2015 ranking of Business Schools of Pakistan by the Higher Education
Commission.
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