AKU Annual Fund: Our Priorities

 

Every year the University identifies key areas of support that will have the greatest impact on our students and patients. 

The following are our critical and strategic areas of support for the current year.

Inspiring Student Success
Transforming Ordinary Students into Extraordinary Leaders

AKU aspires to meet the financial need of each student and offers financial aid ranging from ​partial to full-coverage, based on each family’s financial need. Since 1983, over US$ 24 million has been provided for student financial assistance, benefitting over 2,800 students.  These students are given a once-in-lifetime opportunity to be mentored by the best faculty in a dynamic learning environment – transforming highly capable students into future leaders.

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Research
Unlocking New Knowledge, Generating New Solutions

AKU was set up as a “problem-solving university” with a mandate to conduct research that is relevant to the problems of the developing world. Our goal is to provide students and faculty the means to conduct ground breaking research. ​ 

In partnership with world renowned organisations such as WHO and UNICEF, AKU has conducted research in rural areas and ultra-poor, inner-city neighbourhoods to study the causes – and solutions – to some of the most urgent health issues in developing countries. These programmes have influenced the lives of over a quarter of a million people within and outside Karachi, and over six million across the country – resulting in outcomes such as reduced diarrhoeal diseases and infant deaths. These programmes now serve as models throughout Pakistan and other developing countries.

Partnership for Care
Providing Access Through a Gift of Hope

As specialised and advanced healthcare centres, our University Hospitals care for patients whose lives are suddenly and drastically changed. ​AKUH has provided welfare assistance worth over US$ 100 million, to over 1.5 million patients, who needed immediate financial aid. The assistance was provided through a highly transparent process administered by the staff of the Patient Welfare Programme, with the support of AKU medical experts. 

Your donation will help the University Hospital provide quality care to patients through the harnessing of technology, and the latest knowledge and research.