Information Technology University
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The Information Technology University (ITU) (Urdu) 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. The university has two campuses. Its main campus on Barki Road, covering 183 acres, is still under construction but operational, with classes held there and three departments relocated as of August 2024. The City Campus is located in the high-rise Arfa Software Technology Park. 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).
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