Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences

Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine Sciences is a public university located in Uthal, in Lasbela District, of Pakistan's Balochistan province.

Accreditation

Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences is recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

7 March 2005 - Inception of the university. The university was chartered through Ordinance No. 1/2005, Government of Balochistan, Pakistan.
30 March 2005 - Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, handed over the premises of the former Lasbela Textile Mills 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 Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation.
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.