Lahore School of Economics

Lahore School of Economics
Type Private
Established 1993
Rector Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhary
Undergraduates 2200
Location Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Campus Urban, 50 acres
Website www.lahoreschoolofeconomics.edu.pk

The Lahore School of Economics (LSE) is an independent research university based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan established in 1993 and chartered by the government in January 1997. It has currently 200 faculty members and over 3,000 students studying undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs.[1][2]

The Lahore School was founded by Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, a McGill trained economist, who served as the deputy chair of the influential Planning Commission. The Lahore School has two campuses: the Main campus and the City campus. The Main campus, spread over 50 acres (200,000 m2) and the city campus is located in Gulberg. Its faculty comprise over 150 permanent faculty members with specialisations in Economics, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Environmental Studies, Media Studies, Art and Design.[3]

The Lahore School consists of two distinctive institutes, including the Graduate Institute of Development Studies which carries out research and training in international development, the Centre for Research in Economics and Business, which publishes the Lahore Journal of Economics and the Lahore Journal of Business.[4]

LSE is regarded as one of the more notable private research institutions of higher learning in Pakistan and since 2015 its business school is consistently ranked the 2nd best business school in Pakistan according to the Higher Education Commission.[5][6]

People

Ismat Beg

See also

References

  1. ↑ Management conference at Lahore School of Economics
  2. ↑ Google maps. "Address of LSE". Google maps. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Lahore School of Economics faculty
  4. ↑ Lahore Journal of Business
  5. ↑ HEC Rankings Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Management conference at Lahore School of Economics

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