First ever dual degree programme launched between UK and Pakistani universities
Published 22 February 2010
Sir Christian Bonington CBE, Chancellor of Lancaster University and Senator Azam Khan Swati, Minister of Science and Technology, Pakistan Federal Government and Chancellor, CIIT
From August 2010, 250 Pakistani undergraduate students will start the first dual Lancaster University/Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) degrees delivered in Pakistan. Around 50 students will be taking the new dual Business Studies degree.
Pakistani students at the CIIT Lahore campus will be given the opportunity to earn a highly regarded international degree from Lancaster, in addition to their degree from CIIT for a fraction of the cost of study in the UK.
The Minister also announced a major investment in funding for scholarships for students of the dual degree.
