Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences

Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine Sciences (LUAWMS) is a public university located in Uthal, in Lasbela District, of Pakistan's Balochistan province.^[1][2]

Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine Sciences

Type	Public Sector University
Established	2005
Affiliation	Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Chancellor	Governor of Balochistan
Vice-Chancellor	Abdul Malik Tareen
Location	Uthal , Balochistan , Pakistan
Campus	Main Campus, Wadh Campus, Dera Murad Jamali Campus
Website	www.luawms.edu.pk

Accreditation

Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences is recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.^[1][3]

History

• 7 March 2005 - Inception of the university. The university was chartered through Ordinance No. 1/2005, Government of Balochistan, Pakistan.
• 30 March 2005 - Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, handed over the premises of the former Lasbela Textile Mills (LTM) to serve as the location of the university's main campus and announced a grant of Rs. 30 million for its expenses.
• 13 June 2005 - Work on building started.
• 21 June 2005 - Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Jam Muhammad Yousuf announced a matching grant of Rs. 30 million. On the same day, the vacant parts of the LTM buildings were taken over from the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation.
• 16 August 2005 to date - The Chancellor constituted the Senate of LUAWMS, which would be the supreme body entrusted with governing the university. Since the establishment of LUAWMS, four Senate meetings have been convened.
• 30 November 2005 - BS Marine Sciences and DVM classes were started.
• 6 March 2006 - First admissions were made to BS Agriculture, Economics, and English.
• Classes in the Faculty of Water Sciences started in September 2007.

Faculties

• Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
• Faculty of Agriculture
• Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology
• Faculty of Marine Sciences
• Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Languages and Literature

Undergraduate programs

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
• BS Marine Science
• BS Geology
• BS Environment Science
• BS Computer Science
• BS Water Resources Management
• BS Agriculture
• BBA / BSBA
• BS Economics
• BS Sociology
• BS International Relations
• BS Political Science
• BS Islamic Studies
• BS English
• B.Ed (Hons)

Graduate programs

• MS Marine Biology
• MS Marine Fisheries
• MS Economics
• MS Agriculture
• MS English (Linguistics)
• MS Political Science
• MS Education
• MS Integrated Water Resource Management

Postgraduate Programs

• PhD Marine Biology
• PhD Economics