Lahore's Information Technology University (ITU) has signed a unique agreement with global education platform edX, founded by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to create the country's first-ever digital university. The deal will see online courses integrated with the ITU's existing programmes, with students taught by the Pakistan-based faculty while using edX's digital study materials and platform. Students will earn a course completion certificate from MIT or Harvard, as well as course credits from ITU, according the the institution's Vice Chancellor, Dr Umar Saif.
Pakistan's Information Technology University (ITU) has signed a unique agreement with global education platform edX, founded by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to create the country's first-ever digital university. The deal will see online courses integrated with the ITU's existing programmes, with students taught by the Lahore-based faculty while using edX's digital study materials and platform. Students will earn a course completion certificate from MIT or Harvard, as well as course credits from ITU, according the the institution's Vice Chancellor, Dr Umar Saif.