Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (commonly referred to as SZABIST),is a Pakistani university, with headquarters at Karachi and campuses at Islamabad, Karachi, Larkana and Dubai. The institute offers programs in Business Administration, Computer Science, Media Sciences, Social Sciences, Law and Development Economics, Engineering (Mechatronics). SZABIST has been ranked at No.3 in Business/I.T category by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Established through an Act of Sindh Assembly (Sindh Act No. XI of 1995) and is approved and recognized by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) as a degree granting institution. SZABIST has campuses in Karachi, Islamabad, Larkana & Dubai. It is a registered member of the International Association of Universities (IAU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), Asia University Federation (AUF) and the Association of SAARC Universities (ASU). The school offers programs in management sciences, computer sciences, media sciences, law, economics and social sciences.