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40 Year
Journey

On March 16, 1983, our founder and Chancellor, His Highness the Aga Khan, accepted AKU's Charter from the Government of Pakistan. Ever since, we have been striving to make AKU a university, in his words, “on the frontiers of scientific and humanistic knowledge, radiating intelligence and confidence, research and graduates, into flourishing economies and progressive legal and political systems.”

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Founder

As AKU's founder and Chancellor, His Highness the Aga Khan has memorably expressed in his speeches the unique power of universities to address the challenges societies face, the standards to which AKU aspires and the values that shape its work. Read on to discover his vision.

The private university has freedom, but freedom has its price. That price is courageous leadership, integrity in selecting students and faculty, and creative, disciplined thought in tackling the most pressing problems of mankind. If the Aga Khan University meets that price, and if it continues to introduce salient new programmes in Pakistan and other countries of the developing world, I believe it will hold the loyalty of its donors and its graduates and catch the imagination of the world.

His Highness the Aga Khan
Convocation, 1989

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What has made AKU’s success possible over the past 40 years? A globe-spanning community of diverse individuals, united by a vision and their desire to be part of something special.

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