Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine Sciences (LUAWMS) is a public

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located in Uthal, in

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, of

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province.

Accreditation

Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences is recognized by the

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History

* 7 March 2005 - Inception of the university. The university was chartered through Ordinance No. 1/2005, Government of Balochistan, Pakistan. * 30 March 2005 -

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, 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

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. * 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

References

External links

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Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences official website archived
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